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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-evi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hume-evi.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Bland AI API + MCP for reliability (+10), security \u0026 auth (+39), payments \u0026 pricing (+28), transparency \u0026 trust (+7).\n\nPick Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) for schema \u0026 documentation (+22), agent ergonomics (+13), maintenance \u0026 community (+5).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bland AI API + MCP | Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 55 | Bland AI API + MCP +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 90 | Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) +22 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 66 | Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 27 | Bland AI API + MCP +39 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 65 | 37 | Bland AI API + MCP +28 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 65 | Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 67 | Bland AI API + MCP +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.1 · B** | **57.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bland AI API + MCP | Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bland AI | Hume AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bland.ai/v1` | `https://api.hume.ai/v0/evi` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | MIT (SDKs) |\n| Tools exposed | 42 | none |\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 | 2026-08-18 |\n| Popularity | 1.2k npm/wk | 180 stars, 79k npm/wk, 24k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 2/5 (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**Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface).** Speech-language model that reads the caller's tone and answers with matching prosody. One account-wide key, sent in the WebSocket and Twilio webhook URLs.\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### Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)\n\n1. Create a config with a voice first, EVI 3 has no default\n2. Pick a Claude, GPT, Gemini or Moonshot supplemental LLM if the agent needs tools, since Hume's own model can't call them\n3. Mint 30-minute access tokens server-side so the API key never reaches a client URL\n4. Turn on 'Do not retain data' and 'Do not use for training' at app.hume.ai before sensitive calls\n5. Reconnect with the chat group ID before the 30-minute session cap, and on E0700 close an open chat before starting another\n\n## Other comparisons with Bland AI API + MCP or Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)\n\n- [Bland AI API + MCP vs Bolna API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-bolna.md)\n- [Bland AI API + MCP vs Deepgram Voice Agent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-deepgram-voice-agent.md)\n- [Bland AI API + MCP vs ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-elevenlabs-agents.md)\n- [Bland AI API + MCP vs Retell AI API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-retell-ai.md)\n- [Bland AI API + MCP vs Synthflow API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-synthflow.md)\n- [Bland AI API + MCP vs Ultravox Realtime API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-ultravox.md)\n- [Bland AI API + MCP vs Vapi API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-vapi.md)\n- [Bland AI API + MCP vs Vogent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-vogent.md)\n- [Bolna API + MCP vs Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-hume-evi.md)\n- [Deepgram Voice Agent API vs Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-hume-evi.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP vs Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-agents-vs-hume-evi.md)\n- [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) vs Retell AI API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-retell-ai.md)\n- [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) vs Synthflow API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-synthflow.md)\n- [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) vs Ultravox Realtime API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-ultravox.md)\n- [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) vs Vapi API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-vapi.md)\n- [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) vs Vogent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-vogent.md)\n",
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