Comparison
AvA vs Bland AI
Both of us publish a per-minute price. They cover different things, and that difference is most of the answer.
AvA
$0.05
per connected minute
The carrier leg, the speech, the reasoning, the transcript and the recording. Nothing is added on the invoice.
Bland AI
$0.11 – $0.14 / min
their published headline
The AI in one number — model, speech-to-text and speech synthesis, with no token charges or provider pass-throughs.
What Bland AI bills on top
Quoted from their own pricing page, read on 30 August 2026.
- Telephony — billed separately, on your carrier or theirs at cost
- Call transfers — $0.03 to $0.05/min depending on plan
Realistically
$0.11 – $0.14 plus telephony
$0.14 on Start, $0.12 on Build, $0.11 on Scale. Bundling the AI into one number is the honest half of what we do; telephony is the half they leave out.
Where Bland AI is the better answer
There is one, and you should know it before you talk to us.
Their per-minute number really does include the model, speech and synthesis with no pass-throughs, which is more honest than most. If you are US-focused and want a single AI vendor, they are a clean choice.
Beyond the per-minute number
Telephony is included
Bland AI bills the carrier separately. Ours is in the number above, which is why the two figures are not comparable as printed.
All 22 Eighth Schedule languages
Bodo, Santali, Manipuri, Dogri and the rest — not just the easy ten. If you are selling in India beyond the metros, this is usually the deciding factor rather than price.
White-label, if you are reselling
Your domain, your brand, per-client accounts with their own budgets and data isolation. Most platforms in this space sell direct and have no reseller path at all.
Every Bland AI figure on this page was read from their own pricing page on 30 August 2026. Prices change — ours do too — so check both before you decide. If we have got something wrong here, tell us and we will correct it.
The comparison that settles it
Have both call you. Ours takes about ten seconds to arrange.