# Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) vs Pipecat (slim)

> Pipecat scores 68.9 (B) to Hume EVI's 56.7 (C) for voice agents. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Pipecat scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)'s 56.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do voice agents.

- Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface): C 56.7, rank #693 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-evi.min.md
- Pipecat: B 68.9, rank #215 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat.min.md
- Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface), good for Consumer and coaching products where the caller's tone matters and English is enough on EVI 3. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Pipecat loses 4 points for them.
- Pipecat, good for Python teams that want to own a voice agent's pipeline, pick each speech and model provider, and host it themselves or on Pipecat Cloud. Ahead on Reliability, 72 against 55; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 66; Security & auth, 57 against 27; Payments & pricing, 60 against 37; Maintenance & community, 87 against 65; Transparency & trust, 81 against 61. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.0 out of 5.

| Category | Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) | Pipecat |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 72 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 90 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 27 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 37 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 65 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 81 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) | Pipecat |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Agent framework |
| Vendor | Hume AI | Daily |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hume.ai/v0/evi` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Price for voice agents | not published | $0.01 per minute of call |
| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | BSD-2-Clause for the framework. Pipecat Cloud is a hosted service under Daily's terms of service |
| Last release | 2026-08-18 | 2026-09-26 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-05 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-02-25 |  |
| Customer content may train models | yes |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 180 stars, 79k npm/wk, 24k PyPI/wk | 16k stars, 98k npm/wk, 302k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 3/5 (4) |