Unmute
Unmute is Kyutai’s open-source conversational voice agent: you pick a topic (Watercooler, Small talk), see talking points, and Start a live call in the browser.
OUR TAKE
Pick Unmute for researchers and voice-agent builders who will clone the repo or poke the public demo. Unmute.sh is a demo, not an SLA phone trunk.
Good fit
Researchers and voice-agent builders who will clone the repo or poke the public demo.
Poor fit
Teams that need a billed phone pathway (Bland) or a credit-metered VO file (Listnr).
Self-host
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-27 · github.com/kyutai-labs/unmute
OUR TAKE
Pick Unmute for researchers and voice-agent builders who will clone the repo or poke the public demo. Unmute.sh is a demo, not an SLA phone trunk.
Good fit
Researchers and voice-agent builders who will clone the repo or poke the public demo.
Poor fit
Teams that need a billed phone pathway (Bland) or a credit-metered VO file (Listnr).
Self-host
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-27 · github.com/kyutai-labs/unmute
What it costs
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-27 · github.com/kyutai-labs/unmute
Self-host
MIT license. You pay GPU/CPU yourself
$0
Hosted demo
Not published by the vendor
Not published by the vendor
The product is OSS.
Not published by the vendor
Not published by the vendor
Checked 2026-10-27·github.com/kyutai-labs/unmute
Before you pay
Good fit
Researchers and voice-agent builders who will clone the repo or poke the public demo.
Poor fit
Teams that need a billed phone pathway (Bland) or a credit-metered VO file (Listnr).
Watch out
unmute.sh is a demo, not an SLA phone trunk.
Instead, try
LiveKit if realtime media SFU you wire into your own agent; Pipecat if BSD-2 voice-agent pipeline; Cloud agent-1x $0.01 / active min
Compare Unmute with
Limits, in full
- 01
unmute.sh is a demo, not an SLA phone trunk.
- 02
You bring the GPU. if you self-host.
- 03
Not a VO download studio. Use ElevenLabs for files.
If Unmute isn't it
Why: realtime media SFU you wire into your own agent.
Free· paid from$50/mo
Build $0 is not free tokensChecked 2026-10-22·livekit.io/pricing
vs Unmute
Why: BSD-2 voice-agent pipeline; Cloud agent-1x $0.01 / active min.
Free· paid from$0.001
OSS is $0Checked 2026-10-22·daily.co/pricing/pipecat-cloud
vs Unmute
Why: hosted voice stack; hosting $0.05 / min plus your models.
Paid only$5
Hosting is $0.05/min plus providersChecked 2026-10-22·vapi.ai/pricing
vs UnmuteLimits & alternatives3 limits · LiveKit, Pipecat, Vapi instead
Limits, in full
- 01
unmute.sh is a demo, not an SLA phone trunk.
- 02
You bring the GPU. if you self-host.
- 03
Not a VO download studio. Use ElevenLabs for files.
If Unmute isn't it
Why: realtime media SFU you wire into your own agent.
Free· paid from$50/mo
Build $0 is not free tokensChecked 2026-10-22·livekit.io/pricing
vs UnmuteWhy: BSD-2 voice-agent pipeline; Cloud agent-1x $0.01 / active min.
Free· paid from$0.001
OSS is $0Checked 2026-10-22·daily.co/pricing/pipecat-cloud
vs UnmuteWhy: hosted voice stack; hosting $0.05 / min plus your models.
Paid only$5
Hosting is $0.05/min plus providersChecked 2026-10-22·vapi.ai/pricing
vs Unmute