Does Bland charge a monthly fee?

Not on the Start plan, which is billed per minute only. Build and Scale add a monthly platform fee in exchange for lower per-minute rates and higher limits.

What does the Bland per-minute rate include?

Bland states the per-minute rate covers the language model, speech-to-text and text-to-speech, with transfer minutes billed separately.

Voice AI

Bland AI pricing

Free plan

Bland AI starts at $299/mo on the Build plan; there is no free plan. Checked Nov 10, 2026 against the official pricing page.

AI phone agents at a flat, predictable per-minute rate — the simplest small-business receptionist.

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Our take

Score 3.5 out of 5How we score

Bland is the simplest way for a small business to put an AI agent on the phone: one flat per-minute rate that covers speech recognition, the model and the voice. The entry plan has no platform fee, so you pay only for the minutes you use.

Plans and prices

Start plan: 2 free credits + 1 free inbound number, no card required

Bland AI plans, checked Nov 10, 2026. Official pricing page Prices are indicative and may change. Always confirm on the provider's site.
Plan	Price	What you get
StartOur pick	Usage-based$0.14/min talk + $0.05/min transfer; $0 platform fee	10 concurrent calls, 100 calls/day, 1 voice, 10 knowledge bases Flat rate covers LLM, STT, TTS 99.9% uptime SLA
Build	$299/mo$0.12/min talk + $0.04/min transfer, on top of $299/mo platform fee	50 concurrent calls, 2,000 calls/day, 5 voices, 50 knowledge bases Automations, SMS & web chat Warm/live transfers
Enterprise	CustomCustom pricing — contact sales	Unlimited daily/hourly caps On-prem/VPC BAA, SSO, data residency

Pick this tier: Start

Start costs nothing until calls are made and comfortably covers a small business's inbound volume. Move to Build only when you need more voices, higher limits or scheduling.

What works

One all-in per-minute rate with no token pass-through
Start plan has no platform fee and needs no card
Higher tiers add SMS, web chat and appointment scheduling
Clear concurrency and daily call limits per plan

What to watch

Build and Scale add a monthly platform fee on top of minutes
Only one voice on the entry plan
Phone agents need careful testing before they talk to real customers

Skip it if

You get only a handful of calls a week
You need a human answering service rather than an AI agent
You want to pick and swap the underlying models yourself

Best for

Reply to customers fasterImprove sales follow-upCreate voice / audio

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Bland AI pricing questions

How much does Bland AI cost in 2026?: Bland AI starts at $299/mo on the Build plan; there is no free plan. Checked Nov 10, 2026 against the official pricing page.
Does Bland charge a monthly fee?: Not on the Start plan, which is billed per minute only. Build and Scale add a monthly platform fee in exchange for lower per-minute rates and higher limits.
What does the Bland per-minute rate include?: Bland states the per-minute rate covers the language model, speech-to-text and text-to-speech, with transfer minutes billed separately.

Reviewed Sep 11, 2026 by the Dapols team. Report a price change

Our evidence on this tool

Catalog status: Recommended — can be a primary pick in a plan
Price last checked: Nov 10, 2026
Evidence confidence: Medium — verified, but the vendor changes plans often

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