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Clients stream audio and text events both ways over the `InvokeModelWithBidirectionalStream` API, with turn-taking, interruptions, asynchronous tool calls and multilingual voices.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-nova-sonic", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-nova-sonic.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-nova-sonic.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amazon-nova-sonic.json", "dns": "amazon-nova-sonic.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-nova-samples", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "aws-sdk-bedrock-runtime" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "AWS Signature Version 4 with IAM credentials or a role, scoped per model ARN by IAM policy. The Sonic quickstart signs with environment credentials. Whether Bedrock API keys work on the bidirectional stream wasn't confirmed. Access is self-serve once a person has an AWS account.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Billed per speech and text token on Bedrock on demand. The Nova and Bedrock pricing pages draw their price tables by script, so the figures weren't read on 6 November 2026. No model-specific free tier; new AWS accounts get up to $200 in Free Tier credits.", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Nova or Bedrock docs (checked 2026-11-06). Billing runs through the AWS account.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 0, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/nova2-userguide/using-conversational-speech.html", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/nova2-userguide/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "voice.agent", "voice.speech-to-speech", "voice.tools", "voice.telephony" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "usage-priced", "closed-source", "python", "typescript", "llms-txt", "streaming", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-05-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 314, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 50, "payments": 10, "reliability": 95, "schema": 75, "security": 77, "transparency": 79 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Nova 2 Sonic runs speech-to-speech conversations with asynchronous tools on Bedrock, with IAM scoping, no default storage of inputs and a 99.9 per cent SLA. Sessions cut off at 8 minutes, the Python SDK is pre-alpha, and the event payloads have no schema file. Prices are in a script-drawn table we couldn't read.", "bestFor": "Voice agents on AWS, call centres on Amazon Connect, teams that want IAM and in-account data handling.", "strengths": [ "No Bedrock event on the AWS Health history in the 90 days from 8 August 2026", "IAM scoping per model ARN with SigV4 and temporary credentials", "Bedrock stores no inputs or outputs by default, and Sonic isn't on the list of models kept for abuse review", "Asynchronous tool calls let the model keep speaking while a tool runs", "Telephony guides for Twilio, Vonage and Amazon Connect" ], "weaknesses": [ "Connections end after 8 minutes, so long calls need the session-continuation pattern", "The Python SDK for bidirectional streaming is pre-alpha and needs Python 3.12", "Sonic's event payloads are documented as examples, with no schema file", "20 concurrent sessions per Region, not adjustable through Service Quotas", "The March and May 2026 refreshes changed the model in place under the same ID" ], "agentNotes": [ "Plan a reconnect before 8 minutes and replay chat history (up to 200 KB) at the start of the new session", "Send session, prompt and content start events in order before any audio", "Make tool calls safe to repeat, since a reconnect can replay them", "Back off on `ThrottlingException` and stay within 20 concurrent sessions per Region", "Use the polyglot voices TIFFANY or MATTHEW when callers may switch language" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 50, "payments": 10, "reliability": 95, "schema": 75, "security": 77, "transparency": 64 }, "provenanceScore": 94, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install aws-sdk-bedrock-runtime" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.agent", "tool": "https://letme.dev/amazon-nova-sonic" }, "sameCompany": [ "amazon-bedrock", "amazon-nova-embeddings", "amazon-bedrock-guardrails", "amazon-transcribe", "amazon-polly", "agentcore-memory", "agentcore-identity", "aws-secrets-manager", "agentcore-web-search", "aws-mcp-servers", "amazon-ses", "amazon-location", "amazon-translate", "amazon-ads-api", "amazon-creators-api" ], "area": "voice", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Amazon Web Services, Inc.", "domain": "amazon.com", "domainRegistered": "1994-11-01", "domainNote": "The endpoint is on amazonaws.com, an AWS domain registered on 2005-08-18. The security.txt on aws.amazon.com expires on 2027-10-16.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/", "privacy": "https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status", "changelog": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/nova2-userguide/release-notes.html", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The AWS Service Terms were last updated on 30 October 2026. Section 50.12 covers Amazon Bedrock, and Bedrock is not among the services section 50.3 lists for use of content to improve AWS services.", "RDAP gives 1994-11-01 for amazon.com and 2005-08-18 for amazonaws.com.", "aws.amazon.com/.well-known/security.txt has Contact, Policy and Encryption fields. Its Expires value is 2027-10-16T16:25:03Z, re-read on 2026-11-01.", "docs.aws.amazon.com/robots.txt allows the Nova and Bedrock pages read. The Nova and Bedrock pricing pages draw their tables by script, so Nova 2 Sonic's prices weren't read." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-nova-sonic.json", "live": { "slug": "amazon-nova-sonic", "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime", "version": "3.1164.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:05:35.366071006Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "aws-sdk-bedrock-runtime", "version": "0.12.0", "released": "2026-10-08", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:05:33.518358123Z" } ], "githubStars": 456, "npmWeekly": 21825916, "pypiWeekly": 112826, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://amazon.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:18.354437696Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/nova2-userguide/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:31:25.828159373Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/nova2-userguide/release-notes.html", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:05:20.262718007Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "48cb3eb6c070" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:18.354437696Z" } }, "answer": "Amazon Nova 2 Sonic scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Vogent API's 44.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Vogent API leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "vogent", "name": "Vogent API", "vendor": "Vogent", "vendorUrl": "https://www.vogent.ai", "kind": "http-api", "category": "voice-agents", "summary": "Phone voice-agent platform with its own conversational LLM, voices and IVR-navigation models alongside GPT.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vogent", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vogent.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vogent.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vogent.json", "dns": "vogent.grade.anchorterminal.com", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.vogent.ai/api", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vogent/vogent-web-client" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer API key created per user in the dashboard. Keys stop working when that user leaves the workspace. The Websocket TTS reference also accepts the key as an `apiKey` query parameter. Webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256 in the `X-Elto-Signature` header.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go, metered by the second. $0.09 a minute ($0.0015 a second) with standard voices and $0.14 a minute ($0.0023 a second) with premium voices. The docs don't say whether telephony is included or whether there's free credit. Enterprise plans add volume discounts from about 5,000 to 10,000 calls a month (https://docs.vogent.ai/platform-overview/billing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in the docs or OpenAPI spec (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.vogent.ai", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.vogent.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.vogent.ai/api-reference/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "voice.agent", "voice.pipeline", "voice.tools", "voice.telephony" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "openapi", "llms-txt", "typescript", "webhooks", "pipeline", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-01-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 44.9, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1192, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 22, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 11, "payments": 15, "reliability": 57, "schema": 73, "security": 26, "transparency": 57 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-05" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Outbound calling with IVR detection and navigation, an OpenAPI file and idempotent dial creation. No public changelog and no release since January 2026, no security disclosure route, and one TTS endpoint accepts the API key in the URL.", "bestFor": "Outbound calling that has to navigate IVRs in English or Spanish, in the US, Canada and the UK.", "strengths": [ "IVR detection and navigation models for outbound calls", "Idempotent dial creation with `idempotencyKey` and a 409 on reuse", "OpenAPI 3.0.3 and AsyncAPI files linked from llms.txt", "HMAC-SHA256 signed webhooks", "A subprocessors page names 12 providers with purpose and location" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public changelog and no release found since January 2026", "No published rate limits or 429 handling", "No free tier or trial stated", "The Websocket TTS endpoint accepts the API key as an `apiKey` query parameter", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or certification found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send an `idempotencyKey` on `POST /dials`, a reused key returns 409", "Create a call with `callAgentId`, plus `toNumber` and `fromNumberId` for phone calls", "Send the key in the `Authorization` header on the TTS websocket, not the `apiKey` query parameter", "Verify webhooks with the HMAC in `X-Elto-Signature`", "Expect new dials to fail at the workspace's concurrent dial limit until calls end" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 44.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 11, "payments": 15, "reliability": 57, "schema": 73, "security": 26, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 70, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-05", "maintenance": "2026-11-05", "payments": "2026-11-05", "reliability": "2026-11-05", "schema": "2026-11-05", "security": "2026-11-05", "transparency": "2026-11-05" }, "last": "2026-11-05", "lastMoved": "2026-11-05", "oldest": "2026-11-05", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.vogent.ai/api/dials -H \"Authorization: Bearer $VOGENT_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"callAgentId\":\"\u003cagent-id\u003e\",\"toNumber\":\"+11234567890\",\"fromNumberId\":\"\u003cnumber-id\u003e\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.agent", "tool": "https://letme.dev/vogent" }, "area": "voice", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Standard voices", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.09, "note": "billed per second, docs don't say if telephony is included" }, { "item": "Premium voices", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.14, "note": "billed per second" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Monoid, Inc.", "domain": "vogent.ai", "domainRegistered": "2024-08-28", "domainNote": "Vogent traded as Elto before, and recording URLs still sit on api.getelto.com.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.vogent.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://www.vogent.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.vogent.ai", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-05", "notes": [ "Per the 30 September check, the terms and privacy notice name Monoid, Inc., doing business as Vogent, and were last updated 2024-03-03. 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Tools run in the client, so side effects are the developer's to approve, and IAM can restrict which models a role invokes, with no approval step in the API (12 of 20). The model listens to callers and acts on tool results, and no prompt-injection guidance was found in the Sonic guide (5 of 15). CloudTrail logs Bedrock API calls, read as amazon-nova-embeddings was (12 of 15). VDP on HackerOne, Bedrock in SOC scope and a valid security.txt on aws.amazon.com, with no paid bounty, as on the other AWS listings (18 of 20). Total 77.", "b": "Bearer keys created per user, which stop working when that user leaves the workspace, with no scopes (20). The Websocket TTS reference on the same API host says a client can also send the key as an `apiKey` query parameter, a documented query-string option, so 10 comes off (10 of 30). No read-only keys or approval step (3 of 20). Agents hear callers and we found no prompt-injection guidance (5 of 15). Dial history per call, no audit log found (8 of 15). Webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256 in `X-Elto-Signature`, but security.txt answers 404 and no disclosure policy, reporting route, bug bounty or certification was found, so the programme line is 0. 10+3+5+8+0 = 26." }, "scores": { "a": 77, "b": 26 } }, { "by": 39, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "amazon-nova-sonic", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "Read as a model. The newest dated change is the May 2026 refresh, completed on 28 May, 162 days before this check (10). No Sonic release note or document history entry in the 90 days from 8 August. The pre-alpha Python SDK shipped 0.9.0, 0.10.0, 0.11.0 and 0.12.0 in the window, counted half (10 of 20). Release notes, document history, re:Post and AWS Support (10 of 15). The JavaScript Bedrock runtime client is current at 3.1163.0, while the Python route is pre-alpha (10 of 15). The SDKs ship on AWS's release train; CI not read (10). Total 50.", "b": "The newest release found is web client v0.1.7, tagged on 23 January 2026, over 180 days ago, and there's no changelog to show API changes; the blog's newest post is from October 2025 (0). No releases found in the last 90 days (0). No public changelog or issue tracker, and we didn't test support (3 of 15). One official SDK, the web client (5 of 15). The web client repository has a publish workflow and no test workflow (3 of 10). 0+0+3+5+3 = 11." }, "scores": { "a": 50, "b": 11 } }, { "by": 38, "category": "reliability", "leads": "amazon-nova-sonic", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Hosted reading. AWS Health Dashboard with per-service, per-Region history (20). The dashboard history file (newest event 30 October 2026) lists no Bedrock event in the 90 days from 8 August, and the 3 September us-west-2 event names STS, Connect and IAM Identity Center, not Bedrock. The public dashboard records broad events only, so 25 of 30, as amazon-nova-embeddings was read. Quotas published, 20 concurrent requests per Region, not adjustable (15). The stream API lists `ThrottlingException` (429), `ServiceUnavailableException` (503), `ModelTimeoutException` (408) and `ModelStreamErrorException` (424), Bedrock's troubleshooting guide advises backoff with jitter, and the 8-minute connection limit comes with a session-continuation sample (15). Bedrock's SLA of 99.9 per cent a month per Region for model APIs, as read for amazon-nova-embeddings on 1 November (10). Generally available since 2 December 2025 (10). 20 + 25 + 15 + 15 + 10 + 10 = 95.", "b": "status.vogent.ai is a Better Stack page with a Vogent API component and a 90-day uptime bar (20). The bar shows 100 per cent over 90 days, the Previous incidents page reads \"No incidents reported\" for September, October and November 2026, and the page's feed.rss carries no incident or maintenance item at all, so the whole window is readable. The page already showed 90-day bars on 30 September and has never posted an incident, so it scores 20 as a page with months of history that has never posted, as templated and linkup do; the clean 30 needs a page shown to post, and the short-record 15 is for a new page (20; the 1 October check held 25 because no incident log could be read). The docs mention a per-workspace concurrent dial limit, raised on request, with no numbers (0). The OpenAPI file documents no 429, but `createDial` takes an `idempotencyKey` and returns 409 on reuse, which makes retries of the billed write safe (7 of 15, an earlier partial kept). No SLA found (0). The API is generally available (10). 20+20+0+7+0+10 = 57." }, "scores": { "a": 95, "b": 57 } }, { "by": 22, "category": "transparency", "leads": "amazon-nova-sonic", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Closed model under the AWS Service Terms, with Apache-2.0 SDKs and samples (15). Bedrock stores no inputs or outputs by default and model providers can't see them, Sonic isn't on the abuse-detection page's list of models whose traffic is stored, and section 50.3 doesn't list Bedrock among services whose content improves AWS services, as read for amazon-nova-embeddings on 1 November (22 of 30). Bedrock's lifecycle policy for models launched before 7 September 2026 promises 12 months and a Legacy period of at least 6 months, but the March and May refreshes changed the model in place under the same ID (15 of 20). Regions are listed, with sub-processors not read (12 of 20). Total 64.", "b": "Closed platform. Per the 30 September check, the terms and privacy notice name Monoid, Inc. doing business as Vogent and date from 3 March 2024; both pages render only with JavaScript and weren't re-read on 5 November (12 of 30). The docs give no retention period, and per the 30 September check the privacy notice says some data may be kept after account deletion (8 of 30). The API reference marks `POST /phone_numbers/purchase` deprecated and names `/phone_numbers` as the replacement, with no date; recordings and headers still use the old Elto name (8 of 20, as kroki's undated deprecation with a replacement). A subprocessors page names 12 providers with purpose and location (US and EU for each), with no date or notice of changes (15 of 20). 12+8+8+15 = 43." }, "scores": { "a": 79, "b": 57 } }, { "by": 7, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "amazon-nova-sonic", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Scored as an API. Responses carry transcripts of both sides and usage events, chat history is capped at 200 KB and can be injected once per session (15 of 25). Output controls are voice, turn-taking sensitivity and text or audio input (12 of 20). Typed exceptions with HTTP codes, while errors inside the event stream are less documented (15 of 20). Asynchronous tool calls let the model keep talking, and AWS samples show how to resume after the 8-minute limit, with nothing on repeating tool side effects after a reconnect (12 of 20). A session needs a sequence of start events before audio. The JavaScript SDK is current, but the Python SDK the quickstart uses is pre-alpha and needs Python 3.12 (10 of 15). Total 64.", "b": "Scored as an API, since there's no MCP server. Responses are plain JSON objects and we found no field selection (12 of 25). Some list endpoints page by cursor, and filters are limited (12 of 20). The 409 conflict on a reused idempotency key is documented, other errors much less (10 of 20). Dial creation is idempotent with `idempotencyKey` (15 of 20). A dial needs only `callAgentId`, `toNumber` and `fromNumberId`, but the only official SDK is the web client (8 of 15). 12+12+10+15+8 = 57." }, "scores": { "a": 64, "b": 57 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "payments", "leads": "vogent", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). The Nova and Bedrock pricing pages carry a speech-to-speech table drawn by script, so the per-token prices weren't read and this line scores absent, which is our reader's limit and not the vendor's (0). New accounts get up to $200 in Free Tier credits, and the Free Tier FAQ says most new customers need no payment method, read as half on the other AWS listings (10). A person signs up for an AWS account in a browser (0). Total 10.", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0 of 40). Per-second rates are public, $0.09 a minute on standard voices and $0.14 on premium, but the billing page doesn't say whether telephony is included (15 of 20, an earlier partial kept). No free tier or trial stated (0). Access starts with a human signup (0). 0+15+0+0 = 15." }, "scores": { "a": 10, "b": 15 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Amazon Web Services", "b": "Vogent", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api.vogent.ai/api", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "0", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-05-28", "b": "2026-01-23", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-05-18", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Amazon Nova 2 Sonic scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Vogent API's 44.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Vogent API leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Amazon Nova 2 Sonic or Vogent API?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Amazon Nova 2 Sonic and Vogent API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Amazon Nova 2 Sonic. Vogent API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.vogent.ai/api.", "question": "Can an agent call Amazon Nova 2 Sonic and Vogent API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 95 against 57", "Agent ergonomics, 64 against 57", "Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 26", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 50 against 11", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 79 against 57" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Voice agents on AWS, call centres on Amazon Connect, teams that want IAM and in-account data handling.", "slug": "amazon-nova-sonic", "watchFor": "Connections end after 8 minutes, so long calls need the session-continuation pattern" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 15 against 10" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "Outbound calling that has to navigate IVRs in English or Spanish, in the US, Canada and the UK.", "slug": "vogent", "watchFor": "No public changelog and no release found since January 2026" } ], "history": { 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"key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "vogent": 73, "weight": 13 }, { "amazon-nova-sonic": 64, "by": 7, "edge": "amazon-nova-sonic", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "vogent": 57, "weight": 13 }, { "amazon-nova-sonic": 77, "by": 51, "edge": "amazon-nova-sonic", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "vogent": 26, "weight": 14 }, { "amazon-nova-sonic": 10, "by": 5, "edge": "vogent", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "vogent": 15, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "amazon-nova-sonic": 50, "by": 39, "edge": "amazon-nova-sonic", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "vogent": 11, "weight": 7 }, { "amazon-nova-sonic": 79, "by": 22, "edge": "amazon-nova-sonic", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "vogent": 57, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Amazon Nova 2 Sonic scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Vogent API's 44.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Vogent API leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do voice agents.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "amazon-nova-sonic": "Nova 2 Sonic runs speech-to-speech conversations with asynchronous tools on Bedrock, with IAM scoping, no default storage of inputs and a 99.9 per cent SLA. Sessions cut off at 8 minutes, the Python SDK is pre-alpha, and the event payloads have no schema file. Prices are in a script-drawn table we couldn't read.", "vogent": "Outbound calling with IVR detection and navigation, an OpenAPI file and idempotent dial creation. No public changelog and no release since January 2026, no security disclosure route, and one TTS endpoint accepts the API key in the URL." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-nova-sonic-vs-vogent", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-nova-sonic-vs-vogent.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-nova-sonic-vs-vogent.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-nova-sonic-vs-vogent.min.md" }, "markdown": "Amazon Nova 2 Sonic scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Vogent API's 44.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Vogent API leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do voice agents.\n\n- Amazon Nova 2 Sonic: grade B, 67.6/100, rank #314 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-nova-sonic.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amazon-nova-sonic.json\n- Vogent API: grade E, 44.9/100, rank #1192 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vogent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vogent.json\n- Best conversational voice-agent APIs: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/voice-agents/index.md\n- All 518 voice agents comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/voice-agents/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Amazon Nova 2 Sonic (B)\n\nGood for: Voice agents on AWS, call centres on Amazon Connect, teams that want IAM and in-account data handling.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 95 against 57\n- Agent ergonomics, 64 against 57\n- Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 26\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 50 against 11\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 79 against 57\n\nWatch for: Connections end after 8 minutes, so long calls need the session-continuation pattern\n\n### Vogent API (E)\n\nGood for: Outbound calling that has to navigate IVRs in English or Spanish, in the US, Canada and the UK.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 15 against 10\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No public changelog and no release found since January 2026\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +51\n\n- Amazon Nova 2 Sonic (77): SigV4 with IAM roles and temporary credentials scoped per model ARN, as the Sonic quickstart signs (30). Tools run in the client, so side effects are the developer's to approve, and IAM can restrict which models a role invokes, with no approval step in the API (12 of 20). The model listens to callers and acts on tool results, and no prompt-injection guidance was found in the Sonic guide (5 of 15). CloudTrail logs Bedrock API calls, read as amazon-nova-embeddings was (12 of 15). VDP on HackerOne, Bedrock in SOC scope and a valid security.txt on aws.amazon.com, with no paid bounty, as on the other AWS listings (18 of 20). Total 77.\n- Vogent API (26): Bearer keys created per user, which stop working when that user leaves the workspace, with no scopes (20). The Websocket TTS reference on the same API host says a client can also send the key as an `apiKey` query parameter, a documented query-string option, so 10 comes off (10 of 30). No read-only keys or approval step (3 of 20). Agents hear callers and we found no prompt-injection guidance (5 of 15). Dial history per call, no audit log found (8 of 15). Webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256 in `X-Elto-Signature`, but security.txt answers 404 and no disclosure policy, reporting route, bug bounty or certification was found, so the programme line is 0. 10+3+5+8+0 = 26.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +39\n\n- Amazon Nova 2 Sonic (50): Read as a model. The newest dated change is the May 2026 refresh, completed on 28 May, 162 days before this check (10). No Sonic release note or document history entry in the 90 days from 8 August. The pre-alpha Python SDK shipped 0.9.0, 0.10.0, 0.11.0 and 0.12.0 in the window, counted half (10 of 20). Release notes, document history, re:Post and AWS Support (10 of 15). The JavaScript Bedrock runtime client is current at 3.1163.0, while the Python route is pre-alpha (10 of 15). The SDKs ship on AWS's release train; CI not read (10). Total 50.\n- Vogent API (11): The newest release found is web client v0.1.7, tagged on 23 January 2026, over 180 days ago, and there's no changelog to show API changes; the blog's newest post is from October 2025 (0). No releases found in the last 90 days (0). No public changelog or issue tracker, and we didn't test support (3 of 15). One official SDK, the web client (5 of 15). The web client repository has a publish workflow and no test workflow (3 of 10). 0+0+3+5+3 = 11.\n\n### Reliability: Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +38\n\n- Amazon Nova 2 Sonic (95): Hosted reading. AWS Health Dashboard with per-service, per-Region history (20). The dashboard history file (newest event 30 October 2026) lists no Bedrock event in the 90 days from 8 August, and the 3 September us-west-2 event names STS, Connect and IAM Identity Center, not Bedrock. The public dashboard records broad events only, so 25 of 30, as amazon-nova-embeddings was read. Quotas published, 20 concurrent requests per Region, not adjustable (15). The stream API lists `ThrottlingException` (429), `ServiceUnavailableException` (503), `ModelTimeoutException` (408) and `ModelStreamErrorException` (424), Bedrock's troubleshooting guide advises backoff with jitter, and the 8-minute connection limit comes with a session-continuation sample (15). Bedrock's SLA of 99.9 per cent a month per Region for model APIs, as read for amazon-nova-embeddings on 1 November (10). Generally available since 2 December 2025 (10). 20 + 25 + 15 + 15 + 10 + 10 = 95.\n- Vogent API (57): status.vogent.ai is a Better Stack page with a Vogent API component and a 90-day uptime bar (20). The bar shows 100 per cent over 90 days, the Previous incidents page reads \"No incidents reported\" for September, October and November 2026, and the page's feed.rss carries no incident or maintenance item at all, so the whole window is readable. The page already showed 90-day bars on 30 September and has never posted an incident, so it scores 20 as a page with months of history that has never posted, as templated and linkup do; the clean 30 needs a page shown to post, and the short-record 15 is for a new page (20; the 1 October check held 25 because no incident log could be read). The docs mention a per-workspace concurrent dial limit, raised on request, with no numbers (0). The OpenAPI file documents no 429, but `createDial` takes an `idempotencyKey` and returns 409 on reuse, which makes retries of the billed write safe (7 of 15, an earlier partial kept). No SLA found (0). The API is generally available (10). 20+20+0+7+0+10 = 57.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +22\n\n- Amazon Nova 2 Sonic (79): Closed model under the AWS Service Terms, with Apache-2.0 SDKs and samples (15). Bedrock stores no inputs or outputs by default and model providers can't see them, Sonic isn't on the abuse-detection page's list of models whose traffic is stored, and section 50.3 doesn't list Bedrock among services whose content improves AWS services, as read for amazon-nova-embeddings on 1 November (22 of 30). Bedrock's lifecycle policy for models launched before 7 September 2026 promises 12 months and a Legacy period of at least 6 months, but the March and May refreshes changed the model in place under the same ID (15 of 20). Regions are listed, with sub-processors not read (12 of 20). Total 64.\n- Vogent API (57): Closed platform. Per the 30 September check, the terms and privacy notice name Monoid, Inc. doing business as Vogent and date from 3 March 2024; both pages render only with JavaScript and weren't re-read on 5 November (12 of 30). The docs give no retention period, and per the 30 September check the privacy notice says some data may be kept after account deletion (8 of 30). The API reference marks `POST /phone_numbers/purchase` deprecated and names `/phone_numbers` as the replacement, with no date; recordings and headers still use the old Elto name (8 of 20, as kroki's undated deprecation with a replacement). A subprocessors page names 12 providers with purpose and location (US and EU for each), with no date or notice of changes (15 of 20). 12+8+8+15 = 43.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +7\n\n- Amazon Nova 2 Sonic (64): Scored as an API. Responses carry transcripts of both sides and usage events, chat history is capped at 200 KB and can be injected once per session (15 of 25). Output controls are voice, turn-taking sensitivity and text or audio input (12 of 20). Typed exceptions with HTTP codes, while errors inside the event stream are less documented (15 of 20). Asynchronous tool calls let the model keep talking, and AWS samples show how to resume after the 8-minute limit, with nothing on repeating tool side effects after a reconnect (12 of 20). A session needs a sequence of start events before audio. The JavaScript SDK is current, but the Python SDK the quickstart uses is pre-alpha and needs Python 3.12 (10 of 15). Total 64.\n- Vogent API (57): Scored as an API, since there's no MCP server. Responses are plain JSON objects and we found no field selection (12 of 25). Some list endpoints page by cursor, and filters are limited (12 of 20). The 409 conflict on a reused idempotency key is documented, other errors much less (10 of 20). Dial creation is idempotent with `idempotencyKey` (15 of 20). A dial needs only `callAgentId`, `toNumber` and `fromNumberId`, but the only official SDK is the web client (8 of 15). 12+12+10+15+8 = 57.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Vogent API +5\n\n- Amazon Nova 2 Sonic (10): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). The Nova and Bedrock pricing pages carry a speech-to-speech table drawn by script, so the per-token prices weren't read and this line scores absent, which is our reader's limit and not the vendor's (0). New accounts get up to $200 in Free Tier credits, and the Free Tier FAQ says most new customers need no payment method, read as half on the other AWS listings (10). A person signs up for an AWS account in a browser (0). Total 10.\n- Vogent API (15): No x402, MPP or L402 (0 of 40). Per-second rates are public, $0.09 a minute on standard voices and $0.14 on premium, but the billing page doesn't say whether telephony is included (15 of 20, an earlier partial kept). No free tier or trial stated (0). Access starts with a human signup (0). 0+15+0+0 = 15.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Amazon Nova 2 Sonic | Vogent API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 95 | 57 | Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +38 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 73 | Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 57 | Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 77 | 26 | Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +51 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 15 | Vogent API +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 11 | Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +39 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 57 | Amazon Nova 2 Sonic +22 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.6 · B** | **44.9 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Amazon Nova 2 Sonic | Vogent API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Vogent |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.vogent.ai/api` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Tools exposed | 0 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-05-28 | 2026-01-23 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Amazon Nova 2 Sonic\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### Vogent API\n\n- -2.4 on 5 November 2026 (D to E): new evidence, correction\n- +0.2 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n- -0.3 on 8 October 2026: checklist\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Amazon Nova 2 Sonic.** Nova 2 Sonic runs speech-to-speech conversations with asynchronous tools on Bedrock, with IAM scoping, no default storage of inputs and a 99.9 per cent SLA. Sessions cut off at 8 minutes, the Python SDK is pre-alpha, and the event payloads have no schema file. Prices are in a script-drawn table we couldn't read.\n\n**Vogent API.** Outbound calling with IVR detection and navigation, an OpenAPI file and idempotent dial creation. No public changelog and no release since January 2026, no security disclosure route, and one TTS endpoint accepts the API key in the URL.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Amazon Nova 2 Sonic\n\n1. Plan a reconnect before 8 minutes and replay chat history (up to 200 KB) at the start of the new session\n2. Send session, prompt and content start events in order before any audio\n3. Make tool calls safe to repeat, since a reconnect can replay them\n4. Back off on `ThrottlingException` and stay within 20 concurrent sessions per Region\n5. Use the polyglot voices TIFFANY or MATTHEW when callers may switch language\n\n### Vogent API\n\n1. Send an `idempotencyKey` on `POST /dials`, a reused key returns 409\n2. Create a call with `callAgentId`, plus `toNumber` and `fromNumberId` for phone calls\n3. Send the key in the `Authorization` header on the TTS websocket, not the `apiKey` query parameter\n4. Verify webhooks with the HMAC in `X-Elto-Signature`\n5. Expect new dials to fail at the workspace's concurrent dial limit until calls end\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Amazon Nova 2 Sonic or Vogent API?\n\nAmazon Nova 2 Sonic scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Vogent API's 44.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Vogent API leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Amazon Nova 2 Sonic and Vogent API need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Amazon Nova 2 Sonic and Vogent API without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Amazon Nova 2 Sonic. 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