Bland AI by Bland
Overview
Platform for building, monitoring and improving AI phone agents for inbound and outbound calls, with speech recognition, language model and speech synthesis bundled into a per-minute rate.
It was mentioned in 1 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
Bland AI usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: bland-ai.csv
Key facts
| Maker | Bland |
|---|---|
| Type | Voice agent platform (API) |
| License | — |
Pricing
Start is $0/mo at $0.14/min; Build is a $299/mo platform fee at $0.12/min; Enterprise is custom. Per-minute rates include speech recognition, model and speech synthesis; call transfers are billed separately.
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 6, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
Bland AI alternatives
| # | Agent | Pulse | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | VS Code installs | Stars | Latest release | Price | Last 90 days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 |
ElevenLabs AgentsElevenLabs |
59 | 2.2M | up 4.2% | up 30.8% | — | — | — | Free + $0.08/extra minute | ||
| 38 |
Retell AIRetell AI |
50 | 617K | up 15.6% | up 15.8% | — | — | — | Free + $0.055/min | ||
| 39 |
LiveKit AgentsLiveKit |
50 | 988K | up 12.9% | — | — | 14.6K+33/day | 1.8.45d ago | Free (OSS) | ||
| 41 |
VapiVapi, Inc. |
50 | 570K | up 19.8% | up 13.1% | — | — | — | Free + $0.05/min | ||
| 70 |
PipecatDaily |
39 | 260K | up 8.9% | down 17.5% | — | 16.2K+38/day | 1.12.010d ago | Free (OSS) | ||
| 129 |
SynthflowSynthflow AI |
16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Custom | — | |
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Bland AI FAQ
How much does Bland AI cost?
Start is $0/mo at $0.14/min; Build is a $299/mo platform fee at $0.12/min; Enterprise is custom. Per-minute rates include speech recognition, model and speech synthesis; call transfers are billed separately.
Is Bland AI open source?
No. Bland AI is a proprietary product from Bland.
How popular is Bland AI?
It was mentioned in 1 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
What are the alternatives to Bland AI?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are ElevenLabs Agents, Retell AI, LiveKit Agents, Vapi.
Where these numbers come from
Site rank: bland.ai on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: bland.ai, docs.bland.ai.