Bland AI vs Vapi

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

Bland AI

Enterprise platform for building and running AI phone agents at scale

Free · from $299/moVisit site

Vapi

Developer platform to build, test and deploy voice AI agents for phone calls

Free · from $29/moVisit site

Choose Bland AI if…

you work on Self-hosted
you're in its core audience: enterprise contact centers, healthcare providers

Choose Vapi if…

you want the lower entry price ($29/mo vs $299/mo)
you need an API to build on
you're in its core audience: developers, customer support teams

Side by side

FeatureB

Bland AIV

Vapi

Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium

Starting price$299/mo$29/mo

Free plan

Free trial

API

Open source

Trains AI on your content—Yes

Data retention—Depends on customer config; free plan 14 days raw data; deleted on request

Security and compliance—SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS

PlatformsWeb, Self-hostedWeb, API

CompanyBlandVapi Inc. · United States

Full feature lists

B Bland AI

Inbound and outbound AI phone agents
Deployment across phone, SMS and web
In-house speech-to-text, LLM and text-to-speech models
40+ languages, real-time translation in 23
Custom voice clones
Decision-level observability for agent calls
Testing changes without affecting live calls
Conversational pathways, knowledge bases and automations

V Vapi

Configurable voice, conversation flow and telephony
Call testing and simulation before going live
Real-time call monitoring and observability
Built-in AI conversation guardrails
Twilio, Vonage, Telnyx and Vapi SIP telephony
Model providers passed through at cost
SSO, OAuth and RBAC access controls
SOC 2, HIPAA and PCI compliance

Their home pages

What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.

Bland AI home page — B Bland AI · bland.ai

What you'd pay

The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.

Work it out for your team

People

VapiCore$29/mo
Bland AIBuild$299/mo

Prices are per month on yearly billing; these vendors publish no monthly rate. The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.

What the free plans include

Bland AI

Free plan limits aren't published.

Vapi

$5 free credits to get you started
2 organizations
4 concurrent calls
14 days raw data retention

All plans and prices

Bland AI

Start$0.14/min

Build$299/mo + $0.12/min

EnterpriseCustom

Vapi

No Success Package$0 to start, $0.05/min hosting

Core$29

Pro10% of Vapi hosting fee, $999/mo minimum

PremierCustom

Price changes we've recorded

We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.

Bland AI

Nov 8, 2026Start: $0.14 → $0

Vapi

No changes since we started tracking.

Strengths and limitations

Bland AI

$0 platform fee Start plan with no card required
Per-minute rate includes LLM, STT and TTS with no token charges
SOC 2 Type I/II, HIPAA and on-prem deployment options
Runs on its own models and infrastructure

Telephony billed separately from talk-time rate
Start plan limited to 100 calls per day and 1 voice
SSO, BAA and SMS/web chat reserved for Enterprise

Vapi

$5 free credits and no minimum minutes to start
Model provider costs passed through with no markup
Unlimited agents on every plan
SOC 2, HIPAA and PCI compliance

The hosting fee and provider costs add up; the page estimates $82–$129 for 1,000 minutes
HIPAA compliance is a $2,000/month add-on
The free tier has no support SLA and allows only 4 concurrent calls
Pro requires a $999/month minimum