Bland AI pricing: per-minute talk time, platform fees and caps

Checked Nov 6, 2026 on Bland AI’s official pages (sources below). Prices change often: confirm with the provider before you buy.

Bland AI is a platform for building and running AI phone agents. Its public pricing is a flat per-minute talk-time rate that covers the language model, speech-to-text and text-to-speech together, plus a separate transfer-time rate and optional platform fee.

Figures below are quoted from bland.ai/pricing, checked Nov 6, 2026. Confirm in the Bland dashboard before you buy; rates and caps change.

Plans (talk time includes LLM, STT and TTS)

Start
Talk time$0.14 / min
Platform fee$0 (free credits + inbound number valued at $15/mo; no card required)
Transfer time$0.05 / min
Caps10 concurrent calls; 100 calls/day
Build
Talk time$0.12 / min
Platform fee$299 / month
Transfer time$0.04 / min
Caps50 concurrent calls; 2,000 calls/day
Enterprise
Talk timeCustom
Platform feeContracted to your volume
Transfer timeCustom
CapsUnlimited daily; concurrency sized to volume

Bland’s pricing page describes the talk-time rate as covering the LLM, speech-to-text and text-to-speech in one figure (no separate per-token pass-through). Checked Nov 6, 2026.

Bland AI pricing FAQ

How much does Bland AI cost per minute?

On bland.ai/pricing (Nov 6, 2026), Start is $0.14 per minute of talk time and Build is $0.12 per minute. Talk time includes the LLM, speech-to-text and text-to-speech. Transfer time is billed separately at $0.05/min (Start) or $0.04/min (Build).

Does Bland charge a platform fee?

Start lists a $0 platform fee. Build lists a $299 per month platform fee. Enterprise is contracted. Checked Nov 6, 2026 on bland.ai/pricing.

How does Bland compare with Vapi?

Bland publishes an all-in talk-time rate; Vapi separates a $0.05/min hosting fee from provider pass-through costs. See our Bland AI vs Vapi comparison.

Sources (official pages, read Nov 6, 2026)

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