Hume AI Pricing in May 2026

Hume AI's pricing follows usage-based tiers for the EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) at $0.07-$0.12/minute depending on tier. Real-world Hume AI bills for AI products with empathic voice land at $200-2,000/month for early-stage; mid-stage products with high voice volume hit $5K-50K/month.

The Free Credits offer provides initial credits for evaluation. The strategic decision: Hume AI's value is the focus on empathic AI as a research-grade product: their EVI model is trained on emotional expressivity at a level frontier-lab text models don't target. For broader voice-agent alternatives, OpenAI's gpt-4o-realtime and Anthropic Claude with voice integrations target the same voice-agent space with broader-purpose models but less emotional depth. Vapi, Retell AI, and Bland AI provide voice-agent infrastructure that pairs ElevenLabs (TTS) with various LLMs. Deepgram handles voice transcription with optional voice-agent SDKs. Soul Machines and Synthesia target avatar-based emotional AI for different use cases. ElevenLabs handles voice synthesis without emotional reasoning at Hume's level. For sentiment analysis specifically, AWS Comprehend, Google Natural Language API, and Azure Text Analytics target text-based sentiment. For therapeutic and mental-health-focused AI, Woebot and Wysa target consumer applications with structured therapeutic frameworks. For specifically emotion-recognition-from-voice (older tech), Affectiva and Beyond Verbal pioneered the space. For specifically speech-to-speech generation with emotional control, Hume's EVI competes most directly with OpenAI Voice Mode and Sesame's CSM. Hume AI's specific niche is empathic voice agents and emotional AI as core differentiator.