Pick Bolna if
builders who will top up $10–$500 and stay on preferred models.
Read the Bolna pageBolna vs Retell
Our take
Pick Bolna if you're a builder who will top up $10–$500 and stay on preferred models. Pick Retell if you're on a team that want a voice agent today and will pay minutes + add-ons, without an annual commit. Skip Bolna if you're on a team that want one US all-in rate with no wallet math (Bland). Skip Retell if you're buyers who want one all-in minute that already includes the LLM (Bland).
Best for
Bolna A prepaid per-minute voice agent (India-friendly)
Retell A phone or chat agent billed by the minute
Free plan
Bolna $0 · $5 at signup
Retell $0 · to start. Retell Voice Infra $0.055/min. Platform voices / Minimax / Fish / Cartesia / OpenAI / Inworld TTS $0.015/min. ElevenLabs Flash $0.040/min (higher ElevenLabs rows on the same table). LLM rows are per-minute (example GPT 4.1 $0.045/min). 20 concurrent included
Lowest paid
Bolna Pay as you go $10
Retell Telephony $0.015
Next step up
Bolna Pilot $300
Retell Monthly add-ons $2/mo
Coding agent
Bolna Agent Studio
Retell Simulation testing
Runs where
Bolna Hosted
Retell
Watch out
Bolna $0.06 / min is not the carrier bill
Retell Infra is not the all-in rate
Last checked
Bolna 2026-10-28 · bolna.ai/pricing
Retell 2026-10-22 · retellai.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Retell if
teams that want a voice agent today and will pay minutes + add-ons, without an annual commit.
Read the Retell page