Retell AI
- Transparent per-component pricing and $10 free credit
- 20 concurrent calls included on pay-as-you-go
- Wide choice of models and voices, SIP at no charge
Retell AI vs Vapi
Retell AI is developer platform for building AI voice agents for phone calls; Vapi is developer platform and API for voice AI agents. Here they are side by side from their own pricing pages, with VYZR as a third option for Gulf teams.
Side by side
| Retell AI | Vapi | VYZR | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $0.07–$0.31 per minute, pay as you go | $0.05/min hosting + provider costs (≈$0.08–$0.13/min) | $149/mo Starter (400 min), $349 Pro (1,000 min, WhatsApp), $699 Ultra |
| How you pay | $0.055/min voice infrastructure + chosen LLM + chosen voice; telephony from $0.015/min | Hosting fee; speech, LLM and voice passed through at provider cost | Plan with AI minutes; overage $0.16–$0.23/min; Meta WhatsApp rates passed through with no markup |
| Channels | Phone calls (voice); chat agents | Phone calls, web calls | Phone calls, WhatsApp, web chat (one agent, shared memory) |
| Arabic | Arabic listed (ar-SA); forum users request other dialects | Depends on the speech and voice providers you connect | Arabic and English; Gulf Arabic (Khaleeji) tested on production calls; 100+ languages |
| Not native; via third-party connectors | Not native | Native, official WhatsApp Business API (official Meta partner) | |
| Phone calls | Core product; 20 concurrent calls included, +$8 per extra | Core product; 4 concurrent calls free, 10 on Core ($29/mo), +$10 per line | Core product: inbound and outbound, warm and cold transfers, UAE numbers on e& and du |
| Setup | Self-serve for developers | Self-serve for developers | Build it yourself, or the VYZR team sets it up |
Where each one is strong
Vapi
- Bring your own providers at cost, no markup
- Low entry price and $5 free credit
- Large developer community and integrations
Retell AI or Vapi?
Pick Retell AI if transparent per-component pricing and $10 free credit matters most. Pick Vapi if bring your own providers at cost, no markup matters more. Watch for: you build, test and maintain the agent yourself (Retell AI); only 4 concurrent calls without a plan (Vapi).
VYZR puts phone calls, WhatsApp and web chat on one agent with shared memory, answers in Arabic and English, and can be set up for you, so you do not need engineers to run it.
Retell AI vs Vapi: questions
Which is cheaper, Retell AI or Vapi?
Retell AI: $0.07–$0.31 per minute, pay as you go. Vapi: $0.05/min hosting + provider costs (≈$0.08–$0.13/min). The real cost depends on your volume and add-ons.
Which one supports Arabic?
Retell AI: Arabic listed (ar-SA); forum users request other dialects. Vapi: Depends on the speech and voice providers you connect.
Is there an option that does calls and WhatsApp together?
Yes. VYZR runs phone calls, WhatsApp and web chat on one AI agent with shared memory, in Arabic and English.
More on each one
VYZR vs Retell AIVYZR vs VapiRetell AI pricingRetell AI alternativesVapi pricingVapi alternatives
Where these facts come from
- Retell AI pricing · checked 2026-11-09
- Retell AI language docs · checked 2026-11-09
- Vapi pricing · checked 2026-11-09
- VYZR pricing
Vendors change prices and features often. Confirm current details with each vendor before you buy, and tell us at info@vyzr.ai if anything here is out of date.
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