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ElevenLabs Agents
Hosted platform for building voice and chat agents, with telephony, SDKs and a choice of LLM.
From FreeWhy it's on this listClaude · YesAnthropic models are natively selectable in agent settings; a few older Claude models drop out in EU data-residency workspaces.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on TelEcho
- +Open models · YesOpen-weight models run two ways: ElevenLabs-hosted Qwen in the native model list, or Llama and Mixtral through a custom LLM endpoint such as Together AI, Groq or SambaNova.Evidence ↗
- +Model choice · YesYou pick the model per agent, plus a backup cascade; LLM usage is billed on top of the plan and varies by model.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against TelEcho
No disadvantages found in the criteria researched so far.
35/35 researched criteria - 02
PolyAI
Enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents that resolve customer calls, priced per minute.
Why it's on this listClaude · YesClaude 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.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on TelEcho
- +Open models · PartialThe model catalogue enumerates only Raven, OpenAI and Amazon Bedrock (Claude, Nova) with no open-weight option, but you can attach your own LLM endpoint.Evidence ↗
- +Model choice · YesYou choose the model per channel in voice and chat configuration; Raven is the recommended default rather than the only option.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against TelEcho
- −Agent permissions · PartialWren plans and waits for approval by default, always asks before writing to the live environment, never receives secret values, and its API discovery requests are GET-only.Evidence ↗
35/35 researched criteria - 03
Synthflow
Enterprise voice AI platform with in-house telephony for inbound and outbound call automation.
From FreeWhy it's on this listFree tier · YesYou can build an agent at no cost; charges begin at launch on a pay-as-you-go basis.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on TelEcho
- +API access · YesPlatform API with bearer-key auth covers agents, calls, campaigns, knowledge bases and subaccounts.Evidence ↗
- +Admin controls · YesAgency admins grant or revoke per-subaccount permissions for actions, agent types, editor options and integrations.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against TelEcho
- −Claude · NoThe agent model selector enumerates OpenAI GPT variants and Synthflow's own LLMs; no Anthropic model is offered.Evidence ↗
35/35 researched criteria - 04
AudioCodes Live Hub
Self-service SaaS for building voice AI agents and connecting them to SIP trunks, Teams, WhatsApp and WebRTC.
From $0.05/minuteWhy it's on this listOpen models · PartialOpen-weight models run only as custom models on your own Groq, Cerebras or OpenAI keys; none appear in the pre-deployed list Live Hub hosts.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on TelEcho
- +Model choice · YesYou choose the LLM per agent and may substitute any supported provider with your own key, and equally bring a third-party conversational AI platform instead.Evidence ↗
- +Free tier · YesSelf-signup with no card and no sales call, seeded with $10 of credit; the trial account is deleted three months after creation.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against TelEcho
- −Agent permissions · PartialLimits are set at design time: tool allow-lists, valid transfer numbers, Max turns. The vendor warns prompt guardrails are not a security boundary, and there is no runtime human approval step.Evidence ↗
33/35 researched criteria · 2 not established - 05
Vapi
Developer platform for building, testing and deploying voice AI agents that make and receive phone calls.
From $0.05/minuteWhy it's on this listClaude · YesClaude is selectable as the assistant's LLM, on Vapi's integration or your own Anthropic account.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on TelEcho
- +Open models · YesOpen-weight models reach the pipeline through Groq, Together AI, Mistral, DeepSeek and OpenRouter, or a self-hosted server.Evidence ↗
- +Model choice · YesYou choose transcriber, LLM and voice independently and can swap any of them.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against TelEcho
- −Agent permissions · PartialTools fire mid-call without human approval; a per-tool rejection plan is the mechanism that withholds an action.Evidence ↗
- −Certifications · PartialSOC 2 Type II and a HIPAA BAA sit in the Scale contract, and the plan table shows SOC2 only in that column; HIPAA mode is a $2,000/month add-on on either plan.Evidence ↗
35/35 researched criteria - 06
Cartesia
Real-time speech models and a managed runtime for production phone and web voice agents.
From FreeWhy it's on this listClaude · YesAnthropic Claude models are named in the SDK's supported-models table and used in its examples.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on TelEcho
- +Open models · PartialThe LLM layer routes through LiteLLM to 100+ providers, but the vendor names only Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, and its own speech models are API-only.Evidence ↗
- +Model choice · YesYou pick the agent's LLM and can swap it in the Playground or API; Cartesia owns the speech models and manages the LLM integration.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against TelEcho
- −Done-for-you service · NoSelf-serve software: you build and deploy the agent yourself; sales contact exists for Enterprise terms, not for building it for you.Evidence ↗
- −Agent permissions · PartialLimits are prompt-level guardrails plus per-tool execution settings (timeout, immediate vs async, speak-before-acting); there is no separate policy engine.Evidence ↗
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