Vapi pricing: hosting fee, provider costs and packages
Checked Nov 6, 2026 on Vapi’s official pages (sources below). Prices change often: confirm with the provider before you buy.
Vapi is a platform for building voice AI agents. A call’s cost is Vapi’s own hosting fee plus the providers you pick for transcription, the language model and the voice, which Vapi passes through at cost, plus telephony if you use an outside carrier.
Figures below are from vapi.ai/pricing, re-checked Nov 6, 2026. Carrier rates and add-on prices match the Nov 6 page read (same figures as Nov 3).
What a minute is made of
- Vapi hosting
- Price on vapi.ai/pricing$0.05 per minute (prepaid)
- Transcriber, model, voice
- Price on vapi.ai/pricingPassed through at the provider’s cost, no markup
- Vapi telephony / SIP, WebSockets, Daily WebRTC
- Price on vapi.ai/pricingFree
- Twilio inbound / outbound (charged by the carrier)
- Price on vapi.ai/pricing$0.008 / $0.014 per minute
- Vonage / Telnyx (charged by the carrier)
- Price on vapi.ai/pricing$0.00814 / $0.0055 per minute
New accounts get $5 in free credits. Vapi’s calculator shows ranges for one example setup: Deepgram transcriber $0.0095–$0.0099, OpenAI model $0.0077–$0.0452 and ElevenLabs voice $0.0146–$0.0238 per minute; its 1,000-minute example totals $82–$129 a month (Nov 3, 2026).
Success packages
- Usage only
- PricePay per minute
- Concurrent calls4
- Included2 organizations, 1 Vapi phone number, 14 days data retention
- Core
- Price$29 / month
- Concurrent calls10
- Included5 Vapi numbers, 30 days retention, ZDR, 2 business day email SLA
- Pro
- Price10% of the Vapi hosting fee, $999 / month minimum
- Concurrent calls30
- Included10 numbers, 180 days retention, Slack support, 99% uptime SLA
- Premier
- PriceContact sales
- Concurrent callsCustom
- Included99.9% uptime SLA, SSO, dedicated SIP available
Add-ons seen Nov 1, 2026: extra concurrent lines $10 per line per month, extra organizations $20 each per month, HIPAA $2,000 per month.
Vapi pricing FAQ
How much does Vapi cost per minute?
Vapi charges $0.05 per minute for hosting, and passes through the transcriber, model and voice providers you choose at their cost, plus carrier telephony if you use one (checked Nov 6, 2026). Your total per minute depends on those providers.
What do Vapi’s packages add?
Core ($29 a month) raises concurrency to 10 calls and adds 5 phone numbers, longer data retention and an email SLA. Pro ($999 a month minimum) adds 30 concurrent calls, Slack support and a 99% uptime SLA.
How do I compare Vapi with Retell?
Retell publishes an all-in per-minute range, while Vapi separates its hosting fee from provider costs. See our Vapi vs Retell AI comparison.
Sources (official pages, read Nov 6, 2026)
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