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WSimplified vs Vapi
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Simplified if…
- you're in its core audience: founders and small businesses, marketing agencies
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Choose Vapi if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you want the lower entry price ($29/mo vs $79/mo)
- you're in its core audience: developers, customer support teams
Side by side
Feature Simplified Vapi
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$79/mo$29/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNoYes
Data retentionAccount closure: personal information removed within 30 days; some data kept as required by lawDepends on customer config; free plan 14 days raw data; deleted on request
Security and compliance—SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS
MCP server—
Model choice—
Human approval step—
Custom agent builder
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategoryAI AgentsAI Agents
CompanyTLDR Technologies, Inc.Vapi Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
S Simplified
- Riley agent turns one brief into a full campaign
- Brand memory for colors, fonts, voice and products
- Approval gates before anything is published
- Social scheduling, inbox and analytics across 10+ channels
- AI writer, image generator and video tools
- Agent Builder for custom recurring workflows
- Open-source MCP server for Claude, Codex and Cursor
- CLI plus REST API with OAuth2 and webhooks
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
Plans and prices
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Simplified
Starter$79/mo
ProNot listed
BusinessNot listed
Vapi
No Success Package$0 to start, $0.05/min hosting
Core$29
Pro10% of Vapi hosting fee, $999/mo minimum
PremierCustom
Strengths and limitations
Simplified
- Trial includes full Starter access with 5 campaigns
- Combines creative, video, social scheduling and approvals in one workspace
- MCP server, CLI and API let external agents use it
- Rated 4.6 on G2 from 5,000+ reviews
- Unused campaigns do not roll over to the next month
- Pro and Business prices are not shown on the pricing page
- Starter is limited to 5 campaigns a month
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
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