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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": 63.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 411, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 53, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 65, "reliability": 65, "schema": 68, "security": 66, "transparency": 71 }, "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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Bland AI API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "livekit-agents", "name": "LiveKit Agents", "vendor": "LiveKit Incorporated", "vendorUrl": "https://livekit.com", "kind": "framework", "category": "voice-agents", "summary": "LiveKit Agents is LiveKit's open-source Python and Node.js framework for realtime voice and video agents that join LiveKit rooms, with STT, LLM, TTS and realtime-model plugins, turn detection, MCP tools and telephony through LiveKit SIP.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/livekit-agents", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/livekit-agents.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/livekit-agents.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/livekit-agents.json", "repo": "https://github.com/livekit/agents", "license": "Apache-2.0 for the framework and plugins. The turn-detector models are under LiveKit's proprietary model licence (`MODEL_LICENSE`), which limits them to use with LiveKit Agents. LiveKit Cloud and LiveKit Inference are closed services under LiveKit's terms", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "livekit-agents" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@livekit/agents" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The agent server connects to a LiveKit server with `LIVEKIT_URL`, `LIVEKIT_API_KEY` and `LIVEKIT_API_SECRET`. The key and secret sign JWT access tokens with room grants and a lifetime the issuer sets. Model plugins take each provider's own key, or LiveKit Inference uses the LiveKit Cloud project's key and secret. A self-hosted LiveKit server needs no LiveKit account, and a LiveKit Cloud project needs a browser sign-up.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The framework is free under Apache-2.0, and you pay for models and for hosting. LiveKit Cloud's Build plan is $0 with no card, with 1,000 agent session minutes, 5 concurrent sessions and $2.50 of LiveKit Inference credit, as a hard cap. Ship starts at $50 a month and Scale at $500, with agent session minutes at $0.01 past the allowance and LiveKit Inference models billed per minute, per character or per token (https://livekit.com/pricing.md, checked 2026-10-17).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "library", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the repository source, the docs (llms-full.txt) or the pricing page, checked 2026-10-17.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 14719, "npmWeekly": 819555, "pypiWeekly": 1055589, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.livekit.io/agents/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.livekit.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "voice.agent", "voice.pipeline", "voice.speech-to-speech", "voice.tools", "voice.telephony", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "framework", "official", "python", "typescript", "open-source", "apache-2.0", "self-hosted", "llms-txt", "pipeline", "speech-to-speech", "webrtc", "sip", "no-card" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 72.5, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 104, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 60, "reliability": 67, "schema": 81, "security": 62, "transparency": 82 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An Apache-2.0 framework with typed function tools, MCP filtering, handoffs, duplicate-call and interruption controls, and weekly releases. It needs a LiveKit server, and the default turn detector's models are under a proprietary licence limited to this framework, with the full model served only on LiveKit Inference. 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The status page covers LiveKit Cloud, not the framework.", "WebFetch refused every page in this session, so first-hand pages were read with curl after checking each host's robots.txt. status.livekit.io disallows /api/, so its history page was read instead." ], "score": 95 }, "requirements": { "card": "no", "freeTier": true, "minutes": 10, "credential": "api-key", "hosting": [ "self-hosted" ], "euResidency": "yes", "trainsOnData": "no", "zeroRetention": "yes", "certifications": [ "SOC 2 Type II" ], "dpa": true, "selfHost": "yes" }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/livekit-agents.json", "live": { "slug": "livekit-agents", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.livekit.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T00:08:44.844464506Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://livekit.com/pricing.md", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:05:30.186032003Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-15T21:29:52.209472015Z", "fingerprint": "ca579471fe87" }, { "url": "https://livekit.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:05:25.821555964Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-15T21:29:47.808652564Z", "fingerprint": "34b2795621d7" }, { "url": "https://livekit.com/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:05:28.023087483Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-15T21:29:50.061909577Z", "fingerprint": "faebb2e03600" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:08:44.844464506Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "Agent framework", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Bland AI", "b": "LiveKit Incorporated", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.bland.ai/v1", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$29.99 per month (plan)", "b": "$0.005 per minute of audio", "name": "Price for voice agents" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Apache-2.0 for the framework and plugins. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bland-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bland-ai.json\n- LiveKit Agents: grade BB, 72.5/100, rank #104 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/livekit-agents.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/livekit-agents.json\n- Best conversational voice-agent APIs: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/voice-agents/index.md\n- All 184 voice agents comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/voice-agents/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Bland AI API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want one predictable per-minute bill for outbound and inbound phone agents, and personal agents that need their own US number.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 65 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI document\n\n### LiveKit Agents (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams writing their own voice agents in Python or Node.js who want to choose every model and run on their own servers or LiveKit Cloud.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 68\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 53\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 60\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 71\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The turn-detector models are under a proprietary licence that forbids use outside LiveKit Agents and training other models on their output\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bland AI API + MCP | LiveKit Agents | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 67 | LiveKit Agents +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 81 | LiveKit Agents +13 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 80 | LiveKit Agents +27 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 62 | Bland AI API + MCP +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 65 | 60 | Bland AI API + MCP +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 85 | LiveKit Agents +25 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 82 | LiveKit Agents +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.8 · B** | **72.5 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bland AI API + MCP | LiveKit Agents |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Agent framework |\n| Vendor | Bland AI | LiveKit Incorporated |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bland.ai/v1` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| Price for voice agents | $29.99 per month (plan) | $0.005 per minute of audio |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Apache-2.0 for the framework and plugins. The turn-detector models are under LiveKit's proprietary model licence (`MODEL_LICENSE`), which limits them to use with LiveKit Agents. LiveKit Cloud and LiveKit Inference are closed services under LiveKit's terms |\n| Tools exposed | 42 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-13 | 2026-10-15 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-28 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-23 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 1.2k npm/wk | 15k stars, 820k npm/wk, 1.1M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3/5 (4) |\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**LiveKit Agents.** An Apache-2.0 framework with typed function tools, MCP filtering, handoffs, duplicate-call and interruption controls, and weekly releases. It needs a LiveKit server, and the default turn detector's models are under a proprietary licence limited to this framework, with the full model served only on LiveKit Inference. No approval primitive or prompt-injection guidance was found.\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### LiveKit Agents\n\n1. Set `LIVEKIT_URL`, `LIVEKIT_API_KEY` and `LIVEKIT_API_SECRET` before starting. Every agent joins a LiveKit room, on LiveKit Cloud or a self-hosted server\n2. Pass `inference.TurnDetector(version=\"v1-mini\")` to keep turn detection local, and read `MODEL_LICENSE` before using LiveKit's turn models anywhere but LiveKit Agents\n3. Pass `record=False`, or a dict per category, to `session.start()` if audio, transcripts, traces and logs must not reach LiveKit Cloud\n4. Call `context.disallow_interruptions()` first in tools that write, and set `on_duplicate=\"reject\"` or `\"confirm\"`. Duplicates are matched by tool name only, not arguments\n5. Wrap MCP servers in `mcp.MCPToolset` with `allowed_tools` (Python only). The `mcp_servers` parameter is deprecated\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Bland AI API + MCP or LiveKit Agents?\n\nLiveKit Agents scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Bland AI API + MCP's 63.8 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Bland AI API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call Bland AI API + MCP and LiveKit Agents without installing anything?\n\nBland AI API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.bland.ai/v1. No hosted endpoint is listed for LiveKit Agents.\n\n### Are Bland AI API + MCP and LiveKit Agents open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Bland AI API + MCP. LiveKit Agents is open source (Apache-2.0 for the framework and plugins. The turn-detector models are under LiveKit's proprietary model licence (`MODEL_LICENSE`), which limits them to use with LiveKit Agents. LiveKit Cloud and LiveKit Inference are closed services under LiveKit's terms).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-livekit-agents.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-livekit-agents.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"bland-ai\", \"b\": \"livekit-agents\"}`. 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