India AI Voice Agent Pricing Index (October 2026).
Among the bundled rupee rates we checked, Ringg lists ₹6 per connected minute and Tabbly lists ₹5.10 to ₹6.80 per minute; VAAMI lists ₹1.99 per minute for AI usage, with telephony billed separately. These numbers measure different scopes, so they are not directly comparable. This index records what eight vendors publish, what five do not, and what each says is included. It is vendor-listed pricing, not a quote.
vendors reviewed, including VAAMI. Source: each vendor's own pricing page, accessed 1 October 2026.
publish a per-minute or per-unit price on a public page; 5 do not.
billing models appear in the listings we read: per second, 30-second pulses, and per connected minute.
What does each vendor publicly list?
Prices appear in the vendor's own currency, exactly as listed. Rows marked “No public price” mean the vendor's pricing page lists no rate; we have not estimated one. Confidence reflects how clearly the page stated the figure, not whether the price is competitive.
| Vendor | Listed price | What it measures | Included / notes (as stated) | Billing | Source | Verified | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaami Publisher of this index | ₹1.99/min | AI usage, India | AI usage only. Telephony is billed separately per minute (the India telephony figure shown in the /pricing calculator is ₹0.69/min), or bring your own telephony (BYOT) and pay your carrier directly. India pay-as-you-go starts at ₹999/month. No setup fee, no minimum monthly commitment. | Per second (AI usage) | Page | 2026-10-01 | High |
| Tabbly India-focused | ₹6.80/min (pay-as-you-go); ₹5.10/min (committed usage) | Per minute, INR | Pay-as-you-go has no minimum commitment. The committed tier lists a minimum of 5,000 minutes/month. Inclusions of individual components are not itemised on the page. | Billed to exact seconds | Page | 2026-10-01 | High |
| Ringg India-focused | ₹6/connected minute | Per connected minute, INR (voice agents) | Page lists speech-to-text, text-to-speech, LLM, telephony and basic analytics as bundled in the voice-agent rate. Phone number is listed separately at ₹499/month. The page notes billed amounts may vary with exchange rates and taxes. | Per connected minute (granularity beyond this not stated) | Page | 2026-10-01 | Medium |
| Bolna India-focused | 6.00¢/min standard (USD cents) | Per minute, USD | Page does not itemise whether telephony, LLM, TTS and ASR are included; it states you can bring your own keys (BYOK) for LLM, TTS and ASR providers. Pilot plan tiers are listed at $500 for 12,000 minutes and $300 for 6,500 minutes. Pay-as-you-go credits from $10 to $5,000. | Pilot plan: 30-second pulses. Pay-as-you-go: granularity not stated | Page | 2026-10-01 | Medium |
| Smallest.ai India-focused | $0.09–$0.21/min (voice agent calls, by model); as low as $0.05/min with speech-to-speech | Per minute, USD | Page itemises components (hosting $0.01/min flat, speech-to-text about $0.009/min, text-to-speech about $0.09/min, plus LLM by model). Phone numbers are $10/number/month. | Not stated | Page | 2026-10-01 | Medium |
| Retell AI Global developer platform | $0.07–$0.31/min (pay-as-you-go, depends on configuration) | Per minute, USD | Components priced separately: voice infrastructure $0.055/min, text-to-speech from $0.015/min, LLM varies by model, telephony $0.015/min (varies by country). First 20 concurrent calls free; $8 per additional concurrency per month. | Tracked to the nearest second; charged on accumulated minutes at cycle end | Page | 2026-10-01 | Medium |
| Vapi Global developer platform | $0.05/min hosting (pay-as-you-go), plus pass-through components | Per minute, USD (hosting fee only) | Transcription, LLM and voice are billed as separate pass-through costs at the provider's rate; telephony is free on Vapi's own transport and metered when using a third-party carrier such as Twilio. Extra concurrency is listed as an add-on at $10/line/month; included concurrency varies by package. | Per-minute consumption tracked; finer granularity not stated | Page | 2026-10-01 | Medium |
| Bland AI Global developer platform | $0.14/min (Start); $0.12/min (Build, plus $299/month platform fee) | Per minute of talk time, USD | LLM, real-time transcription and text-to-speech are stated as included in the per-minute rate. Transfer time is priced separately ($0.05/min Start, $0.04/min Build). Daily and concurrent call limits apply by plan. | Not stated | Page | 2026-10-01 | Medium |
| Synthflow Global developer platform | No public price | No public per-minute price | Enterprise page lists a starting price of $30,000 annually and says final pricing is scoped by call volume, concurrency, telephony setup and other factors. No per-minute rate published there. | Not stated | Page | 2026-10-01 | Medium |
| Gnani.ai India-focused | No public price | No public price | Pricing page directs visitors to book a demo; no rates, plans or billing terms are listed. | Not stated | Page | 2026-10-01 | High |
| Jio Haptik India-focused | No public price | No public price | Pricing page directs visitors to request a demo or email the enterprise team; no rates are listed. | Not stated | Page | 2026-10-01 | High |
| MyOperator India-focused | No public price | No public per-minute price | AI plan is shown as custom-priced and billed annually; the page refers to AI capacity measured in credits per voice minute but does not publish the credit rate. | Not stated | Page | 2026-10-01 | Medium |
| Exotel India-focused | No public price | No public price on the pricing overview | Pricing overview links to product pricing details and invites visitors to talk to an expert; no AI voice agent rate is shown there. | Not stated | Page | 2026-10-01 | Medium |
VAAMI is a participant in this market, and its row is drawn from its own pricing page. It is shown for reference and is subject to the same rules as every other row. Vendors change prices without notice; always confirm on the vendor's page before you buy.
How was this index compiled?
Collection. On 1 October 2026, VAAMI opened each vendor's public pricing page and recorded the figures, inclusions and billing terms stated there. The vendors reviewed are those we encounter most often in India buying conversations, plus the global developer platforms that Indian teams commonly evaluate. The list is a convenience sample, not a census of the market.
Inclusion rule. A price appears only if it was read from the vendor's own page. If the page lists no rate, the vendor appears with no number. We do not use reseller listings, review sites, forum posts or sales conversations.
Currency. Prices are shown in the vendor's listed currency and are not converted. Comparing a dollar rate with a rupee rate requires an exchange rate, and the rate you actually pay depends on your bank, the vendor's invoicing currency and taxes.
What is excluded. Volume discounts negotiated off-page, enterprise contracts, promotional credits, taxes, and any feature quality such as accuracy, latency or language coverage. A price table says nothing about how well an agent performs.
Confidence. “High” means the page stated the figure plainly. “Medium” means the page is complex (several plans, component pricing or variable ranges), so a reader should check the source for the plan that applies to them.
Corrections. If a figure is out of date or wrong, send the row and a link to the public page showing the correct figure through VAAMI support. We update the row and its verified date. The data lives in a single typed file so that each quarterly refresh changes only the figures and dates.
How do you read a per-minute price without being misled?
Two prices that look similar can describe different products. Before comparing, put the same seven questions to each vendor. The table above shows where each vendor's page answers them and where it stays silent.
Is telephony in the number?
Some vendors bundle carrier minutes into the rate; others bill AI usage and carrier minutes separately, or let you bring your own carrier. A low headline rate with separate telephony can cost more than a higher bundled rate, and the reverse is also true.
Are the LLM, TTS and ASR pass-through?
Developer platforms often list a hosting fee and then pass through the language model, voice and transcription at the provider's rate. Your final per-minute figure depends on which models you select, so the headline number is a floor, not a forecast.
How is a call rounded?
Billing can be per second, in 30-second pulses, or rounded up to the full minute. Short calls such as confirmations and reminders are the most exposed to rounding because most of their duration is under a minute.
Is there a minimum commitment?
Look for minimum monthly minutes, annual contracts, platform fees and prepaid credit minimums. A committed-usage rate is only cheaper if you actually reach the minimum.
What are the concurrency limits?
Concurrency is how many calls can run at once. Outbound campaigns that need to finish within a window can hit limits, and extra concurrency may be a paid add-on.
What counts as a billable minute?
Some vendors bill connected minutes only; others bill from dial. Ask whether ringing time, voicemail, transfers and failed connections are billable, and whether transfer time carries a different rate.
What is billed on top?
Phone numbers, analytics add-ons, knowledge-base storage, compliance add-ons, taxes and exchange-rate variation can all sit outside the per-minute figure.
How much can billing rounding change a monthly bill?
This is hypothetical arithmetic, not any vendor's quote. Assume a rate of ₹6 per minute (a round number chosen for easy maths) and 12,000 short calls in a month, each lasting 47 seconds, such as order confirmations or payment reminders.
| Billing model | Billable minutes | Monthly cost at ₹6/min |
|---|---|---|
| Per second | 12,000 × 47s = 5,64,000s = 9,400 min | ₹56,400 |
| Rounded up to the full minute | 12,000 calls × 1 min = 12,000 min | ₹72,000 |
The difference is ₹15,600 per month, or about 27.7% more under minute rounding, for identical call behaviour. Under 30-second pulses a 47-second call also bills as 60 seconds, so the result matches the minute-rounded row in this example. Rounding matters less for long calls and more for short ones. See per-second billing for the definition, and the cost calculator to run your own volumes.
Limitations of this index
- Listed prices are what vendors publish on one date. Negotiated prices differ.
- Rates for different products are not like-for-like; a bundled rate and a hosting-only rate are different things.
- Page content was read on 1 October 2026. A vendor may have changed its page since, and some pages show several plans.
- The index covers price only. It does not measure accuracy, latency, language support or compliance posture.
- VAAMI publishes this index and sells in this market. We apply the same inclusion rule to every vendor, and invite corrections.
Where to go from here.
- VAAMI pricing — per-second AI billing, from ₹1.99/min
- AI voice agent cost calculator
- Compare AI voice agent platforms
- VAAMI vs Bolna AI — full comparison
- Voice AI pricing in India (2026) — what to expect
- AI voice agent pricing guide (2026)
- AI voice agents for India — languages and deployment
- AI calling agent for India
- Compliance for AI calling in India
- State of Voice AI Calling in India (2026)
- VAAMI research hub
Questions about the pricing index.
What is the India AI Voice Agent Pricing Index?
It is a dated table of the per-minute prices that AI voice agent vendors publish on their own pricing pages, with what each vendor says is included, how it bills, and a source link. VAAMI compiles it from public pages only. It is not a quote from any vendor.
Why do some vendors show no price?
A vendor appears with no number when its public pricing page directs visitors to a sales conversation and lists no per-minute rate. We do not estimate or infer prices for those vendors.
Why are some prices in dollars and others in rupees?
Each price is shown in the currency the vendor lists. We do not convert, because exchange rates move and vendors may bill in different currencies than they display. Convert at your own bank's rate when comparing.
Is the cheapest per-minute price the cheapest total cost?
Not necessarily. Per-minute prices can include or exclude telephony, the language model, text-to-speech and speech recognition. Billing rounding and concurrency limits also change the final bill. The hidden-cost checklist on this page lists the questions to ask before comparing.
How often is the index updated?
The index is reviewed quarterly, and each row shows the date it was last verified. This edition was compiled on 1 October 2026. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on the vendor's page before buying.
How can a vendor request a correction?
Contact VAAMI through the support page with the row, the correct figure and a link to the public page that shows it. We update the row and its verified date. Corrections from vendors and readers are handled the same way.