{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "exotel-voice", "name": "Exotel Voice API + MCP", "vendor": "Exotel", "vendorUrl": "https://exotel.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "voice-calling", "summary": "Indian cloud telephony API for click-to-call, call flows, virtual numbers (ExoPhones), SIP trunking and AgentStream, which streams call audio to your bot over WebSocket in both directions.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/exotel-voice", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/exotel-voice.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/exotel-voice.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/exotel-voice.json", "repo": "https://github.com/exotel/ExotelMCP", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.exotel.com/v1", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "HTTP Basic auth with API key and token, and the Account SID in the path. India-hosted accounts use api.in.exotel.com. 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Numbers carry a one-time activation fee plus monthly rental (https://exotel.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or stablecoin payment path in the voice docs, pricing or llms.txt (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 62, "popularity": { "githubStars": 5, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.exotel.com/docs/voice", "capabilities": [ "voice.calls", "voice.numbers", "voice.streaming", "voice.sip", "voice.recording", "voice.transfer" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "no-card", "mcp", "webhooks", "streaming" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 39.4, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 809, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 40, "maintenance": 5, "payments": 20, "reliability": 50, "schema": 48, "security": 40, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Local Indian numbers and DLT and TRAI handling. Per-minute rates and plan prices not published.", "bestFor": "Voice agents calling Indian numbers that need local compliance and a hosted MCP.", "strengths": [ "Local Indian numbers and DLT and TRAI handling", "Hosted MCP with 62 tools that can place calls and manage VoiceBots", "AgentStream bidirectional audio with mark and clear events for barge-in", "No-card trial", "Error code dictionary and multi-language examples since February 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Per-minute rates and plan prices not published", "No OpenAPI spec, llms.txt or official server SDK", "Changelog quiet since February 2026", "MCP tools carry no read-only or destructive annotations, and credentials travel as a JSON blob in a header", "No published rate limits or SLA, and no bug bounty or disclosure policy found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use api.in.exotel.com for India-hosted accounts and api.exotel.com for Singapore-hosted ones", "Pass StreamUrl on Calls/connect for a quick outbound voice-agent call", "Whitelist test numbers before calling on a trial account", "Pass confirm=true only after a person approves a destructive MCP tool call" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 39.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 40, "maintenance": 5, "payments": 20, "reliability": 50, "schema": 48, "security": 40, "transparency": 35 }, "provenanceScore": 83 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -u \"$EXOTEL_API_KEY:$EXOTEL_API_TOKEN\" -X POST \"https://api.exotel.com/v1/Accounts/$EXOTEL_SID/Calls/connect\" \\\n -d From=+91XXXXXXXXXX -d To=+91XXXXXXXXXX -d CallerId=$EXOTEL_EXOPHONE", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http exotel https://mcp.exotel.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: $EXOTEL_MCP_AUTH_JSON\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "exotel": { "headers": { "Authorization": "${EXOTEL_MCP_AUTH_JSON}" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.exotel.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.calls", "tool": "https://letme.dev/exotel-voice" }, "area": "voice", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Exotel Techcom Private Limited", "domain": "exotel.com", "domainRegistered": "2004-01-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://exotel.com/terms-of-service-exotel/", "privacy": "https://exotel.com/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.exotel.com", "changelog": "https://developer.exotel.com/docs/references/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Legal entity from the terms of service. The developer changelog's latest entry is February 2026." ], "score": 83 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/exotel-voice.json", "live": { "slug": "exotel-voice", "probe": { "target": "https://api.exotel.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:42.793006759Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 709, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 725, "p95ms24h": 790, "samples24h": 260, "samples30d": 2300, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 114, "ok": 114 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.exotel.com", "indicator": "major", "summary": "Partial System Outage", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T10:41:38.353541034Z" }, "githubStars": 5, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://exotel.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:42.549254552Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developer.exotel.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-01T13:02:56.207120986Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "exotel.com", "registered": "2004-01-04", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/exotel.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:47.298921523Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.exotel.com/docs/references/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 404, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:13.075145237Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c48075a649c5" }, { "url": "https://exotel.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:14.126827587Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c189da9b16a1" }, { "url": "https://exotel.com/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:16.723086437Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3fa8ae110c4a" }, { "url": "https://exotel.com/terms-of-service-exotel/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:18.351924009Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1ee897578d5d" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:42.793006759Z" } }, "answer": "jambonz scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Exotel Voice API + MCP's 39.4 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Exotel Voice API + MCP leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "jambonz", "name": "jambonz", "vendor": "FirstFive8, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://jambonz.org", "kind": "http-api", "category": "voice-calling", "summary": "jambonz is a programmable voice platform from FirstFive8 for calls over a customer's own SIP carriers. Applications control calls through a REST API, webhooks or a WebSocket API, on the hosted jambonz.cloud or a self-hosted cluster under a commercial licence.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jambonz", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jambonz.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jambonz.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jambonz.json", "repo": "https://github.com/jambonz/jambonz-feature-server", "license": "Proprietary. jambonz.cloud is under the jambonz Terms of Use and self-hosted jambonz Commercial needs a paid licence key. The API server, feature server and SDK repositories on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@jambonz/sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "jambonz-python-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@jambonz/mcp-schema-server" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A bearer token sent as `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e`, created in the jambonz.cloud portal or with `POST /ApiKeys` by an existing token. A token belongs to one account or one service provider and reaches everything that owner can. No scopes or read-only keys were found. Access is self-serve after a browser sign-up with email, Google or GitHub. Webhooks to the application are signed with a `Jambonz-Signature` header on the hosted platform, or protected with HTTP basic authentication.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "jambonz.cloud costs $8 a concurrent session a month for 5 to 249 sessions, $6 for 250 to 499 and $5 for 500 or more, with no per-minute charge. A three-week trial comes first, and the terms describe choosing a subscription at its end. Self-hosted licences cost $7 a session a month or $2,000 a month for unlimited sessions on one cluster, after a 30-day trial of 10 sessions. Carrier minutes, phone numbers, speech and LLM usage are bought from other vendors. Air-gapped, OEM and Enterprise support prices are by quote (https://jambonz.org/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$8 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the three OpenAPI files or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 103, "npmWeekly": 1368, "pypiWeekly": 420, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.jambonz.org", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.jambonz.org/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.jambonz.org/openapi/rest-call-control.json", "capabilities": [ "voice.calls", "voice.sip", "voice.streaming", "voice.recording", "voice.agent" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "self-hosted", "sip", "webrtc", "open-source", "openapi", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "websocket", "free-trial" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-04", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 712, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 40, "reliability": 36, "schema": 78, "security": 42, "transparency": 50 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "24 September 2026, fixed and documented. The 11.1.5 release notes list API server flaws found in a security review, among them privilege escalation in user management, accounts able to write operator-only fields and limits, and a call-logs route that could read arbitrary CloudWatch log groups. The 11.0.0 notes of 8 July 2026 also mention cross-account authorisation hardening. No advisory or CVE was published. 3 points, reduced because the fixes shipped and were disclosed (https://docs.jambonz.org/changelog/2026/9/24)" ], "verdict": "OpenAPI 3.1 and AsyncAPI documents, an llms.txt and Markdown pages cover the REST and WebSocket APIs, and session prices are public. No status page, security.txt or advisory was found, API keys carry no scopes, and the 2021 privacy policy says audio is never stored while the October 2026 release notes say support keeps call audio for a few days.", "bestFor": "Teams that already have a SIP carrier and speech and LLM vendors and want call control with flat session pricing, or that must run the voice layer in their own network.", "strengths": [ "Three OpenAPI 3.1 documents (10, 116 and 4 operations) and an AsyncAPI 2.6.0 document for the WebSocket channels are public", "The docs publish an llms.txt, every page as Markdown and a docs MCP server at `https://docs.jambonz.org/_mcp/server`", "Prices are per concurrent session a month ($8, $6 or $5 on the cloud), with no per-minute charge and recording and streaming included", "Six dated release notes from 14 August to 4 October 2026, each with a component version table and self-hosted upgrade notes", "The API server, feature server and both SDKs are public under MIT, and the same platform can run in the customer's own network" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, uptime SLA, security.txt, `SECURITY.md` or published advisory was found for jambonz.cloud or the repositories", "The privacy policy of 4 May 2021 says audio is never stored. The 4 October 2026 release notes say support keeps SIP and RTP from calls for a few days", "API keys are bearer tokens for a whole account or service provider, with no scopes, no read-only key and no delete operation in the published reference", "The rate limit page gives 600 requests per 5 minutes per IP address. The 4 October release notes give 4,000 call creations a minute per account", "No idempotency key was found on `POST /Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls`, so a retried request can place a second call", "jambonz sells no phone numbers or minutes. Every call needs a SIP trunk from another carrier and the customer's own speech vendor keys" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` to `https://api.jambonz.cloud/v1`, the server in the OpenAPI files. The REST introduction page gives `https://jambonz.cloud/api` instead, so confirm the base URL with the operator", "Create a call with `from`, `to` and either `application_sid` or `call_hook`. Do not retry a timed-out create without checking `GET /Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls` first", "Read `ratelimit-remaining` and `ratelimit-reset` on every response and stop when a `429` arrives", "Append `#rc=3\u0026rp=5xx,ct` to an application URL to turn on webhook retries. HTTP webhooks are not retried by default", "Check the account has a carrier and speech credentials before dialling. jambonz does not supply numbers, minutes or speech services" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 40, "reliability": 36, "schema": 78, "security": 42, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 57 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @jambonz/sdk", "http": "POST https://api.jambonz.cloud/v1/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls\nAuthorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e\nContent-Type: application/json" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.calls", "tool": "https://letme.dev/jambonz" }, "area": "voice", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Cloud, concurrent session (5 to 249 sessions)", "unit": "month", "usd": 8, "note": "monthly subscription, no per-minute charge" }, { "item": "Cloud, concurrent session (250 to 499 sessions)", "unit": "month", "usd": 6, "note": "monthly subscription" }, { "item": "Cloud, concurrent session (500 or more sessions)", "unit": "month", "usd": 5, "note": "monthly subscription" }, { "item": "Self-hosted licence, concurrent session", "unit": "month", "usd": 7, "note": "one cluster, keyed to its domain" }, { "item": "Self-hosted licence, unlimited sessions", "unit": "month", "usd": 2000, "note": "one cluster, keyed to its domain" }, { "item": "Installation support package", "unit": "tx", "usd": 1000, "note": "one-time fee for one month of installation support" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "FirstFive8, Inc.", "domain": "jambonz.org", "domainRegistered": "2019-08-13", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://jambonz.org/terms", "privacy": "https://jambonz.org/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.jambonz.org/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms link is the jambonz Terms of Use, labelled Terms of Service (Cloud) in the site footer, last updated 4 May 2021, between the user and FirstFive8, Inc of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Self-hosted and OEM customers have separate terms at https://jambonz.org/legal-terms-selfhosted and https://jambonz.org/legal-terms-oem.", "The privacy policy was last updated 4 May 2021. It says it is intended for residents of the United States. No data processing addendum or sub-processor list was found.", "The hosted API answers on jambonz.cloud (`https://api.jambonz.cloud/v1` in the OpenAPI files, `https://jambonz.cloud/api` in the REST introduction), a second domain of the vendor's. The schema MCP server is on jambonz.app.", "No status page is linked from jambonz.org, the docs or the jambonz.cloud landing page.", "https://jambonz.org/.well-known/security.txt returned 404. No `SECURITY.md` was found in jambonz-api-server, jambonz-feature-server, node-sdk or python-sdk.", "RDAP for jambonz.org gives a registration date of 2019-08-13.", "The cloud terms forbid crawling, indexing or storing pages of the Service in a non-transitory manner. robots.txt on jambonz.org, docs.jambonz.org and jambonz.cloud allows every path we read. The pages were read once and the copies deleted.", "docs.jambonz.org/llms.txt opens with a block headed Instructions for AI Agents (append `.md` for Markdown, connect to the docs MCP server). We recorded it and did not act on it." ], "score": 57 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jambonz.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Exotel", "b": "FirstFive8, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.exotel.com/v1", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Proprietary. jambonz.cloud is under the jambonz Terms of Use and self-hosted jambonz Commercial needs a paid licence key. The API server, feature server and SDK repositories on GitHub are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "62", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-10-04", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2021-05-04", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2021-05-04", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "5 stars", "b": "103 stars, 1.4k npm/wk, 420 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "jambonz scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Exotel Voice API + MCP's 39.4 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Exotel Voice API + MCP leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Exotel Voice API + MCP or jambonz?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Exotel Voice API + MCP and jambonz need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Exotel Voice API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.exotel.com/v1. No hosted endpoint is listed for jambonz.", "question": "Can an agent call Exotel Voice API + MCP and jambonz without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Exotel Voice API + MCP. jambonz is open source (Proprietary. jambonz.cloud is under the jambonz Terms of Use and self-hosted jambonz Commercial needs a paid licence key. The API server, feature server and SDK repositories on GitHub are MIT).", "question": "Are Exotel Voice API + MCP and jambonz open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 50 against 36", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 50" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card", "No incidents deducted, where jambonz loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Voice agents calling Indian numbers that need local compliance and a hosted MCP.", "slug": "exotel-voice", "watchFor": "Per-minute rates and plan prices not published" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 48", "Agent ergonomics, 54 against 40", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 5" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Teams that already have a SIP carrier and speech and LLM vendors and want call control with flat session pricing, or that must run the voice layer in their own network.", "slug": "jambonz", "watchFor": "No status page, uptime SLA, security.txt, `SECURITY.md` or published advisory was found for jambonz.cloud or the repositories" } ], "job": { "capability": "voice.calls", "name": "Voice calls" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-voice-vs-exotel-voice.json", "title": "Bandwidth Voice API + MCP vs Exotel Voice API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-voice-vs-exotel-voice" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-voice-vs-jambonz.json", "title": "Bandwidth Voice API + MCP vs jambonz", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-voice-vs-jambonz" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-infobip-calls.json", "title": "Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Infobip Calls API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-infobip-calls" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-livekit-telephony.json", "title": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-telnyx-voice" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-twilio-voice.json", "title": "Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Twilio Programmable Voice API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-twilio-voice" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-vonage-voice.json", "title": "Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Vonage Voice API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-vonage-voice" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-voximplant.json", "title": "Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Voximplant", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-voximplant" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-calls-vs-jambonz.json", "title": "Infobip Calls API + MCP vs jambonz", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-calls-vs-jambonz" }, { "json": 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"exotel-voice": 40, "jambonz": 54, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "jambonz", "exotel-voice": 40, "jambonz": 42, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "jambonz", "exotel-voice": 20, "jambonz": 40, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 73, "edge": "jambonz", "exotel-voice": 5, "jambonz": 78, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "exotel-voice", "exotel-voice": 59, "jambonz": 50, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "jambonz scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Exotel Voice API + MCP's 39.4 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Exotel Voice API + MCP leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do voice calls.", "verdicts": { "exotel-voice": "Local Indian numbers and DLT and TRAI handling. Per-minute rates and plan prices not published.", "jambonz": "OpenAPI 3.1 and AsyncAPI documents, an llms.txt and Markdown pages cover the REST and WebSocket APIs, and session prices are public. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/exotel-voice.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/exotel-voice.json\n- jambonz: grade D, 49.2/100, rank #712 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jambonz.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jambonz.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Exotel Voice API + MCP (E)\n\nGood for: Voice agents calling Indian numbers that need local compliance and a hosted MCP.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 50 against 36\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where jambonz loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Per-minute rates and plan prices not published\n\n### jambonz (D)\n\nGood for: Teams that already have a SIP carrier and speech and LLM vendors and want call control with flat session pricing, or that must run the voice layer in their own network.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 48\n- Agent ergonomics, 54 against 40\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 5\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No status page, uptime SLA, security.txt, `SECURITY.md` or published advisory was found for jambonz.cloud or the repositories\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Exotel Voice API + MCP | jambonz | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 36 | Exotel Voice API + MCP +14 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 48 | 78 | jambonz +30 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 40 | 54 | jambonz +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 40 | 42 | jambonz +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | jambonz +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 5 | 78 | jambonz +73 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 50 | Exotel Voice API + MCP +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **39.4 · E** | **49.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Exotel Voice API + MCP | jambonz |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Exotel | FirstFive8, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.exotel.com/v1` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Proprietary. jambonz.cloud is under the jambonz Terms of Use and self-hosted jambonz Commercial needs a paid licence key. The API server, feature server and SDK repositories on GitHub are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 62 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-10-04 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2021-05-04 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2021-05-04 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 5 stars | 103 stars, 1.4k npm/wk, 420 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Exotel Voice API + MCP.** Local Indian numbers and DLT and TRAI handling. Per-minute rates and plan prices not published.\n\n**jambonz.** OpenAPI 3.1 and AsyncAPI documents, an llms.txt and Markdown pages cover the REST and WebSocket APIs, and session prices are public. No status page, security.txt or advisory was found, API keys carry no scopes, and the 2021 privacy policy says audio is never stored while the October 2026 release notes say support keeps call audio for a few days.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Exotel Voice API + MCP\n\n1. Use api.in.exotel.com for India-hosted accounts and api.exotel.com for Singapore-hosted ones\n2. Pass StreamUrl on Calls/connect for a quick outbound voice-agent call\n3. Whitelist test numbers before calling on a trial account\n4. Pass confirm=true only after a person approves a destructive MCP tool call\n\n### jambonz\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` to `https://api.jambonz.cloud/v1`, the server in the OpenAPI files. The REST introduction page gives `https://jambonz.cloud/api` instead, so confirm the base URL with the operator\n2. Create a call with `from`, `to` and either `application_sid` or `call_hook`. Do not retry a timed-out create without checking `GET /Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls` first\n3. Read `ratelimit-remaining` and `ratelimit-reset` on every response and stop when a `429` arrives\n4. Append `#rc=3\u0026rp=5xx,ct` to an application URL to turn on webhook retries. HTTP webhooks are not retried by default\n5. Check the account has a carrier and speech credentials before dialling. jambonz does not supply numbers, minutes or speech services\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Exotel Voice API + MCP or jambonz?\n\njambonz scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Exotel Voice API + MCP's 39.4 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Exotel Voice API + MCP leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Exotel Voice API + MCP and jambonz need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Exotel Voice API + MCP and jambonz without installing anything?\n\nExotel Voice API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.exotel.com/v1. No hosted endpoint is listed for jambonz.\n\n### Are Exotel Voice API + MCP and jambonz open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Exotel Voice API + MCP. jambonz is open source (Proprietary. jambonz.cloud is under the jambonz Terms of Use and self-hosted jambonz Commercial needs a paid licence key. The API server, feature server and SDK repositories on GitHub are MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-jambonz.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-jambonz.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"exotel-voice\", \"b\": \"jambonz\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare exotel-voice jambonz`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/exotel-voice.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jambonz.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Exotel Voice API + MCP or jambonz\n\n- [Bandwidth Voice API + MCP vs Exotel Voice API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-voice-vs-exotel-voice.md)\n- [Bandwidth Voice API + MCP vs jambonz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-voice-vs-jambonz.md)\n- [Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Infobip Calls API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-infobip-calls.md)\n- [Exotel Voice API + MCP vs LiveKit Telephony](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-livekit-telephony.md)\n- [Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Plivo Voice API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-plivo-voice.md)\n- [Exotel Voice API + MCP vs SignalWire Voice API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-signalwire-voice.md)\n- [Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Sinch Voice API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-sinch-voice.md)\n- [Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Telnyx Voice API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-telnyx-voice.md)\n- [Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Twilio Programmable Voice API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-twilio-voice.md)\n- [Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Vonage Voice API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-vonage-voice.md)\n- [Exotel Voice API + MCP vs Voximplant](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exotel-voice-vs-voximplant.md)\n- [Infobip Calls API + MCP vs jambonz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-calls-vs-jambonz.md)\n- [jambonz vs LiveKit Telephony](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jambonz-vs-livekit-telephony.md)\n- [jambonz vs Plivo Voice API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jambonz-vs-plivo-voice.md)\n- [jambonz vs SignalWire Voice API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jambonz-vs-signalwire-voice.md)\n- [jambonz vs Sinch Voice API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jambonz-vs-sinch-voice.md)\n- [jambonz vs Telnyx Voice API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jambonz-vs-telnyx-voice.md)\n- [jambonz vs Twilio Programmable Voice API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jambonz-vs-twilio-voice.md)\n- [jambonz vs Vonage Voice API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jambonz-vs-vonage-voice.md)\n- [jambonz vs Voximplant](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jambonz-vs-voximplant.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-09", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Exotel Voice API + MCP vs jambonz", "url": "" } ], "description": "jambonz scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Exotel Voice API + MCP's 39.4 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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