# ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP vs GPT-Live (slim)

> ElevenLabs Agents scores 71.3 (BB) to GPT-Live's 66.8 (B) for voice agents. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against GPT-Live's 66.8 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do voice agents.

- ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP: BB 71.3, rank #138 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-agents.min.md
- GPT-Live: B 66.8, rank #296 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt-live.min.md
- ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP, good for Teams that want a managed pipeline with ElevenLabs voices, a choice of LLM, wide telephony integration and web and mobile SDKs. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 92 against 87; Security & auth, 76 against 66; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- GPT-Live, good for Teams who want a voice front end that keeps talking while a separate backend reasons and runs tools, with WebRTC, WebSocket and SIP from one vendor and a flat per-minute voice price.

| Category | ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP | GPT-Live |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 62 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 76 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP | GPT-Live |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | ElevenLabs | OpenAI |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai` | `https://api.openai.com/v1/live/sessions` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for voice agents | $0.08 per minute of call | not published |
| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | Proprietary service. The service terms on openai.com were not read. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0, and the OpenAPI description and the OpenAI Live Console sample are MIT |
| MCP registry | `io.elevenlabs/mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-31 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-20 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 114 stars, 1.2M npm/wk, 2.2M PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (4) |