Vapi Pricing (2026): What You'll Actually Pay
Skip the engineering project. SeldonFrame ships a working receptionist — plus the website, CRM, and booking calendar it books into — from one conversation, for $29/mo flat on your own keys.
- Starts at: no platform fee — pay per use
- What stacks on top: $0.05/min — but this is only the platform's own cut.
- SeldonFrame comparison: $29/mo flat, unlimited workspaces — no meters
Vapi plans
Build (self-serve, usage-based)
Developers building voice agents
- ·10 concurrent lines included
- ·14-day call data retention
Scale (annual contract)
Production/enterprise deployments
- ·Custom concurrency & retention
- ·SOC 2/HIPAA/PCI, SSO/RBAC
What stacks on top
The plan price is rarely the whole story. Here's every add-on and meter that adds to the sticker price.
$0.05/min — but this is only the platform's own cut.
Speech-to-text, the LLM, text-to-speech, and telephony are passed through at cost (free only if you bring your own API keys) — real-world all-in cost is reported around $0.10–$0.30/min depending on the stack, not shown on the pricing page.
Extra concurrency runs $10 per line/month beyond 10; SMS/chat is $0.005/msg; HIPAA compliance is $2,000/mo and Zero Data Retention is $1,000/mo.
Free tier: 60+ minutes included to start; no ongoing free tier
How this compares to SeldonFrame
SeldonFrame is $29/mo flat, unlimited workspaces, with AI and telephony on your own keys at raw provider cost — the AI receptionist, website, CRM, and booking calendar all ship in one price, no meters to watch.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Vapi cost?
The advertised $0.05/min is only Vapi's hosting fee — the model, voice, and telephony providers bill separately, and a real call commonly costs 2–6x that headline number. HIPAA compliance alone adds $2,000 a month.
Does Vapi have a free plan?
60+ minutes included to start; no ongoing free tier
What's the cheapest Vapi alternative?
SeldonFrame: $29/mo flat, unlimited workspaces, first workspace free forever, with AI and telephony on your own keys at raw provider cost — no meters. /alternative-to-vapi
Prices checked July 2026 on https://vapi.ai/pricing
See what you'd pay on SeldonFrame instead
Paste a business's website and SeldonFrame builds the site, CRM, booking calendar and AI receptionist in about 3 minutes — free, before you sign up. Then it's $29/mo flat for unlimited workspaces.