Pick Unmute if
researchers and voice-agent builders who will clone the repo or poke the public demo.
Read the Unmute pageUnmute vs Vapi
Our take
Pick Unmute if you're researchers and voice-agent builders who will clone the repo or poke the public demo. Pick Vapi if you're a builder who want a voice agent with a Dashboard plus an API, and will pay hosting + provider pass-through. Skip Unmute if you're on a team that need a billed phone pathway (Bland) or a credit-metered VO file (Listnr). Skip Vapi if you're on a team that want one all-in per-minute rate with
Best for
Unmute A speech-to-speech demo you can self-host
Vapi A phone or web voice agent you can publish
Free plan
Unmute $0 · mIT license. You pay GPU/CPU yourself
Vapi No free plan
Lowest paid
Unmute Not published by the vendor
Vapi No Success Package $5
Next step up
Unmute
Vapi Pro $999/mo
Coding agent
Unmute Speech-to-speech loop
Vapi
Runs where
Unmute Local or hosted
Vapi
Watch out
Unmute unmute.sh is a demo
Vapi Hosting is $0.05/min plus providers
Last checked
Unmute 2026-10-27 · github.com/kyutai-labs/unmute
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