Bland AI Pricing in May 2026

Bland AI's pricing follows usage-based per-minute model: $0.09/minute for outbound voice calls, $0.05/minute for inbound, with custom-quote enterprise pricing for high-volume. Real-world Bland AI bills for AI phone agents land at $200-3,000/month for early-stage; high-volume phone-agent deployments hit $10K-100K/month.

The Free Credits offer provides initial credits to test voice agents. The strategic decision: Bland AI's value is the focus on telephony AI: handle inbound and outbound phone calls with realistic-sounding voice agents that can take actions (look up info, book meetings, transfer to humans). For broader voice-agent infrastructure, Vapi competes directly with similar AI-phone-agent positioning — usually preferred for simpler developer setup. Retell AI targets the same niche with similar developer focus. PolyAI targets enterprise voice agents with custom-trained models. Deepgram bundles voice transcription with optional voice-agent SDKs. For specifically sales-phone-agents, AiSDR, Salesforge AI, and similar AI-SDR tools include some voice-call automation. For specifically customer-support voice agents, Ada (now with voice features), Forethought, and Ultimate.ai target customer-support automation. For specifically appointment-scheduling voice agents (e.g., dentists, restaurants, hair salons), Hyro, Replicant, and Voiceflow target this niche. For specifically Twilio-built custom voice agents, OpenAI Realtime API + Twilio + custom code handles full control. For specifically IVR replacement (different scope), Five9, NICE inContact, and Genesys Cloud target enterprise contact center. For specifically voice cloning to make agents sound realistic, ElevenLabs powers many voice agents (often used inside Bland AI). The phone-AI-agent space has crowded rapidly in 2024-2026.