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AnveVoice vs Retell AI

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Retell AI publishes a starting price ($0.07); AnveVoice does not. Both have a free tier. Both ship a public API.

AnveVoiceA JavaScript snippet that adds a voice assistant to a website, able to fill forms, navigate, and read pages aloud.Retell AIBuild and run AI phone agents that book, qualify and transfer calls, billed by the minute.

Side by side

FactAnveVoiceRetell AI
CategoryVoice Agents & Phone AIVoice Agents & Phone AI
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at—$0.07 minute
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyAnveshana Futurecorp Pvt LtdRetell AI Inc.
Launched20242023
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

AnveVoice

AnveVoice adds a talking, clicking, form-filling voice layer on top of an existing website with one script tag, which is a lower-effort integration than most voice-agent platforms that need a dedicated build. The tradeoff is that letting a voice agent take actions on a page (navigate, fill forms, checkout) means trusting it not to misfire on a live site, and the free tier's usage caps are small.

Pros

  • Installs with a single JavaScript embed rather than a custom build
  • Can take real actions on a page — scrolling, clicking, form fills, navigation — not just answer questions
  • REST and WebSocket API available for teams that want a custom integration instead of the embed

Cons

  • Free tier is capped at 10K characters of speech and 50K agent tokens per month
  • Pricing between the free tier and the contact-priced Enterprise tier is not published
  • SOC 2 Type II audit is still in progress, not yet complete, as of this review

Retell AI

One of the more honest voice-agent stacks: the pricing page breaks out infrastructure, TTS and LLM cost per minute so you can predict a call's cost instead of guessing. Telephony choice is wide and the concurrency allowance is generous. The catch is that per-minute billing plus add-ons makes a busy contact centre expensive fast, and the cheap end of the range only holds if you pick the cheap models.

Pros

  • Per-minute cost broken down by voice infrastructure, TTS provider and LLM on the public pricing page
  • Telephony via SIP trunking, Twilio and Vonage plus n8n, HubSpot, Make and Go High Level integrations
  • 20 concurrent calls included before any concurrency charge
  • Voice, chat and SMS agents share one platform and API
  • HIPAA path exists via a signed BAA covered in the terms of service

Cons

  • Cost per minute more than quadruples between the cheapest and most capable model combinations
  • Knowledge base, denoising, PII removal and branded caller ID are all metered extras
  • No flat-rate plan, so a spike in call volume lands straight on the invoice

Which one fits

Choose AnveVoice if you need

  • Site owners who want voice navigation without a custom integration project
  • Teams that want a voice agent restricted to their own site content, FAQs, and documents

Choose Retell AI if you need

  • Teams replacing an outbound qualification or booking script
  • Contact centres that already have Twilio, Vonage or SIP trunking
  • Developers who want per-minute cost visibility before launch

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