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What will it actually cost you?

Pick how you'll use it and set your monthly volume. The platforms rank by our score for the job, with the cost for each at that volume, and the cheapest option called out.

Your usage
What are you using it for?
(~33 hours)

An editorial estimate for the language model, billed by whoever you connect it to. Platforms that already bake a model into their rate are marked "LLM already included" and never charged twice.

An estimate, not a quote. Live-call costs use each platform's all-in per-minute range, so they show as a range; your real number depends on the model and provider mix. Narration uses the sourced per-character rate, or the cheapest plan that covers your volume.

Estimated monthly cost · ranked by our score
Our top pick for 2,000 min/moElevenLabs$160–500Cheapest: LiveKit at $40–400
  1. ElevenLabstop rated$160–500all-in per-minute estimate
  2. Retell AI$140–620all-in per-minute estimate
  3. Ringly.io$380–698all-in per-minute estimate
  4. LiveKitcheapest$40–400all-in per-minute estimate
  5. Cartesia$160–300all-in per-minute estimate

Minutes of audio are converted at about 150 spoken words a minute (roughly 900 characters). Platforms are ranked by our editorial score for the use case, the same as the rankings; the cheapest option (by the low end of the estimate) is tagged. This is a planning tool, not a bill: always confirm on the vendor's own pricing page before you commit.

Reference estimates

Prefer a table you can scan or quote? Here are the same estimates the calculator produces, held still at three typical volumes. The tables and the tool share one estimator, so the two can never disagree. Still a planning tool, not a bill: every figure comes from sourced published rates, and you should confirm on the vendor's own pricing page before you commit.

Live phone calls

Each figure multiplies the platform's sourced all-in per-minute range (the platform fee plus transcription, AI model, voice and phone line, where each applies) by the month's call minutes. Cheapest at 2,000 minutes first.

Platform 500 min/mo2,000 min/mo10,000 min/mo
LiveKit $10–100$40–400$200–2,000
Pipecat $13.50–100$54–400$270–2,000
Rime $20–50$80–200$400–1,000
Hume AI $25–65$100–260$500–1,300
Trillet AI $25–60$100–240$500–1,200
Vapi * $25–150$100–600$500–3,000
Telnyx $30–100$120–400$600–2,000
Frontdesk $35–125$140–500$700–2,500
OpenAI Realtime API $35–240$140–960$700–4,800
Retell AI $35–155$140–620$700–3,100
Cartesia $40–75$160–300$800–1,500
Deepgram $40–90$160–360$800–1,800
ElevenLabs * $40–125$160–500$800–2,500
Bland $55–70$220–280$1,100–1,400
CloudTalk $75–175$300–700$1,500–3,500
Ringly.io $95–175$380–698$1,900–3,490
Hermes $105–120$420–480$2,100–2,400
ServiceAgent $150–300$600–1,200$3,000–6,000
  • LiveKit
    500 min/mo
    $10–100
    2,000 min/mo
    $40–400
    10,000 min/mo
    $200–2,000
  • Pipecat
    500 min/mo
    $13.50–100
    2,000 min/mo
    $54–400
    10,000 min/mo
    $270–2,000
  • Rime
    500 min/mo
    $20–50
    2,000 min/mo
    $80–200
    10,000 min/mo
    $400–1,000
  • Hume AI
    500 min/mo
    $25–65
    2,000 min/mo
    $100–260
    10,000 min/mo
    $500–1,300
  • Trillet AI
    500 min/mo
    $25–60
    2,000 min/mo
    $100–240
    10,000 min/mo
    $500–1,200
  • Vapi *
    500 min/mo
    $25–150
    2,000 min/mo
    $100–600
    10,000 min/mo
    $500–3,000
  • Telnyx
    500 min/mo
    $30–100
    2,000 min/mo
    $120–400
    10,000 min/mo
    $600–2,000
  • Frontdesk
    500 min/mo
    $35–125
    2,000 min/mo
    $140–500
    10,000 min/mo
    $700–2,500
  • OpenAI Realtime API
    500 min/mo
    $35–240
    2,000 min/mo
    $140–960
    10,000 min/mo
    $700–4,800
  • Retell AI
    500 min/mo
    $35–155
    2,000 min/mo
    $140–620
    10,000 min/mo
    $700–3,100
  • Cartesia
    500 min/mo
    $40–75
    2,000 min/mo
    $160–300
    10,000 min/mo
    $800–1,500
  • Deepgram
    500 min/mo
    $40–90
    2,000 min/mo
    $160–360
    10,000 min/mo
    $800–1,800
  • ElevenLabs *
    500 min/mo
    $40–125
    2,000 min/mo
    $160–500
    10,000 min/mo
    $800–2,500
  • Bland
    500 min/mo
    $55–70
    2,000 min/mo
    $220–280
    10,000 min/mo
    $1,100–1,400
  • CloudTalk
    500 min/mo
    $75–175
    2,000 min/mo
    $300–700
    10,000 min/mo
    $1,500–3,500
  • Ringly.io
    500 min/mo
    $95–175
    2,000 min/mo
    $380–698
    10,000 min/mo
    $1,900–3,490
  • Hermes
    500 min/mo
    $105–120
    2,000 min/mo
    $420–480
    10,000 min/mo
    $2,100–2,400
  • ServiceAgent
    500 min/mo
    $150–300
    2,000 min/mo
    $600–1,200
    10,000 min/mo
    $3,000–6,000

* On the starred platforms you bring your own AI model: the language model (the AI brain behind the conversation) is billed separately by whoever you connect it to, so their ranges here exclude it. Tick "Add the AI model (LLM) cost" in the calculator to fold an estimate in.

Pre-recorded narration

Monthly cost of turning text into finished audio, at three character volumes. Where a platform sells plans, the figure is the cheapest plan that covers the volume (a plus sign means the volume tops every published plan); pay as you go means it is metered at the per-1k-character rate. For scale, 100k characters is just over 110 minutes of finished audio at about 150 spoken words a minute (roughly 900 characters).

Platform Rate /1k chars 100k chars/mo500k chars/mo2M chars/mo
Speechify $0.01 $10/mo on the Starter plan $10/mo on the Starter plan $99/mo on the Pro plan
Deepgram $0.03 $3/mo pay as you go, metered $15/mo pay as you go, metered $60/mo pay as you go, metered
Cartesia $0.04 $3.50/mo pay as you go, metered $17.50/mo pay as you go, metered $70/mo pay as you go, metered
Rime $0.05 $5/mo pay as you go, metered $25/mo pay as you go, metered $100/mo pay as you go, metered
Murf AI $0.16 $19/mo on the Creator plan $66/mo+ on the Business plan+ $66/mo+ on the Business plan+
Hume AI $0.15 $15/mo pay as you go, metered $75/mo pay as you go, metered $300/mo pay as you go, metered
ElevenLabs $0.10 $22/mo on the Creator plan $99/mo on the Pro plan $990/mo on the Business plan
Fish Audio $0.02 $15/mo on the Plus plan $100/mo on the Pro plan $100/mo on the Pro plan
  • Speechify $0.01/1k
    At 100k chars/mo
    $10/mo on the Starter plan
    At 500k chars/mo
    $10/mo on the Starter plan
    At 2M chars/mo
    $99/mo on the Pro plan
  • Deepgram $0.03/1k
    At 100k chars/mo
    $3/mo pay as you go, metered
    At 500k chars/mo
    $15/mo pay as you go, metered
    At 2M chars/mo
    $60/mo pay as you go, metered
  • Cartesia $0.04/1k
    At 100k chars/mo
    $3.50/mo pay as you go, metered
    At 500k chars/mo
    $17.50/mo pay as you go, metered
    At 2M chars/mo
    $70/mo pay as you go, metered
  • Rime $0.05/1k
    At 100k chars/mo
    $5/mo pay as you go, metered
    At 500k chars/mo
    $25/mo pay as you go, metered
    At 2M chars/mo
    $100/mo pay as you go, metered
  • Murf AI $0.16/1k
    At 100k chars/mo
    $19/mo on the Creator plan
    At 500k chars/mo
    $66/mo+ on the Business plan+
    At 2M chars/mo
    $66/mo+ on the Business plan+
  • Hume AI $0.15/1k
    At 100k chars/mo
    $15/mo pay as you go, metered
    At 500k chars/mo
    $75/mo pay as you go, metered
    At 2M chars/mo
    $300/mo pay as you go, metered
  • ElevenLabs $0.10/1k
    At 100k chars/mo
    $22/mo on the Creator plan
    At 500k chars/mo
    $99/mo on the Pro plan
    At 2M chars/mo
    $990/mo on the Business plan
  • Fish Audio $0.02/1k
    At 100k chars/mo
    $15/mo on the Plus plan
    At 500k chars/mo
    $100/mo on the Pro plan
    At 2M chars/mo
    $100/mo on the Pro plan

Rates in USD as each vendor publishes them, no conversion. Most recent pricing capture 2026-07-12. Every figure is sourced and dated on the platform's own page.