Head to head · Phone calls · October 2026 research run
46elks Voice API vs Infobip Calls API + MCP
Infobip Calls API + MCP scores 65.9 (B) on agent readiness against 46elks Voice API's 44.4 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do phone calls.
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Which one, for what
Best for European teams that want EU-resident calling and numbers with a simple REST API and a WebSocket bridge to an AI agent.
No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.
Watch for
No changelog or dated API release found
Best for Teams already on Infobip messaging, or that need one vendor for PSTN, SIP, WebRTC and WhatsApp calling across many countries with tightly scoped keys.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 62 against 47
- Schema & documentation, 90 against 66
- Agent ergonomics, 62 against 51
- Security & auth, 72 against 40
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 60 against 12
- Transparency & trust, 82 against 62
Watch for
US outbound at about $0.067 a minute, several times Plivo, SignalWire or Telnyx
Why the edge
Each category where one leads by five points or more, with the reason behind each side's score from its assessment. The numbers are in the table below; this is what they stand for.
Maintenance & community Infobip Calls API + MCP +48
46elks Voice API 12
No changelog, release notes or dated API change was found, the sitemap's newest blog post is from 2014, and the Swagger file predates Realtime Voice (0). No dated changes in the 90 days from 8 August (0). Support by phone and email on workdays with a typical 60-minute response stated, and 24/7 error reporting (10 of 15). No official SDK (0). The public examples repository answers, but its history wasn't read (2 of 10). 0+0+10+0+2 = 12.
Infobip Calls API + MCP 60
The Jasper release notes of 14 October 2026 include Subscriptions sending the same event to multiple webhooks, the route Calls API events take (30). Two dated release entries in the 90 days from 6 August (Ink on 9 September, Jasper on 14 October) and one dated MCP repository change adding a non-voice server (12 September), read as the Infobip messaging listing reads its launches (10 of 20). Closed service with release notes and support (8 of 15). The official Python client 6.0.0 (22 January 2026) covers the Voice and Calls APIs, while the JavaScript SDK's last release was in 2023, the reading the Infobip messaging listing takes (10 of 15). The JavaScript SDK's dependencies are stale (2 of 10). 30 + 10 + 8 + 10 + 2 = 60.
Security & auth Infobip Calls API + MCP +32
46elks Voice API 40
HTTP Basic credentials per account, with separate credentials per subaccount and no scopes found (18 of 30). Subaccounts separate traffic, with no read-only credential or confirmation for paid actions (6 of 20). Callers' speech, DTMF and SMS replies reach the agent as untrusted input. The docs show how to verify callback origin, with no prompt-injection guidance (5 of 15). Call, SMS and recording history through the API for 90 days (8 of 15). A registered Swedish telecom operator, but no security.txt (404), disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found (3 of 20). 18+6+5+8+3 = 40.
Infobip Calls API + MCP 72
API keys with scopes, expiry dates and optional IP allowlists, plus OAuth 2.0. The hosted Voice MCP accepts OAuth 2.1 with discovery (30). Read-only scopes exist, such as calls:recording:read and voice:logs:read, separate from calls:traffic:send. No confirmation step for dialling in the MCP (15 of 20). Calls carry untrusted caller speech. Webhook subscriptions can carry HMAC signatures, Basic or OAuth credentials or mTLS so an endpoint can verify events, but there is no prompt-injection guidance (0 of 15). Voice logs and delivery reports by API (10 of 15). security.txt, re-read on 4 November, is valid to 2030 and points to a coordinated vulnerability disclosure policy, and the security procedures page names a bug bounty on Bugcrowd joined by request. ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018 and SOC 2 Type 2 on the certificates page, per the 1 October check. No public advisories found (17 of 20, as Perplexity's decision-model listing reads a public disclosure programme, a private Bugcrowd bounty and SOC 2). 30 + 15 + 0 + 10 + 17 = 72.
Schema & documentation Infobip Calls API + MCP +24
46elks Voice API 66
A Swagger 2.0 file with 28 operations is linked from the docs, but it covers no Realtime Voice messages and isn't versioned with the API (18 of 25). An llms.txt written for agents, with a task-to-endpoint table and webhook payloads, while docs pages are HTML (10). Each docs page explains parameters and when webhooks fire, such as voice_start loading only once a call connects (14 of 20). Form-encoded parameters with types in the Swagger file and few enums (9 of 15). Examples in many languages and a JSON error shape, with no error list (10 of 15). The /a1/ path, with no changelog found (5 of 15). 18+10+14+9+10+5 = 66.
Infobip Calls API + MCP 90
One OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the platform at api.infobip.com/platform/1/openapi, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 4 November (25). llms.txt at infobip.com/docs/llms.txt, re-read (10). Calls API pages explain calls configurations, events and the two WebSocket options (14 of 20). Typed JSON bodies from the spec (13 of 15). Examples and an error code reference with a handling-errors guide (13 of 15). Versioned /calls/1 path, an API versioning page and dated release notes (15).
Transparency & trust Infobip Calls API + MCP +20
46elks Voice API 62
Closed service with clear terms naming 46elks AB with its Swedish registration (15 of 30). The privacy policy gives concrete retention, 60 days of traffic data under Swedish law, 14 days of troubleshooting logs and a 90-day history for the customer, with EU storage, and a GDPR page and data protection page exist (24 of 30). No deprecation policy or dated notices found (0 of 20). Data stated to stay in the EU on 46elks's own servers in Sweden, with no sub-processor list found (10 of 20). 15+24+0+10 = 49.
Infobip Calls API + MCP 82
Closed service with clear service terms (15). Privacy notice, a data retention notice, a data transfer agreement, information security terms and a sub-processor page. We didn't check the retention notice against the voice docs (25 of 30). A deprecation policy, re-read on 4 November, says deprecated endpoints keep working until a sunset date, are flagged in the OpenAPI file and in Deprecation, Sunset and Link response headers, and trigger email to active users, but sets no fixed notice period, and no dated Calls API notice was found (10 of 20). The sub-processor page says where customer data is stored and accessed, has a separate list for the EU region-locked data centre, and has email alerts on changes (15 of 20). 15 + 25 + 10 + 15 = 65.
Reliability Infobip Calls API + MCP +15
46elks Voice API 47
Graded on the hosted REST and Realtime Voice APIs with the hosted lines. A status page exists, linked from 46elks.com/status on UptimeRobot (20). It draws its data by script from a path its robots.txt disallows, so no history was readable (5). SMS sending speed is documented in the FAQ, but no limit for calls, numbers or WebSocket sessions was found (5 of 15). llms.txt says to retry 5xx with exponential backoff and not to retry 4xx unchanged, with no Retry-After or idempotency for POST /calls (7 of 15). The SLA page commits to support hours and 24/7 error reporting with no uptime figure, and extended SLAs are by sales (0). Voice and Realtime Voice carry no beta label (10). 20+5+5+7+0+10 = 47.
Infobip Calls API + MCP 62
Statuspage at status.infobip.com with components and history (20). Its history pages, re-read on 4 November, list every incident touching voice since 6 August as partial. Multi-channel delays in several data centres on 26 August (21:02 to 22:12 UTC), intermittent HTTP API access in Global (Europe) on 26 August, a 15 August Global (Europe) degradation, 7 October SaaS and CPaaS degradation, a seven-minute Voice disruption in Colombia on 16 October and an EU Region-locked degradation naming Voice on 19 October. Each names one region, one country or delays, so minor only (20). The 26 and 27 September US numbers and SIP trunk work was an emergency maintenance. The 1 October third-party incident count (IsDown) is struck, a barred status mirror. The rate-limits page says each endpoint's reference lists its limits, but no Calls API numbers were read (0). The rate-limits and handling-errors pages give exponential backoff with a retry cap for 429, and say a retried send may run twice, there is no public idempotency key, and to check logs or delivery reports before retrying (12, safe-retry guidance without a key). No SLA found (0). Calls API is generally available (10). 20 + 20 + 0 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 62.
Agent ergonomics Infobip Calls API + MCP +11
46elks Voice API 51
Compact JSON responses, and call actions returned as small JSON objects (18 of 25). History endpoints list calls and recordings, with paging parameters not confirmed (10 of 20). Errors carry error and detail (12 of 20). No idempotency key on POST /calls or number allocation (3 of 20). Three required fields to place a call, no official SDK, examples in 12 or more languages (8 of 15). 18+10+12+3+8 = 51.
Infobip Calls API + MCP 62
Call and log lists take page and size, with no field selection (15 of 25). Filters on call lists and voice logs (15 of 20). An error code reference and a handling-errors guide that says which errors to retry (15 of 20). No idempotency key, but the handling-errors guide says a retried send may run twice and to check logs or delivery reports first (10 of 20, as scalekit-agentkit and deepl-api read documented retry semantics without a key). Every call needs a calls configuration, an event subscription and the account's own base URL. The official Python client (6.0.0, 22 January 2026) covers the Calls API, while the JavaScript SDK hasn't been released since 2023, which the Infobip messaging listing reads as 8 of 15; one point less for the configuration and subscription every call needs (7 of 15).
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | 46elks Voice API | Infobip Calls API + MCP | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 47 | 62 | Infobip Calls API + MCP +15 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 66 | 90 | Infobip Calls API + MCP +24 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 51 | 62 | Infobip Calls API + MCP +11 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 40 | 72 | Infobip Calls API + MCP +32 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 20 | 30 | Infobip Calls API + MCP +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 12 | 60 | Infobip Calls API + MCP +48 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 62 | 82 | Infobip Calls API + MCP +20 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | E 44.4/100 | B 65.9/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | 46elks Voice API | Infobip Calls API + MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | 46elks AB | Infobip |
| Hosted endpoint | https://api.46elks.com/a1 | https://api.infobip.com/calls/1 |
| Transports | HTTP, websocket | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |
| Price for phone calls | $0.017 per minute of call | not published |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the 46elks Terms of Service (effective 12 March 2024). Example code and the Swagger file are in the public 46elks-getting-started repository | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | com.infobip/mcp |
| Terms last updated | 2024-03-12 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2018-05-20 | 2026-01-22 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 36 stars, 18k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |
How the scores have moved
Verdicts
46elks Voice API
46elks publishes per-minute prices, an agent-oriented llms.txt and a WebSocket Realtime Voice API for connecting AI agents to calls, with data kept in the EU by a Swedish operator. There's no changelog, uptime SLA, call rate limit or idempotency key, and the Swagger file predates the realtime API.
Infobip Calls API + MCP
API keys support call scopes, expiry and IP allowlists, with OAuth also available, and webhook events can be signed. Retry guidance warns that a resent request may run twice, with no idempotency key. US outbound calls cost about $0.067 a minute, and no Calls API rate limits or SLA were found.
Before you call either
46elks Voice API
- Send numbers in E.164 format, such as +46700000000, or the request fails
- Pass
whenhanguponPOST /callsto learn when a call ends or fails to connect - Don't retry a call request on a 4xx; retry 5xx with backoff, and check call history first to avoid a second call
- Treat caller speech, DTMF and SMS replies as untrusted input, and verify webhook origin
- Costs in responses are in ten-thousandths of the account currency (3500 means 0.35)
Infobip Calls API + MCP
- Create a calls configuration and a VOICE_VIDEO subscription with your webhook before calling POST /calls/1/calls
- Use your account's own base URL, not api.infobip.com
- On a timeout or 5xx, check call logs or events before resending, since Infobip has no idempotency key
- Attach HMAC authentication settings to the subscription and verify X-Hub-Signature on every event
- Give a monitoring agent a key with only
voice:logs:readandcalls:recording:read
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, 46elks Voice API or Infobip Calls API + MCP?
Infobip Calls API + MCP scores 65.9 (B) on agent readiness against 46elks Voice API's 44.4 (E), and leads in every scored category.
Do 46elks Voice API and Infobip Calls API + MCP need an API key?
46elks Voice API needs an API key. Infobip Calls API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.
Can an agent call 46elks Voice API and Infobip Calls API + MCP without installing anything?
Yes. 46elks Voice API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.46elks.com/a1 and Infobip Calls API + MCP at https://api.infobip.com/calls/1.
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