AI Voice Agents · pricing · Updated November 2026
Vapi pricing (2026)
Vapi's paid plans start at $29/mo (Core) as checked on 2026-11-01, read from Vapi's own pricing page; 4 plans. Best for developers. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $29/mo (Core)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: developers; startups; enterprise; outbound-calling; inbound-calling
As of · every figure below links to its source
Vapi plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
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| Build STALE · 2026-09-02 | $0 | — | Per minute | No upfront cost; pay-as-you-go at $0.05/min for call hosting. Model provider costs passed through at actual cost (or $0 with own API key). SMS/Chat: $0.005/message. 10 concurrent calls included; additional at $10/month each. HIPAA add-on $2,000/month. Zero Data Retention add-on $1,000/month. 14-day call history retention. | vapi.ai |
| Core | $29 | — | Flat monthly | $29 per month success package, pre-paid and auto-renewing, on top of usage; models passed through at cost. 2 organizations, 5 included Vapi phone numbers, 10 concurrent calls, 30 days raw data retention, ZDR included, email support with a 2 business day response SLA. | vapi.ai |
| Pro | $999 | — | Hybrid | 10% of the Vapi hosting fee with a $999/mo minimum, on top of usage; models passed through at cost; bought through sales. 10 organizations, 10 included Vapi phone numbers, 30 concurrent calls, 180 days raw data retention, RBAC + ZDR, email and dedicated Slack support, 1 business day response SLA, 99% uptime SLA. | vapi.ai |
| Premier | not priced monthly | — | Custom / quote | Custom pricing, direct sales only; models passed through at cost. Elevated organizations, concurrency and data retention; custom number of Vapi phone numbers; named support team; 1 hour P0 response SLA; 99.9% uptime SLA; custom RBAC + ZDR + SSO; dedicated SIP available. | vapi.ai |
Last verified 2026-11-01. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 1 of 4 plans above is marked. Pricing fetched from vapi.ai/pricing; compliance from security.vapi.ai (Trust Center). HIPAA compliance is listed as a $2,000/month add-on. SOC2, GDPR, PCI DSS v4.0.1, and CCPA confirmed via Trust Center. Read again 2026-09-27: the page sells usage with an optional success package (No Success Package, Core, Pro, Premier).
Plans no longer listed
Plans we recorded earlier that the page they were read from no longer lists. None of these is a current price, and a plan missing from a pricing page may still be sold to existing customers or through sales.
| Plan | Last recorded | Named successor | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ScaleNot listed on vapi.ai as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-09-02. The page sells usage with an optional success package (No Success Package, Core, Pro, Premier): "Choose your Success Package Start on usage only, or add a success package from day one. No minimum minutes required. No Success Package Get started for free, and then pay only for the minutes that run $0 to start" | was usage-priced — Not listed on vapi.ai as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-09-02 | — | vapi.ai |
Price changes
Price on record
$29/moFirst on record 2026-10-16
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since October 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Vapi, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Vapi. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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Scale (not listed on vapi.ai as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-09-02). Not listed on vapi.ai as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-09-02. The page sells usage with an optional success package (No Success Package, Core, Pro, Premier): "Choose your Success Package Start on usage only, or add a success package from day one. No minimum minutes required. No Success Package Get started for free, and then pay only for the minutes that run $0 to start"
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Plan added: Core, $29/mo (listed on vapi.ai as of 2026-09-27). Plan added: Core, $29 (listed on vapi.ai as of 2026-09-27). The page reads: "Core For builders & early teams $29 / month 2 organizations 5 included Vapi phone numbers 10 concurrent calls"
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Plan added: Pro, $999/mo (listed on vapi.ai as of 2026-09-27). Plan added: Pro, $999 (listed on vapi.ai as of 2026-09-27). The page reads: "Pro For scaling teams in production $999 10% of Vapi hosting fee $999/mo minimum"
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Plan added: Premier, quote-only (listed on vapi.ai as of 2026-09-27). Plan added: Premier, quote-only (listed on vapi.ai as of 2026-09-27). The page reads: "Premier For sophisticated orgs scaling voice agents, with packages to fit your needs Custom Direct sales only Models pass-through at cost Contact sales"
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Core. The Core plan added on 2026-09-29 is a fee on top of per-minute usage, and without a usage rate the cost tables read it as flat and unlimited. It is now marked as not modelled at a call volume; the price and its date are unchanged, and the tables price Vapi by Build's per-minute rate as before.
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Pro. The Pro plan added on 2026-09-29 is a fee on top of per-minute usage, and without a usage rate the cost tables read it as flat and unlimited. It is now marked as not modelled at a call volume; the price and its date are unchanged, and the tables price Vapi by Build's per-minute rate as before.
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Build. Build's $0.05 a minute was priced in the cost tables as if it were the whole cost of a minute, beside vendors whose per-minute rates include the speech, language-model and telephony providers. It is Vapi's platform fee alone, with those providers billed on top at their own rates, so Build is now marked as not modelled at a call volume. The rate and its date are unchanged.
Capabilities
Integrations: Twilio, Telnyx, WebRTC.
Key features: API-first developer platform with full BYOK (bring your own LLM key) support; Call hosting at $0.05/min with model costs passed through at actual price; Enterprise compliance add-ons (HIPAA, Zero Data Retention) available on Build tier; Trusted by Amazon Ring, Intuit, ServiceTitan, New York Life.
Plan limits: 10 concurrent calls on Build (additional $10/month each); 14-day call history on Build; 30-day chat history on Build; HIPAA requires $2,000/month add-on on Build.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Vapi cost?
Vapi's paid plans start at $29/mo (Core), and it lists a $0 plan (Build); it has 4 published plans. Verified 2026-11-01.
What are cheaper alternatives to Vapi?
Cheaper AI voice agents than Vapi (entry $29/mo) include Cartesia at $5/mo, ElevenLabs Agents at $6/mo. Verified 2026-11-01.
Does Vapi support HIPAA?
Yes — Vapi states HIPAA support on its public pages. Its public pages also state SOC 2 and GDPR compliance.
Does Vapi have a free plan?
Yes — Vapi publishes a free tier.
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