Pick Bland if
ops and support teams who want a pathway-built phone agent and one all-in minute rate.
Read the Bland pageBland vs Vapi
Our take
Pick Bland if ops and support teams who want a pathway-built phone agent and one all-in minute rate. Pick Vapi if builders who want a voice agent with a Dashboard plus an API, and will pay hosting + provider pass-through. Skip Bland if developers who want to swap Deepgram / ElevenLabs themselves (Vapi). Skip Vapi if teams that want one all-in per-minute rate with LLM/STT/TTS included (Bland).
Best for
Bland An inbound or outbound phone agent with LLM/STT/TTS in one number
Vapi A phone or web voice agent you can publish
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
Vapi No free plan
Lowest paid
Bland Build $299/mo
Vapi No Success Package $5
Next step up
Bland
Vapi Pro $999/mo
Coding agent
Bland Knowledge
Vapi
Watch out
Bland Start is 100 calls/day and 10 concurrent
Vapi Hosting is $0.05/min plus providers
Last checked
Bland 2026-10-22 · bland.ai/pricing
Vapi 2026-10-22 · vapi.ai/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Vapi if
builders who want a voice agent with a Dashboard plus an API, and will pay hosting + provider pass-through.
Read the Vapi page