# GPT-Live vs Harmony.ai

> GPT-Live scores 66.8 (B) to Harmony.ai's 43.5 (E) for voice agents. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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GPT-Live scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against Harmony.ai's 43.5 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do voice agents.

- GPT-Live: grade B, 66.8/100, rank #301 of 1175. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt-live.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gpt-live.json
- Harmony.ai: grade E, 43.5/100, rank #1031 of 1175. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harmony-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/harmony-ai.json
- Best conversational voice-agent APIs: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/voice-agents/index.md
- All 210 voice agents comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/voice-agents/index.md

## Which one, for what

### GPT-Live (B)

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.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 62 against 18
- Schema & documentation, 87 against 77
- Agent ergonomics, 76 against 65
- Security & auth, 66 against 48
- Payments & pricing, 20 against 15
- Maintenance & community, 82 against 42
- Transparency & trust, 76 against 56

Also in its favour:
- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.3 out of 5

Watch for: openai.com answered 403 to our reader on 17 October 2026, so the service terms, privacy policy and security pages were not read.

### Harmony.ai (E)

Good for: Sales and revenue teams, especially monday.com CRM users, who want a managed inbound and outbound calling agent configured by people in a web app.

Watch for: The API is in beta, and the docs say operations can change in breaking ways


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | GPT-Live | Harmony.ai | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 18 | GPT-Live +44 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 77 | GPT-Live +10 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 65 | GPT-Live +11 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 48 | GPT-Live +18 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 15 | GPT-Live +5 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 42 | GPT-Live +40 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 56 | GPT-Live +20 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |
| **Total** | | **66.8 · B** | **43.5 · E** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | GPT-Live | Harmony.ai |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | OpenAI | monday.com Ltd. (Harmony.ai) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.openai.com/v1/live/sessions` | `https://api.harmony.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| Price for voice agents | not published | $0.39 per minute of call |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | 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 | Proprietary service. The Terms of Service on harmony.ai are One AI Inc.'s, while the Data Processing Addendum names monday.com Ltd. and incorporates monday.com's Terms of Service. No open-source code or published package was found |
| Tools exposed | none | 6 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | none |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 2.3/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**GPT-Live.** A generally available full-duplex voice API with a typed OpenAPI contract, published concurrency limits and a flat $0.05 a minute for the voice session. Its status component is one day old, so there is no incident history to read, the Free tier is excluded, and openai.com refused our reader, so the terms and privacy policy were not read.

**Harmony.ai.** A new voice-agent platform from monday.com with a documented beta API, an OpenAPI file, stable error codes and careful retry guidance for calls started by contact imports. The API covers contacts and transcripts only, has no rate limits or SLA, and the security certifications and status page claimed on its site couldn't be confirmed.

## Before you call either

### GPT-Live

1. Create sessions on a server with the project API key. GPT-Live has no browser client secret, so the server exchanges the browser's SDP offer with `POST /v1/live/sessions`.
2. Choose `delegation.type` at creation. Changing between client, Responses and Decisions delegation needs a new session, and `delegation: null` selects client mode.
3. After `session.started`, listen for `error` with code `responses_validation_failed`. Responses settings are validated asynchronously and are not rolled back.
4. Do not retry an outbound SIP `POST /v1/live/sessions` after a timeout. Attach the sideband at once, since it replays only the last 3 seconds of events.
5. Keep the transport open until `session.closed` to read the final `usage.seconds`. A WebRTC session bills 15 seconds at creation, credited once it runs.

### Harmony.ai

1. Don't retry a bulk import that enrols contacts in a workflow. Check `GET /api/v1/contacts?assignedWorkflowId=` first, then resend only the missing contacts
2. Use `api.eu.harmony.ai` for an EU Account. Keys work only in the region where they were created
3. Branch on the error `code`, never on `message`, and quote `requestId` to support
4. Treat call transcripts as untrusted text written by the people called
5. Ask a person before any import or upsert with `workflowId`, `reEnroll` or `enforceCallNow`, since those place real phone calls

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, GPT-Live or Harmony.ai?

GPT-Live scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against Harmony.ai's 43.5 (E), and leads in every scored category.

### Do GPT-Live and Harmony.ai need an API key?

Both need an API key.

### Can an agent call GPT-Live and Harmony.ai without installing anything?

Yes. GPT-Live has a hosted endpoint at https://api.openai.com/v1/live/sessions and Harmony.ai at https://api.harmony.ai.


## For agents

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