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Dialora.ai 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.

The short answer

Free plan
Only Retell AI (Dialora.ai has paid plans only)
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Retell AI — 92 vs 75 for Dialora.ai
Best fit
Dialora.ai: Appointment-driven local businesses such as dental or home services · Retell AI: Teams replacing an outbound qualification or booking script
Status
Both up at our last check — Dialora.ai Oct 16, 2026, Retell AI Oct 15, 2026

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Side by side

FactDialora.aiRetell AI
CategoryVoice Agents & Phone AIVoice Agents & Phone AI
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at—$0.07/min
Public APIYesYes
Trust score75 / 10092 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyDialoraRetell AI Inc.
Launched—2023
Last verifiedOct 16, 2026Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

Dialora.ai

Feature-for-feature this looks like the rest of the mid-market voice agent field: booking, transfer, knowledge base, transcripts, five languages, an API. What sets it apart, and not in a good way, is how little of the commercial side is nailed down, from a pricing page that shows no prices to a terms page with an unfilled template placeholder.

Pros

  • Handles both inbound answering and batch outbound dialling
  • Books directly into Cal.com and Google Calendar
  • Live transfer to a human plus post-call transcripts and sentiment analysis
  • Documented API and an n8n integration for workflow automation
  • Five spoken languages listed, including Turkish and Portuguese

Cons

  • Pricing page displays no prices, and the site's own metadata gives two different starting figures
  • No call-minute allowances or overage rates published
  • No legal entity, registered address or country disclosed
  • Comparison pages against competitors are marketing content, not verified benchmarks

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 Dialora.ai if you need

  • Appointment-driven local businesses such as dental or home services
  • Teams that want inbound answering and outbound batches in one tool
  • Buyers already using Cal.com or Google Calendar

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

Dialora.ai vs Retell AI: the questions people ask

Is Dialora.ai cheaper than Retell AI?

Retell AI starts at $0.07/min. An entry price for Dialora.ai is not confirmed by us yet, so check its pricing page before you compare.

Does Dialora.ai or Retell AI have a free tier?

Retell AI has a free tier; Dialora.ai has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, Dialora.ai or Retell AI?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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