Vapi pricing (2026)
Vapi starts at $0.05/min + provider costs. What you actually pay depends on volume, so this page works the entry price through real support workloads and puts it next to what comparable tools charge.
- Billing model
- Paid
- Published price
- $0.05/min + provider costs
- Per minute
- $0.05
What the price covers: Plus voice and LLM provider costs
What Vapi costs at real volumes
Modelled from Vapi's published rates using the same formula as our cost calculator: each scenario assumes voice calls average 4 minutes. These are estimates from public list prices, not quotes, and they ignore discounts and annual commitments.
| Scenario | Conversations/mo | AI-handled | Seats | Estimated monthly | Per conversation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small team | 1,000 | 50% | 3 | $100 | $0.10 |
| Mid-size | 5,000 | 60% | 10 | $600 | $0.12 |
| High volume | 20,000 | 70% | 30 | $2,800 | $0.14 |
How that compares
We track 3 tools that bill per minute of voice. Vendors call the unit a resolution, a conversation, a ticket or a session, but they are charging for the same event: one interaction the AI handled end to end. Across that set the rate runs from $0.038 to $0.07, with a median of $0.05. At $0.05, Vapi is 2 of 3 cheapest.
Cheaper per unit:
- Amazon Connect at $0.038 per minute
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Vapi cost?
- Vapi starts at $0.05/min + provider costs. At 5,000 conversations a month with 60% handled by AI and 10 agent seats, that works out to about $600 a month.
- Is Vapi expensive compared with other AI support tools?
- At $0.05 per minute, Vapi ranks 2 of 3 cheapest among the tools we track that bill per minute of voice. Those range from $0.038 to $0.07, with a median of $0.05.
- How is Vapi billed?
- Paid. There is no free tier; the published figure is the entry plan, and per-seat or usage charges accumulate on top of it.
Prices are the vendor's published list prices as we last verified them (July 2026). Vendors change pricing without notice, so confirm on the vendor's own site before you budget. We never take payment to change a price or a ranking.
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