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      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "bolna"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@bolna/web-call"
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      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Bearer API key (`bn-...`, or `sa-...` for a sub-account) from the dashboard, shown once and stored hashed. 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.",
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      "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).",
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        "level": "no",
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        "voice.pipeline",
        "voice.speech-to-speech",
        "voice.tools",
        "voice.telephony"
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        "hosted",
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        "mcp",
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        "pipeline",
        "speech-to-speech",
        "enterprise"
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          "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"
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          "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"
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          "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"
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          "measured": false
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          "schema": 63,
          "security": 44,
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        "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\"}'",
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        "config": {
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                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.bolna.ai/api/mcp",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer ${BOLNA_API_KEY}"
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          "item": "Pilot plan, 12,000 minutes",
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          "usd": 0.042,
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        },
        {
          "item": "Pilot plan, 6,500 minutes",
          "unit": "call-minute",
          "usd": 0.046,
          "note": "one-off $300"
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        "legalEntity": "Voxlabs Private Limited",
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        "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",
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        "notes": [
          "The terms name Voxlabs Private Limited, operating as Bolna. The privacy policy (updated 2025-03-28) and the site footer name Whismurwave Inc."
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              "date": "2026-10-05",
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      "slug": "deepgram-voice-agent",
      "name": "Deepgram Voice Agent API",
      "vendor": "Deepgram",
      "vendorUrl": "https://deepgram.com",
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      "category": "voice-agents",
      "summary": "One WebSocket that runs Deepgram STT (Flux or Nova-3), a managed or bring-your-own LLM and Deepgram or third-party TTS, with turn-taking, barge-in and function calling.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-voice-agent",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-voice-agent.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-voice-agent.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepgram-voice-agent.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk",
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        "http",
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        "stdio",
        "sse"
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          "registry": "npm",
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "deepgram-sdk"
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "deepctl"
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      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "`Authorization: Token \u003ckey\u003e` header on REST and WebSocket calls. Short-lived JWTs (30-second TTL) from the token endpoint for browsers. The `dg` CLI MCP server uses `dg login` credentials or `DEEPGRAM_API_KEY`. The docs MCP needs no key. BYO LLM and TTS providers take their own keys in the `endpoint.headers` of the Settings message.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Billed per minute of WebSocket connection time. Standard $0.075 a minute pay as you go ($0.068 Growth), Standard with your own TTS $0.065, your own LLM and TTS $0.050 ($0.041 Growth). Advanced tier (larger LLMs such as GPT-5 or Claude Sonnet) $0.163, or $0.122 with your own TTS. $200 free credit with no card. Carrier costs are extra (https://deepgram.com/pricing).",
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        "evidence": "No x402 or machine payment in the docs or pricing. Card or prepaid credits only (checked 2026-09-30).",
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          "$0.075 a minute all in on Standard, $0.050 with your own LLM and TTS, $200 of credit with no card",
          "AsyncAPI description of the agent socket plus a public OpenAPI file",
          "Role-based API keys with expiry and 30-second browser tokens",
          "SDKs in Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, C# and React, updated in September 2026",
          "Function-call hold that waits for a confirmed user turn before irreversible tools run"
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          "Fifteen status incidents since July, four of them an hour or longer on parts the agent uses",
          "Call audio is kept for model improvement unless `mip_opt_out` is set",
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          "Set `mip_opt_out` in the Settings message to keep call audio out of training",
          "Use the function-call hold for anything irreversible, since replies can start before the user's turn is confirmed",
          "Back off exponentially on 429, a pay-as-you-go project gets 45 concurrent sockets",
          "Pin the LLM version, an unpinned Gemini route failed for 1.5 hours on 21 July 2026",
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                "mcp"
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                "DEEPGRAM_API_KEY": "${DEEPGRAM_API_KEY}"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-voice-agent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepgram-voice-agent.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Bolna API + MCP for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick Deepgram Voice Agent API for reliability (+5), schema \u0026 documentation (+27), agent ergonomics (+15), security \u0026 auth (+27), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), maintenance \u0026 community (+9), transparency \u0026 trust (+10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bolna API + MCP | Deepgram Voice Agent API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 55 | Deepgram Voice Agent API +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 90 | Deepgram Voice Agent API +27 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 52 | 67 | Deepgram Voice Agent API +15 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 44 | 71 | Deepgram Voice Agent API +27 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | Deepgram Voice Agent API +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 85 | Deepgram Voice Agent API +9 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 80 | Deepgram Voice Agent API +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **52.9 · D** | **68.4 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bolna API + MCP | Deepgram Voice Agent API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bolna | Deepgram |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bolna.ai` | `https://agent.deepgram.com/v1/agent` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio, SSE (legacy) |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT (SDKs) |\n| Tools exposed | 84 | 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 | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Popularity | 779 stars, 579 npm/wk, 2.6k PyPI/wk | 468 stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 805k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Deepgram Voice Agent API.** $0.075 a minute all in on Standard, $0.050 with your own LLM and TTS, $200 of credit with no card. No phone numbers or SIP, so you bridge Twilio or another carrier yourself.\n\n## Before you call either\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. Leave the MCP `api_key` argument empty unless acting as a sub-account, so the key stays out of the transcript\n\n### Deepgram Voice Agent API\n\n1. Set `mip_opt_out` in the Settings message to keep call audio out of training\n2. Use the function-call hold for anything irreversible, since replies can start before the user's turn is confirmed\n3. Back off exponentially on 429, a pay-as-you-go project gets 45 concurrent sockets\n4. Pin the LLM version, an unpinned Gemini route failed for 1.5 hours on 21 July 2026\n5. Mint browser tokens with `ttl_seconds`, not `ttl`, or they expire after 30 seconds\n\n## Other comparisons with Bolna API + MCP or Deepgram Voice Agent API\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- [Bolna API + MCP vs ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-elevenlabs-agents.md)\n- [Bolna API + MCP vs Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-hume-evi.md)\n- [Bolna API + MCP vs Retell AI API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-retell-ai.md)\n- [Bolna API + MCP vs Synthflow API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-synthflow.md)\n- [Bolna API + MCP vs Ultravox Realtime API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-ultravox.md)\n- [Bolna API + MCP vs Vapi API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-vapi.md)\n- [Bolna API + MCP vs Vogent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-vogent.md)\n- [Deepgram Voice Agent API vs ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-elevenlabs-agents.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- [Deepgram Voice Agent API vs Retell AI API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-retell-ai.md)\n- [Deepgram Voice Agent API vs Synthflow API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-synthflow.md)\n- [Deepgram Voice Agent API vs Ultravox Realtime API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-ultravox.md)\n- [Deepgram Voice Agent API vs Vapi API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-vapi.md)\n- [Deepgram Voice Agent API vs Vogent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-vogent.md)\n",
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