# ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP vs Pipecat PhoneLLM (slim)

> ElevenLabs Agents scores 71.3 (BB) to Pipecat PhoneLLM's 58.7 (C) for voice pipeline. 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 Pipecat PhoneLLM's 58.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pipecat PhoneLLM leads on payments & pricing. Both do voice pipeline.

- ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP: BB 71.3, rank #138 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-agents.min.md
- Pipecat PhoneLLM: C 58.7, rank #629 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat-phonellm.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 Reliability, 60 against 53; Schema & documentation, 92 against 72; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 61; Security & auth, 76 against 66; Maintenance & community, 85 against 58; Transparency & trust, 77 against 56. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.8 out of 5.
- Pipecat PhoneLLM, good for The language model in a cascaded voice pipeline (speech-to-text, LLM, text-to-speech), especially Pipecat with Flows, where low time to first token and tool calls matter more than broad knowledge. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 35. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP | Pipecat PhoneLLM |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 53 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 61 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 76 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 58 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP | Pipecat PhoneLLM |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Model API |
| Vendor | ElevenLabs | Daily |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai` | `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/@cf/daily-co/phonellm-mini-alpha-2` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | BSD-2-Clause for PhoneLLM Mini, with the NVIDIA Nemotron Open Model License kept for its base model. OpenMDW-1.1 for PhoneLLM Max, the licence of its base model. Workers AI, the hosted route graded, is a service under Cloudflare's terms |
| MCP registry | `io.elevenlabs/mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-31 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-20 |  |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 114 stars, 1.2M npm/wk, 2.2M PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2.8/5 (4) |