No subscription, no surprise line items. Add credit and spend it on calls, texts, and email.
HailALL-IN calls · texts · email · one balance | Twilio CPaaS building blocks twilio.com/pricing ↗ | Vapi Voice agents vapi.ai/pricing ↗ | Retell AI Voice agents retellai.com/pricing ↗ | Resend Email API resend.com/pricing ↗ | Mailgun Email API mailgun.com/pricing ↗ | |
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AI phone calls per minute, all components | $0.10/min★ BEST the call, the transcription, the model, the voice. No platform fee. | ~$0.095–0.11/min ConversationRelay + voice leg; bring, pay, and wire your own LLM | ~$0.13–0.15/min $0.05/min platform fee + provider costs; $10/mo per extra concurrency line | ~$0.165/min four separate meters; their own GPT-5.5 example is $0.24/min | — not offered | — not offered |
Email 10,000 messages a month | $1/1,000★ BEST 10,000 emails is $10. Usage only, nothing monthly. Send and receive. | $19.95/mo via SendGrid: separate product, account, and bill | — not offered | — not offered | $20/mo Pro is the smallest paid plan; free tier caps at 3k/mo, 100/day | $15/mo Basic plan; 1-day log retention, overage $1.80/1k |
Texts (US) per segment, fees included | $0.018/text carrier passthrough fees included in the rate. | ~$0.0134★ BEST $0.0083 sticker + carrier fees, + $2–10/mo campaign + up to $59 setup | — not offered | — not offered | — not offered | — not offered |
Phone number monthly | from $1.00/mo★ BEST billed at carrier cost, no markup. Outbound calls need no number: shared line included. | $1.15/mo rented, before any usage | via Twilio bring your own telephony account | $2/mo $10/mo + $10 setup for verified numbers | — not offered | — not offered |
To get all three channels calls + texts + email | 1 account★ BEST one balance, one API, MCP native. | 2 accounts Twilio + SendGrid, reconciled by you | 3+ accounts Vapi + telephony + an email vendor | 3+ accounts Retell + telephony extras + an email vendor | Email only no calls, no texts | Email only no calls, no texts |
One balance, every channel. See how it stacks up in the comparison.