Pick Bland if
ops and support teams who want a pathway-built phone agent and one all-in minute rate.
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Our take
Pick Bland if you're on a ops and support team who want a pathway-built phone agent and one all-in minute rate. Pick Smith.ai if you're law / home-services desks that will burn 25 Free calls, then Pro. Skip Bland if you're a developer who want to swap Deepgram / ElevenLabs themselves (Vapi). Skip Smith.ai if you're a builder who want a $0.06 canvas they own (Bolna).
Best for
Bland An inbound or outbound phone agent with LLM/STT/TTS in one number
Smith.ai A prepaid call pack with a live backup desk
Free plan
Bland $0 · platform. $0.14/min talk time; $0.05/min transfer. No card. 2 credits + inbound number. 10 concurrent; 100 calls/day; 10 knowledge bases; 1 voice. 99.9% uptime SLA
Smith.ai $0 · 25 AI calls, then $3.00 / call
Lowest paid
Bland Build $299/mo
Smith.ai Pro $150
Coding agent
Bland Knowledge
Smith.ai
Watch out
Bland Start is 100 calls/day and 10 concurrent
Smith.ai Free is 25 calls
Last checked
Bland 2026-10-22 · bland.ai/pricing
Smith.ai 2026-10-28 · smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist
Which one, then?
Pick Smith.ai if
law / home-services desks that will burn 25 Free calls, then Pro.
Read the Smith.ai page