# Bolna API + MCP vs CueLight (slim)

> Bolna scores 52.6 (D) to CueLight's 48.8 (D) for voice pipeline. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Bolna API + MCP scores 52.6 (D) on agent readiness against CueLight's 48.8 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. CueLight leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do voice pipeline.

- Bolna API + MCP: D 52.6, rank #781 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bolna.min.md
- CueLight: D 48.8, rank #873 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cuelight.min.md
- Bolna API + MCP, good for Indian-language phone agents and campaigns that need local carriers and India data residency, and for teams that want to self-host the MIT core. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 29; Schema & documentation, 63 against 50; Maintenance & community, 76 against 46; Transparency & trust, 66 against 54. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- CueLight, good for A turn-detection component for teams assembling their own voice pipeline (OpenVoiceOS, Pipecat-style stacks), especially on small devices. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 61 against 52; Security & auth, 50 against 44; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Bolna API + MCP | CueLight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 29 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 63 | 50 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 61 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 46 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 66 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Bolna API + MCP | CueLight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Bolna | sshah03 (individual developer, name not stated) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bolna.ai` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |  |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 84 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-13 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-03-28 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 779 stars, 579 npm/wk, 2.6k PyPI/wk | 10 stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |