{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "bland-ai", "name": "Bland AI API + MCP", "vendor": "Bland AI", "vendorUrl": "https://www.bland.ai", "kind": "http-api", "category": "voice-agents", "summary": "Phone-first voice-agent platform that runs its own speech recognition, language model, TTS and telephony, billed as one per-minute rate.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bland-ai", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bland-ai.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bland-ai.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bland-ai.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.bland.ai/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "bland-cli" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key in the `Authorization` header for REST, and as `Bearer org_...` for the hosted MCP server at `https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp`. The `bland mcp` command in the CLI runs a local stdio server. An agent can sign its owner up through a device-code flow or a headless flow that needs a texted 6-digit code from the owner.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Start is free to join with 2 credits and an inbound number, no card, then $0.14 a connected minute and $0.05 a transfer minute, 10 concurrent calls and 100 calls a day. Build is $299 a month with $0.12 a minute, $0.04 transfer, 50 concurrent calls and 2,000 calls a day. Scale is $499 a month with $0.11 a minute, $0.03 transfer, 100 concurrent calls and 5,000 calls a day. Enterprise is custom. Every outbound attempt has a $0.015 minimum and failed calls are charged $0.015. SMS is $0.02 a message. The rate covers STT, LLM, TTS and telephony, and BYO Twilio customers pay no transfer fee. An Agent Phone Plan for personal AI agents is $29.99 a month ($14.99 the first month) (https://docs.bland.ai/platform/billing).", "priceSummary": "$299 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in the docs, pricing page or MCP docs (checked 2026-09-30). Headless signup for the Agent Phone Plan answers HTTP 402 with a Machine Payments Protocol challenge settled through Stripe Link, which is a different protocol from x402 and only covers that plan (https://docs.bland.ai/platform/agent-headless-onboarding).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 42, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 1179, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.bland.ai", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.bland.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "voice.agent", "voice.pipeline", "voice.tools", "voice.telephony" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "freemium", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "pipeline", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-13", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 191, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 53, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 65, "reliability": 65, "schema": 68, "security": 66, "transparency": 74 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One per-minute rate covering STT, LLM, TTS and telephony, $0.14 on Start and $0.12 on Build. 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The hosted MCP at `https://mcp.bolna.ai/api/mcp` takes the same key as a Bearer header, and every MCP tool accepts an `api_key` argument to act as a sub-account. The Web Call SDK mints single-use browser sessions that expire in about 120 seconds, so the key stays server-side. Webhooks and tool calls carry no signature. Bolna says to allowlist its 3 source IPs instead.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid wallet from $10 to $5,000 with $5 free credit at signup. Standard rate $0.06 a minute (₹5.52) covers Voice AI on the preferred STT, LLM and TTS models, falling to about $0.045 on larger top-ups. Telephony and a Bolna platform fee are billed on top, and non-preferred models are billed per use. Pilot plans are one-off, $300 for 6,500 minutes or $500 for 12,000 minutes, billed in 30-second pulses with 25 concurrent calls. Bringing your own STT, LLM and TTS keys leaves only the platform fee and telephony. Enterprise is custom (https://www.bolna.ai/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in the docs, pricing page or MCP docs (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 84, "popularity": { "githubStars": 779, "npmWeekly": 579, "pypiWeekly": 2601, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.bolna.ai/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.bolna.ai/docs/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "voice.agent", "voice.pipeline", "voice.speech-to-speech", "voice.tools", "voice.telephony" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "open-source", "self-hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "webhooks", "pipeline", "speech-to-speech", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52.9, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 339, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 76, "payments": 30, "reliability": 50, "schema": 63, "security": 44, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Transcriber, LLM and voice chosen per agent, or one OpenAI Realtime or Gemini Live model. Unsigned webhooks and tool calls, IP allowlisting only.", "strengths": [ "Transcriber, LLM and voice chosen per agent, or one OpenAI Realtime or Gemini Live model", "Indian telephony through Plivo, Exotel and Vobiz, with an India data-residency option in ap-south-1", "Hosted MCP server with 84 tools, 23 of them carrying `destructiveHint`", "MIT-licensed core framework, released to PyPI almost daily", "Published per-endpoint rate limits with 429 and backoff guidance" ], "weaknesses": [ "Unsigned webhooks and tool calls, IP allowlisting only", "No security.txt, bug bounty or SOC 2 claim found", "The OpenAPI link in llms.txt returns 404", "Telephony and platform fees aren't priced on the pricing page", "Terms and privacy policy name different legal entities" ], "agentNotes": [ "Wait for the `completed` execution status, not `call-disconnected`, before reading cost, recording or extracted data", "Send `scheduled_at` with a numeric offset such as `+00:00`, since a `Z` suffix returns 500", "Back off exponentially on 429, the limit on `/call` is 500 requests a minute", "Reject webhook and tool requests that don't come from 13.203.39.153, 13.126.9.249 or 13.202.133.53", "Leave the MCP `api_key` argument empty unless acting as a sub-account, so the key stays out of the transcript" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 52.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 76, "payments": 30, "reliability": 50, "schema": 63, "security": 44, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.bolna.ai/call -H \"Authorization: Bearer $BOLNA_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"agent_id\":\"123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000\",\"recipient_phone_number\":\"+919876543210\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http bolna https://mcp.bolna.ai/api/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $BOLNA_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "bolna": { "args": [ "-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.bolna.ai/api/mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer ${BOLNA_API_KEY}" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.agent", "tool": "https://letme.dev/bolna" }, "area": "voice", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Standard rate, preferred models", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.06, "note": "Voice AI only, telephony and platform fee extra" }, { "item": "Pilot plan, 12,000 minutes", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.042, "note": "one-off $500, 25 concurrent calls" }, { "item": "Pilot plan, 6,500 minutes", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.046, "note": "one-off $300" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Voxlabs Private Limited", "domain": "bolna.ai", "domainRegistered": "2024-09-27", "domainNote": "The registry date is later than Bolna's first PyPI release (2024-01-01), so the domain was probably re-registered. Support mail also uses bolna.dev.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.bolna.ai/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.bolna.ai/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.bolna.ai", "changelog": "https://www.bolna.ai/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms name Voxlabs Private Limited, operating as Bolna. The privacy policy (updated 2025-03-28) and the site footer name Whismurwave Inc." ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bolna.json", "live": { "slug": "bolna", "probe": { "target": "https://api.bolna.ai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:48:05.616288177Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 733, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 741, "p95ms24h": 819, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1100, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 270, "ok": 270 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.bolna.ai", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:39:52.03506865Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "bolna-ai/bolna", "version": "0.10.269", "released": "2026-10-02", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:32.734659247Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@bolna/web-call", "version": "3.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:31.875037371Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "bolna", "version": "0.10.269", "released": "2026-10-02", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:31.685913882Z" } ], "githubStars": 782, "npmWeekly": 364, "pypiWeekly": 1824, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://bolna.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:00.262891241Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.bolna.ai/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:21.76090737Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "bolna.ai", "registered": "2024-09-27", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/bolna.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:18.917906737Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.bolna.ai/docs/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:30.073496597Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0db7b7c8de51" }, { "url": "https://www.bolna.ai/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:32.473331376Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "edeeeb6accdd" }, { "url": "https://www.bolna.ai/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:34.270339558Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0f8133e9e865" }, { "url": "https://www.bolna.ai/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:36.239918073Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "561e3b6c9a44" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:48:05.616288177Z" } }, "summary": "Bland AI API + MCP has a score of 64.1 (B) against Bolna API + MCP's 52.9 (D). Both do voice agent. The largest gap is payments \u0026 pricing, 35 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-bolna", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-bolna.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-bolna.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-bolna.min.md" }, "markdown": "Bland AI API + MCP has a score of 64.1 (B) against Bolna API + MCP's 52.9 (D). Both do voice agent. The largest gap is payments \u0026 pricing, 35 points.\n\n- Bland AI API + MCP: grade B, 64.1/100, rank #191 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bland-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bland-ai.json\n- Bolna API + MCP: grade D, 52.9/100, rank #339 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bolna.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bolna.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Bland AI API + MCP for reliability (+15), schema \u0026 documentation (+5), security \u0026 auth (+22), payments \u0026 pricing (+35).\n\nPick Bolna API + MCP for maintenance \u0026 community (+16).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bland AI API + MCP | Bolna API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 50 | Bland AI API + MCP +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 63 | Bland AI API + MCP +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 52 | Bland AI API + MCP +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 44 | Bland AI API + MCP +22 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 65 | 30 | Bland AI API + MCP +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 76 | Bolna API + MCP +16 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 70 | Bland AI API + MCP +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.1 · B** | **52.9 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bland AI API + MCP | Bolna API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bland AI | Bolna |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bland.ai/v1` | `https://api.bolna.ai` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 42 | 84 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-13 | 2026-09-29 |\n| Popularity | 1.2k npm/wk | 779 stars, 579 npm/wk, 2.6k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Bland AI API + MCP.** One per-minute rate covering STT, LLM, TTS and telephony, $0.14 on Start and $0.12 on Build. No OpenAPI document.\n\n**Bolna API + MCP.** Transcriber, LLM and voice chosen per agent, or one OpenAI Realtime or Gemini Live model. Unsigned webhooks and tool calls, IP allowlisting only.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Bland AI API + MCP\n\n1. Call `wait_for_call` (it waits up to 45 seconds) instead of polling `get_call_log`\n2. Send destructive MCP tools a second time with the confirmation argument\n3. Space calls to the same number at least 10 seconds apart or expect a 429\n4. Budget $0.015 for every outbound attempt, including ones that never connect\n5. Run `validate_pathway` before saving a pathway graph\n\n### Bolna API + MCP\n\n1. Wait for the `completed` execution status, not `call-disconnected`, before reading cost, recording or extracted data\n2. Send `scheduled_at` with a numeric offset such as `+00:00`, since a `Z` suffix returns 500\n3. Back off exponentially on 429, the limit on `/call` is 500 requests a minute\n4. Reject webhook and tool requests that don't come from 13.203.39.153, 13.126.9.249 or 13.202.133.53\n5. 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