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Agents · by ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs Agents

Conversational agents on the voices ElevenLabs is known for, with telephony attached.

+ The voice is the best part of the stack and it is included rather than bolted on.
− Minutes are priced as voice, not as orchestration - heavy call volume gets expensive.

Free tierFree tier to build; paid by conversation minuteswebapi

Open ElevenLabs Agents ↗ best for: agents where the voice has to sound right

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9evidence score / 100
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ElevenLabs Agents alternatives

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1
Pipecat Open source
Open-source pipeline for voice and multimodal agents, built from swappable frames.

+ The pipeline is explicit, so interruption handling and turn-taking are yours to tune.
− A library, not a dashboard: no call logs or flow editor unless you build them.

BSD-2; you pay only the services you plug inopen sourceapiclilinuxmac
42new
evidence / 100
2
LiveKit Agents Open source
Open-source framework for realtime voice and video agents on WebRTC transport.

+ WebRTC underneath means in-app and in-browser voice, not only phone calls.
− You run the media plane or pay for theirs - the framework alone is not a product.

Apache 2.0; LiveKit Cloud is the paid hosted transportopen sourcewebapiclilinux
37new
evidence / 100
3
Deepgram Free tier
A speech-to-text and text-to-speech API built for low-latency streaming at scale.

+ Among the fastest real-time transcription APIs available, with diarization and keyword boosting built in.
− Developer-only; there is no end-user app, and accuracy on heavily accented speech trails Whisper-class models.

$200 free credit; Nova STT from about $0.0043/minapi
17▼ 7
evidence / 100
4
Cartesia Free tier
Sonic: very low-latency voice generation built for live conversation.

+ Latency low enough for a voice agent that can be interrupted.
− Fewer polished preset voices than ElevenLabs, and it is API-first.

Free credits to try; usage-based afterapiweb
9▼ 11
evidence / 100
5
Inworld AI Free tier
Engine for AI-driven NPCs and voice agents with memory, personality and real-time speech, integrated with Unity and Unreal.

+ Low-latency voice-to-voice NPC conversations with engine plugins.
− Usage costs scale quickly with players and the product has pivoted several times.

usage-based; free tierapiweb
9▼ 12
evidence / 100

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