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Bland AI

Verified Oct 16, 2026 Active
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Phone-call agents billed per minute, with the language model, transcription and voice included in the rate

ai phone callsoutbound callingivr replacementcall center automationvoice apiPaid · from $0.14/min

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Web · API
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Pricing

Pricing model
Paid
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$0.14/min
Billing
Metered · per minute

Start is $0.14 per talk minute with no platform fee and no card required (two credits and an inbound number to begin), capped at 10 concurrent and 100 daily calls. Build adds a $299 monthly fee for $0.12 per minute and higher limits; Enterprise is contracted. Telephony is billed separately at pass-through cost unless you bring your own carrier.

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Overview

About Bland AI

Bland runs AI agents that place and answer phone calls and extends the same agents to SMS and web chat. It targets regulated call work in healthcare, insurance and financial services, such as replacing IVR menus, qualifying leads, confirming appointments and staffing inbound queues, and states SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and PCI DSS compliance. The company built its own speech stack, so one per-minute rate covers the language model, transcription and synthesized voice, while telephony is billed separately on Bland's carrier at cost or on your own Twilio or SIP trunk. Developers drive it through a documented REST API, and enterprises can get dedicated, VPC or on-prem infrastructure.

Platforms
Web · API
API
Yes
Last verified
Oct 16, 2026

Verified sources

  • Pricing page: Start $0.14 per minute with no platform fee, 10 concurrent and 100 daily calls; Build $0.12 per minute plus a $299 monthly platform fee; Enterprise custom (15 October 2026)bland.ai ↗
  • Pricing FAQ: the per-minute rate covers LLM, STT and TTS; telephony is billed separately on your own carrier or Bland's at pass-through cost (15 October 2026)bland.ai ↗
  • About page: pivoted into voice AI in 2023 during Y Combinator, about 100 people in San Francisco, more than $50M raised (15 October 2026)bland.ai ↗
  • Public REST API documentation with API keys and call endpointsdocs.bland.ai ↗
Fact check

Is Bland AI legit?

We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.

Domain registered
Jul 30, 2023 (3 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 20, 2026
TLS certificate
Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Dec 18, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
Last checked
Oct 16, 2026The site answered
On the market since
2023The vendor's own material, read by us
Operated by
Bland, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026

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Editorial verdict

Pros & cons of Bland AI

high confidence

Bland quotes one per-minute rate that already includes the language model, transcription and voice, and publishes its compliance certifications, which makes cost modelling simpler than on platforms that pass through several vendor bills. Telephony is still a separate line, and the cheap entry rate comes with tight call caps, so real call-centre volume moves you onto the $299 monthly Build fee or an enterprise contract.

Pros

  • Per-minute rate covers model, transcription and voice with no token charges
  • Documented REST API with batch dispatch and in-call tools
  • SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA with a BAA, GDPR and PCI DSS compliance stated
  • Free start credits and an inbound number without a card
  • Bring-your-own Twilio or SIP trunk is supported and waives transfer fees

Cons

  • Concurrency, daily caps, voices and many call features are gated by tier
  • Build adds a $299 monthly fee on top of minutes, and the mid-size Scale tier has been dropped
  • Telephony is billed on top of the per-minute AI rate
  • A closed in-house stack means less choice of underlying models

Best for

  • Teams replacing IVR menus with agents that can be interrupted
  • Outbound qualification and appointment confirmation at volume
  • Regulated industries needing HIPAA or PCI paperwork on file

Not for

  • Hobby projects that only need a handful of calls a month
  • Buyers who want to pick their own model vendor per call

Watch out: Compare on total cost, not the headline rate: add telephony to the $0.14, and note that 10 concurrent calls and 100 calls a day on the entry plan is a pilot budget, not a contact centre.

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