Best AI voice agents and voice APIs: TTS, STT and phone agents
These 10 tools cover text-to-speech, speech-to-text and voice/phone agents. They are general AI products paid by card or subscription (not USDC/x402). Prices below come from each provider’s own pricing page on the date shown on the tool page—we do not rank by price. See also Voice & Voice Agents, voice agent platforms compared, and dedicated pricing pages for Vapi, ElevenLabs, Bland AI, Retell AI, Deepgram, Cartesia and Speechify.
Voice & voice-agent tools (10)
Listed A to Z. Open a tool page for the dated pricing summary; where we maintain a full /pricing page, use that for plan tables.
| Tool | Protocol | Networks | Tokens | Price / call | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bland AI | Card or subscription | – | – | Varies, see provider | 2026-11-06 |
| Cartesia | Card or subscription | – | – | Varies, see provider | 2026-11-06 |
| Deepgram | Card or subscription | – | – | Varies, see provider | 2026-11-06 |
| ElevenLabs | Card or subscription | – | – | Varies, see provider | 2026-11-06 |
| Murf AI | Card or subscription | – | – | Varies, see provider | 2026-10-22 |
| Retell AI | Card or subscription | – | – | Varies, see provider | 2026-11-06 |
| Speechify | Card or subscription | – | – | Varies, see provider | 2026-11-06 |
| Synthflow | Card or subscription | – | – | Varies, see provider | 2026-10-22 |
| Vapi | Card or subscription | – | – | Varies, see provider | 2026-11-06 |
| WellSaid | Card or subscription | – | – | Varies, see provider | 2026-10-22 |
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