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Bland AI vs ElevenLabs agents pricing

Short answer. Bland AI bills one rate per minute. Start is $0.14 a minute, and that rate covers the LLM, speech to text, and voice. ElevenAgents sells monthly plans with minutes included. Pro is $99 a month for 1,238 minutes, and the LLM is billed on top. At 1,000 minutes, Bland Start is $140 and ElevenAgents Creator plus extra minutes is $80 before LLM costs. We read both pricing pages on October 26, 2026.

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Side by side

	Bland AI	ElevenAgents
How it bills	Per minute, one rate	Monthly plan with minutes included
Entry price	Start, $0 platform fee	Free plan, 15 minutes
Per-minute rate	$0.14 Start, $0.12 Build	$0.080 for extra minutes, $0.160 in burst
LLM	Included in the rate	Billed on top, by model
Telephony	Your carrier, or Bland's at pass-through cost	No extra ElevenLabs charge. An outside carrier bills you.
Concurrent calls	10 on Start, 50 on Build	4 on Free up to 40 on Business
Transfers	$0.05 a minute on Start	Not priced on the page
Text messages	Not priced on the page	$0.003 each

Source: Bland AI pricing and ElevenLabs agents pricing, checked October 26, 2026.

ElevenAgents plans

Plan	Price a month	Minutes included	Concurrent calls
Free	$0	15	4
Starter	$6	75	6
Creator	$22	275	10
Pro	$99	1,238	20
Scale	$299	3,738	30
Business	$990	12,375	40

Bland plans

Plan	Platform fee	Talk time	Daily cap
Start	$0	$0.14 a minute	100 calls
Build	$299 a month	$0.12 a minute	2,000 calls
Enterprise	Custom	Custom	Unlimited

Cost at two call volumes

Monthly minutes	Bland AI	ElevenAgents, before LLM
1,000	Start: $140	Creator $22 plus 725 minutes at $0.080 ($58) is $80. Pro is $99.
3,000	Start: $420. Build: $299 plus $360 is $659.	Pro $99 plus 1,762 minutes at $0.080 is near $240. Scale is $299.

The ElevenAgents numbers leave out the LLM. Add your model cost before you compare. Bland's numbers leave out telephony if you use its carrier.

Which fits a trade business

Pick Bland if you want one rate that covers the model and voice, with no card to start. Watch the 100-call daily cap on Start.
Pick ElevenAgents if you want a flat plan price and ElevenLabs voices. A shop with a few hundred minutes a month fits Creator.
Busy season. ElevenAgents doubles the extra-minute rate to $0.160 when you pass your concurrency limit. Bland Start caps you at 10 calls at once.

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FAQ

Is Bland AI cheaper than ElevenLabs? Not at 1,000 minutes. Bland Start is $140. ElevenAgents comes to $80 on Creator or $99 on Pro, plus LLM costs. Your LLM pick decides the final gap.

Does Bland AI include the LLM? Yes. Bland's page says its per-minute rate covers the LLM, speech to text, and text to speech, with no token charges.

Does ElevenLabs charge for telephony? ElevenLabs says it adds no telephony charge. If you connect an outside provider like Twilio, that provider bills you.

How many minutes does ElevenAgents Pro include? 1,238 minutes a month for $99. Extra minutes cost $0.080 each.

Which has a free start, Bland or ElevenLabs? Both. Bland Start needs no card and comes with 2 credits. ElevenAgents has a Free plan with 15 minutes a month.

Checked 2026-10-26. Prices and policies change. Confirm on the source before you buy.