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Best Voice agents — Claude
10 of 23 voice agents match “Claude”. Compare their prices and features side by side.
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| # | Agent | Best for | Starts at |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaping AI | Claude is named as one of the large language models a customer can choose to power an agent; the vendor lists model choice as a platform feature rather than a tier upgrade. | From $1,000/month |
| 2 | Telnyx Voice AI Agents | Claude is selectable as the assistant's model in the Agent tab, and the model table marks a Claude Haiku entry as requiring no API key of your own; prompts still leave Telnyx for Anthropic. | From $0.05/minute |
| 3 | VoiceAgents | Nigerian SMB and mid-market operators who need a no-code phone agent that handles calls in Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin, Hausa or Nigerian English out of the box. | From $15/month |
| 4 | Cartesia | Engineering teams that want an open-source voice-agent SDK with real LLM choice, built on speech models several rival platforms in this category already license as a component. | Free, then $5/month |
| 5 | Deepgram Voice Agent API | Engineering teams that want a managed speech pipeline with real LLM-provider choice, and regulated enterprises that need a self-hosted or VPC deployment option a typical closed-source voice-agent vendor does not offer. | From $0.05/minute |
| 6 | PolyAI | Teams that want a proven, enterprise-scale, compliance-certified voice AI vendor with a research-led model roadmap, and are prepared to start with a sales conversation: there is no self-serve or free way to trial it today. | Price not established |
| 7 | LiveKit Agents | Engineering teams that want to own their voice-agent stack end to end, self-hosted or on LiveKit Cloud, without being locked into one vendor's API. | Free, then $50/month |
| 8 | ElevenLabs Agents | Developers and product teams who want ElevenLabs' voice quality and cloning as the foundation of their agent, and are comfortable assembling the rest of the stack themselves. | Free, then $6/month |
| 9 | Retell AI | Product and engineering teams that want a low-latency, human-sounding phone agent with flexible model and telephony choice. | From $0.07/minute |
| 10 | Vapi | Engineering teams that want maximum control to build custom voice agents on their own choice of model, voice and telephony. | From $0.05/minute |
About this list
10 of 23 voice agents match “Claude”. Of the rest: 2 on some plans only, 6 no, 5 unknown.
How the voice agents matching “Claude” differ: 10 of 10 also match “Model choice”, against 2 of 13 in the rest of the category.
The ranking
Editor’s pick
#1
Leaping AI
Voice and SMS AI agents for call centres, with built-in telephony, CRM integrations and a no-code agent builder.
Best forClaude is named as one of the large language models a customer can choose to power an agent; the vendor lists model choice as a platform feature rather than a tier upgrade.
Claude: Yes — Claude is named as one of the large language models a customer can choose to power an agent; the vendor lists model choice as a platform feature rather than a tier upgrade.“Choice of different Large Language Models (like GPT, Claude, etc.) to power the AI agent.”Pricing page, 'Have full control' feature list, 'Multiple LLMs' row · checked 2026-09-09
- #2

Telnyx Voice AI Agents
Carrier-owned platform for phone and web voice agents, with telephony, STT, TTS, LLM and orchestration in one stack.
Best forClaude is selectable as the assistant's model in the Agent tab, and the model table marks a Claude Haiku entry as requiring no API key of your own; prompts still leave Telnyx for Anthropic.
Claude: Yes — Claude is selectable as the assistant's model in the Agent tab, and the model table marks a Claude Haiku entry as requiring no API key of your own; prompts still leave Telnyx for Anthropic.“Third-party models — including those from Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (GPT), and Google (Gemini) — are not self-hosted.”STT, TTS, and LLM providers (Voice AI) — Large language model (LLM) · checked 2026-09-09
- #3

VoiceAgents
Voice AI platform for phone agents that speak Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin, Hausa and Nigerian English.
Best forNigerian SMB and mid-market operators who need a no-code phone agent that handles calls in Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin, Hausa or Nigerian English out of the box.
Claude: Yes — Anthropic is one of three selectable LLM providers, chosen per agent.“Mix and match STT, LLM, and TTS providers per agent. OpenAI, Anthropic, ElevenLabs, Deepgram, and more.”Introduction › Key Features, Multi-provider AI card; models listed in Agent Setup › Language Model (LLM) provider table, Anthropic row · checked 2026-09-03
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Get featured · top of your category →Best forEngineering teams that want an open-source voice-agent SDK with real LLM choice, built on speech models several rival platforms in this category already license as a component.
Claude: Yes — Anthropic Claude models are named in the SDK's supported-models table and used in its examples.“Anthropic | anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5-20251001, anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5”LlmAgent > Supported Models table, Anthropic row
- #5

Deepgram Voice Agent API
One WebSocket API that runs speech-to-text, LLM orchestration and text-to-speech for real-time voice agents.
Best forEngineering teams that want a managed speech pipeline with real LLM-provider choice, and regulated enterprises that need a self-hosted or VPC deployment option a typical closed-source voice-agent vendor does not offer.
Claude: Yes — Anthropic is a Deepgram-managed provider, so no endpoint of your own is needed; Claude Sonnet models bill at the Advanced tier and Claude Haiku at Standard.“For open_ai, anthropic, google, and nvidia, the endpoint field is optional because Deepgram provides managed LLMs for these providers.”Supported LLM providers, note under the provider table · checked 2026-09-02
- #6

PolyAI
Enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents that resolve customer calls, priced per minute.
Best forTeams that want a proven, enterprise-scale, compliance-certified voice AI vendor with a research-led model roadmap, and are prepared to start with a sales conversation: there is no self-serve or free way to trial it today.
Claude: Yes — Claude is one of the third-party models you can run instead of Raven; the model docs list Claude options under the Amazon Bedrock provider tab, selectable per channel.“If you need to, bring in GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, or others, since no single model fits every enterprise use case, language, or regulatory requirement.”Opening the Agentic Dialog Platform to every builder, 'open to the models you need' paragraph · checked 2026-09-02
- #7

LiveKit Agents
Open-source Python and Node.js framework for voice AI agents, with LiveKit Cloud hosting, telephony and observability.
Best forEngineering teams that want to own their voice-agent stack end to end, self-hosted or on LiveKit Cloud, without being locked into one vendor's API.
Claude: Yes — Anthropic plugin for Python and Node.js, using your own Anthropic API key. Claude is not among the models served through LiveKit Inference, so it is a plugin-only path.“This plugin allows you to use the Claude API as an LLM provider for your voice agents.”Overview, first sentence · checked 2026-09-02
- #8

ElevenLabs Agents
Hosted platform for building voice and chat agents, with telephony, SDKs and a choice of LLM.
Best forDevelopers and product teams who want ElevenLabs' voice quality and cloning as the foundation of their agent, and are comfortable assembling the rest of the stack themselves.
Claude: Yes — Anthropic models are natively selectable in agent settings; a few older Claude models drop out in EU data-residency workspaces.“for example, OpenAI's GPT-5.6 / GPT-5.5 series, Anthropic's Claude Opus and Claude Sonnet 5, or Google's Gemini Pro models”Choosing a model, Task complexity bullet · checked 2026-09-02
Best forProduct and engineering teams that want a low-latency, human-sounding phone agent with flexible model and telephony choice.
Claude: Yes — Claude models are selectable as the agent's conversation model and priced per minute for voice and per message for chat, alongside GPT and Gemini options.“Claude 5 SonnetRecommended | $0.064/minute”Detailed Component Pricing table, LLM rows · checked 2026-09-23
- #10

Vapi
Developer platform for building, testing and deploying voice AI agents that make and receive phone calls.
Best forEngineering teams that want maximum control to build custom voice agents on their own choice of model, voice and telephony.
Claude: Yes — Claude is selectable as the assistant's LLM, on Vapi's integration or your own Anthropic account.“Anthropic builds the Claude family of large language models. On Vapi, you select a Claude model as the LLM for a voice agent.”What is Anthropic section · checked 2026-09-03
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| Feature | Leaping AI | Telnyx Voice AI Agents | VoiceAgents | Cartesia | Deepgram Voice Agent API | PolyAI | LiveKit Agents | ElevenLabs Agents | Retell AI | Vapi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Voice and SMS AI agents for call centres, with built-in telephony, CRM integrations and a no-code agent builder. | Carrier-owned platform for phone and web voice agents, with telephony, STT, TTS, LLM and orchestration in one stack. | Voice AI platform for phone agents that speak Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin, Hausa and Nigerian English. | Real-time speech models and a managed runtime for production phone and web voice agents. | One WebSocket API that runs speech-to-text, LLM orchestration and text-to-speech for real-time voice agents. | Enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents that resolve customer calls, priced per minute. | Open-source Python and Node.js framework for voice AI agents, with LiveKit Cloud hosting, telephony and observability. | Hosted platform for building voice and chat agents, with telephony, SDKs and a choice of LLM. | Pay-as-you-go platform for building, testing and running AI phone, chat and SMS agents. | Developer platform for building, testing and deploying voice AI agents that make and receive phone calls. |
| Category | Voice agents | Voice agents | Voice agents | Voice agents | Voice agents | Voice agents | Voice agents, Agent frameworks | Agent platforms, Voice agents | Voice agents | Voice agents |
| Pricing | From $1,000/month | From $0.05/minute | From $15/month | From Free | From $0.05/minute | - | From Free | From Free | From $0.07/minute | From $0.05/minute |
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- verified September 23, 2026