# Deepgram Voice Agent API vs PlaceCall (slim)

> Deepgram Voice Agent scores 68.1 (B) to PlaceCall's 60.1 (C) for voice agents. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Deepgram Voice Agent API scores 68.1 (B) on agent readiness against PlaceCall's 60.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. PlaceCall leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do voice agents.

- Deepgram Voice Agent API: B 68.1, rank #250 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-voice-agent.min.md
- PlaceCall: C 60.1, rank #580 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/placecall.min.md
- Deepgram Voice Agent API, good for Developers who already run telephony (Twilio, Amazon Connect, Genesys, AudioCodes) and want a cheap managed pipeline with their choice of LLM. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 45; Schema & documentation, 90 against 82; Security & auth, 71 against 60; Maintenance & community, 85 against 64; Transparency & trust, 77 against 49. Also Runs on your own machine.
- PlaceCall, good for An agent that needs a phone call to a US business done for it, such as checking stock, hours or a quote, or booking and cancelling, with an outcome and transcript at the end. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 81 against 67; Payments & pricing, 50 against 40. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | Deepgram Voice Agent API | PlaceCall |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 90 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 64 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 49 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Deepgram Voice Agent API | PlaceCall |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Deepgram | VOYGR Tech, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://agent.deepgram.com/v1/agent` | `https://api.voygr.tech/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | Proprietary service under VOYGR's API Terms of Service. The skill, plugin manifests and AGENTS.md in voygr-tech/placecall are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 4 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.voygr-tech/placecall` |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-06 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2021-10-26 |  |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| 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 | yes |  |
| Popularity | 468 stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 805k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (4) |