{
  "data": {
    "a": {
      "slug": "pipecat",
      "name": "Pipecat",
      "vendor": "Daily",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.pipecat.ai/",
      "kind": "framework",
      "category": "voice-agents",
      "summary": "Pipecat is Daily's open-source Python framework for real-time voice and multimodal agents, built as pipelines of transport, speech-to-text, LLM and text-to-speech services, with client SDKs and optional hosting on Pipecat Cloud.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pipecat.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat",
      "license": "BSD-2-Clause for the framework. Pipecat Cloud is a hosted service under Daily's terms of service",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "pipecat-ai"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@pipecat-ai/client-js"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "The framework has no account or key of its own and runs in the developer's process. Each service takes its provider's key, such as `DEEPGRAM_API_KEY` or `CARTESIA_API_KEY`, passed in code. Pipecat Cloud uses public and private API keys as bearer tokens, CLI login and email with a one-time code for the dashboard.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free under BSD-2-Clause, with no signup. The developer pays each model, speech and transport provider. Pipecat Cloud, if used, bills from $0.01 per active agent minute for agent-1x, with Daily PSTN at $0.018 a minute and 1:1 Daily WebRTC voice free (https://www.daily.co/pricing/pipecat-cloud/, read 17 October 2026).",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "library",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the framework source, the docs or the Pipecat Cloud pricing page (checked 17 October 2026).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 16314,
        "npmWeekly": 97617,
        "pypiWeekly": 302047,
        "asOf": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.pipecat.ai",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.pipecat.ai/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "voice.agent",
        "voice.pipeline",
        "voice.speech-to-speech",
        "voice.tools",
        "voice.telephony",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "framework",
        "open-source",
        "self-hosted",
        "python",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "bsd-2-clause",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp-client",
        "pipeline",
        "speech-to-speech",
        "telephony",
        "webrtc",
        "no-telemetry"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-26",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 68.9,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 215,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1133,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 87,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 72,
          "schema": 90,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 81
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-17"
        },
        "negative": -4,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2025-11-10 to 2026-06-17. Three published advisories, fixed and between four and eleven months old, so 1 point each. Remote code execution through `pickle.loads()` in the optional, deprecated LivekitFrameSerializer (GHSA-c2jg-5cp7-6wc7, CVE-2025-62373, critical, fixed in 0.0.94 on 10 November 2025, advisory published 23 April 2026), arbitrary file read through the development runner's `/files` endpoint (GHSA-3363-2ph6-35wh, high, fixed in 1.2.0 on 14 May 2026) and unauthenticated call control through the runner's telephony `/ws` endpoint (GHSA-j8cv-x86q-rj85, high, fixed in 1.4.0 on 17 June 2026). The moderate GHSA-hqm2-cfx2-2vgh of 15 October 2026 covers behaviour documented as by design and isn't deducted. https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-c2jg-5cp7-6wc7, https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3363-2ph6-35wh, https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j8cv-x86q-rj85",
          "2026-10-16. changelog/6193.security.md says the services for OpenAI-compatible providers other than OpenAI sent `OPENAI_API_KEY` to their provider when given no `api_key`, including when `os.getenv` read an unset variable. Fixed on main on 16 October 2026 (commit 89d0e031a) and not in a release at the check, with no advisory, so 1 point. https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/changelog/6193.security.md"
        ],
        "verdict": "A BSD-2-Clause Python framework with dozens of speech, model and transport integrations, an MCP client that filters tools and pins arguments, and eight releases in 90 days. It has no tool-approval step, and 1.12.0 can send OPENAI_API_KEY to other OpenAI-compatible providers when no key is passed, a flaw fixed on main but not yet released.",
        "bestFor": "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.",
        "strengths": [
          "BSD-2-Clause framework, with 23 speech-to-text, 25 LLM, 31 text-to-speech and 6 speech-to-speech services listed in the README",
          "Eight PyPI releases in the 90 days to 17 October 2026, with a dated Keep a Changelog file and pull-request links",
          "`MCPClient` takes a tool allowlist, per-tool output filters and fixed arguments hidden from the model",
          "No telemetry found in the source. OpenTelemetry tracing is off by default and needs an exporter the developer supplies",
          "Errors carry a category that separates permanent failures from transient ones, with an `is_usable` flag per service"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No tool-approval or confirmation step, and no prompt-injection guidance, for tools that act on a caller's speech",
          "Up to 1.12.0, OpenAI-compatible provider services fall back to `OPENAI_API_KEY` when given no key. Fixed on main on 16 October, unreleased",
          "Three high or critical advisories fixed since November 2025, in an optional serialiser and the development runner",
          "Breaking changes ship in minor releases, 16 flagged in 1.8.0 and 4 in 1.10.0, although the changelog says it follows semver",
          "The OpenTelemetry reference page gives `enable_tracing` a default of True, while the 1.12.0 source defaults it to False"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Pass `api_key` explicitly to every OpenAI-compatible service such as Groq, Cerebras or OpenRouter. On 1.12.0 a missing key sends `OPENAI_API_KEY` to that provider",
          "Pass `tools_filter` to `MCPClient` so only the tools the call needs reach the model, and use `tools_arguments` for values the model must not choose",
          "Gate tools that book, pay or send in your own handler. Pipecat has no approval step, and a caller's speech goes straight to the model",
          "Keep the development runner on localhost. Its `/start`, `/daily` and dial-in webhook endpoints take requests from anyone by design",
          "Pin a minor version and read the breaking-change flags in CHANGELOG.md before upgrading, since minor releases remove and rename APIs"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "library",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 3,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 68.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 87,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 72,
          "schema": 90,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 83
        },
        "provenanceScore": 79
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install pipecat-ai   # or: uv tool install \"pipecat-ai[cli]\" \u0026\u0026 pipecat init"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.agent",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/pipecat"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "pipecat-phonellm"
      ],
      "area": "voice",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Pipecat Cloud agent-1x (0.5 vCPU, 1 GB)",
          "unit": "call-minute",
          "usd": 0.01,
          "note": "per active agent minute, reserved agents $0.0005 a minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pipecat Cloud agent-2x (1 vCPU, 2 GB)",
          "unit": "call-minute",
          "usd": 0.02,
          "note": "per active agent minute, reserved agents $0.001 a minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pipecat Cloud agent-3x (1.5 vCPU, 3 GB)",
          "unit": "call-minute",
          "usd": 0.03,
          "note": "per active agent minute, reserved agents $0.0015 a minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "Daily WebRTC voice and video",
          "unit": "call-minute",
          "usd": 0.004,
          "note": "per participant minute, 1:1 voice sessions on Pipecat Cloud free"
        },
        {
          "item": "Daily PSTN dial-in or dial-out",
          "unit": "call-minute",
          "usd": 0.018,
          "note": "SIP included, SIP alone $0.003 to $0.02 a minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "SIP REFER call transfer",
          "unit": "tx",
          "usd": 0.2,
          "note": "per transfer event"
        },
        {
          "item": "Audio recording",
          "unit": "audio-minute",
          "usd": 0.005,
          "note": "storage $0.003 a minute"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Daily",
        "domain": "pipecat.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2024-05-01",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.daily.co/legal/terms-of-service/",
        "privacy": "https://www.daily.co/legal/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.pipecat.daily.co",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-17",
        "notes": [
          "LICENSE reads 'Copyright (c) 2024–2026, Daily'. The terms of service (last updated 31 March 2025) say Daily and name Pipecat Cloud and Daily's open-source frameworks among its services. The DPA (last updated 1 May 2025) names the company 'Daily, Co.' at 548 Market St., San Francisco.",
          "RDAP gives pipecat.ai a registration date of 1 May 2024. The docs are at docs.pipecat.ai and the code under GitHub's pipecat-ai organisation.",
          "security.txt returns 404 on www.pipecat.ai, docs.pipecat.ai and www.daily.co. SECURITY.md and the Pipecat Cloud security guide route reports to an email address at Daily, which the guide says is acknowledged within a week. Daily publishes a responsible disclosure policy with no bounty.",
          "The privacy policy is effective 6 January 2025. The sub-processor list is dated 1 September 2026.",
          "The status page covers Pipecat Cloud, not the framework.",
          "WebFetch refused docs.pipecat.ai and github.com, so docs.pipecat.ai, www.daily.co, status.pipecat.daily.co, developers.cloudflare.com, huggingface.co, pypi.org, api.osv.dev, pypistats.org, repos.ecosyste.ms, issues.ecosyste.ms, the npm registry, the MCP registry and rdap.org were read with curl after their robots.txt. GitHub's own pages answered 403 through the session's proxy."
        ],
        "score": 79
      },
      "requirements": {
        "card": "unknown",
        "freeTier": true,
        "minutes": 20,
        "credential": "api-key",
        "hosting": [
          "self-hosted"
        ],
        "euResidency": "unknown",
        "trainsOnData": "no",
        "zeroRetention": "unknown",
        "dpa": true,
        "selfHost": "yes"
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "pipecat",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.pipecat.daily.co",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T00:09:01.837321585Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/main/CHANGELOG.md",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:10:46.812428744Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "0fb6d8e3d8a2"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.daily.co/pricing/pipecat-cloud/",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:14:57.395170578Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "06f32f71f3dd"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:09:01.837321585Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Pipecat scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Vocily AI's 53.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Vocily AI leads on agent ergonomics.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "vocily",
      "name": "Vocily AI",
      "vendor": "Vocily AI Private Limited",
      "vendorUrl": "https://vocily.ai",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "voice-agents",
      "summary": "Vocily AI is a hosted voice-agent platform from Bengaluru for phone calls, WhatsApp and website voice and chat, aimed at Indian languages. Its REST API builds and publishes agents, places outbound calls and reads back transcripts, recordings and costs.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vocily",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vocily.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vocily.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vocily.json",
      "license": "Proprietary service under Vocily's terms of service. No open-source code or published package was found",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.vocily.ai",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "A Bearer API key (`vk_...`) created in the dashboard under Developers, API Keys, shown once and revocable there. A key is bound to one workspace and reaches the whole public API for it. Billing, team members, account settings and key management answer 403 to any key. Keys have no scopes to configure, although the error table names an `agents:publish` permission for making a version live. Webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256 and a timestamp, with two signatures sent during a secret rotation. Access is self-serve after an email-verified signup.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Prepaid wallet with no monthly fee, billed in rupees or US dollars as chosen at signup, each with its own price list. Voice starts at ₹3.10 or $0.041 a connected minute (speech-to-text, model, voice and a $0.03 platform fee), and telephony is free on your own Plivo or VoBiz account or $0.004 a minute in 30-second pulses on a rented number. Chat is charged per model reply from $0.001. A new organisation gets ₹200 or $2 of credit with no card. Ten concurrent calls are included and a pack of two more is $8 a month (https://vocily.ai/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$8 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.vocily.ai",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.vocily.ai/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.vocily.ai/developers/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "voice.agent",
        "voice.pipeline",
        "voice.tools",
        "voice.telephony"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "india",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "webhooks",
        "pipeline",
        "telephony",
        "whatsapp",
        "prepaid",
        "new"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-30",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 53.8,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 778,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1133,
        "categoryRank": 16,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 84,
          "maintenance": 61,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 90,
          "security": 46,
          "transparency": 47
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": -5,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-09-23 and 2026-09-25, -3. Two releases removed fields and routes under `/v1` with no notice period, including `tools` on the agent body, `call_type`, `?skip=` and `?offset=`, and the `/widgets` collection routes. The 23 September note says there is no window in which both shapes work. The API reference says fields are never removed or renamed within a version. Documented the same day with migration tables, so the deduction is reduced (https://docs.vocily.ai/developers/changes.md)",
          "2026-10-08, -2. The developer page on the marketing site lists Fern-generated Python and TypeScript SDKs, an MCP server, API key routes with rotation, webhook endpoint routes, `POST /v1/agents/{id}/chat` and events such as `transcript.ready`. The docs and the OpenAPI file have none of these, keys and webhook endpoints are dashboard-only, and no package was found on npm or PyPI (https://vocily.ai/platform/api-tools and https://docs.vocily.ai/developers/api-reference.md)"
        ],
        "verdict": "The REST API is documented in detail for a product a few months old, with an OpenAPI 3.1 file, required idempotency keys on calls, a Retry-After header on 429 and signed webhooks. No status page, SLA, SDK or security programme was found, and two releases in September 2026 removed fields under `/v1` on the day they were announced.",
        "bestFor": "Indian-language phone agents where a backend builds agents, places outbound calls and reads results over REST, with prepaid rupee billing.",
        "strengths": [
          "OpenAPI 3.1 file with 54 operations, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page",
          "`POST /v1/calls` requires an `Idempotency-Key`, and a retry returns the original call",
          "429 responses carry `Retry-After` and `X-RateLimit` headers, with a published limit of 300 requests a minute per key",
          "Webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256 and a timestamp, with a five-minute replay window",
          "Every component price is public in rupees and US dollars, and signup credit needs no card"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No status page, incident history or SLA was found",
          "Fields and routes were removed under `/v1` on 23 and 25 September 2026 on the day of the announcement",
          "The marketing site lists SDKs, an MCP server and key management endpoints that the docs don't have",
          "No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found",
          "The terms and privacy policy name no legal entity, sub-processor or retention period"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send a fresh UUID in `Idempotency-Key` on every `POST /v1/calls`. The API refuses the request without it",
          "Pass a `from_number` the workspace holds. The shared Test Number returns 403 from the API",
          "Publish a version and make it live before placing a call, or the call returns 409 `agent_not_published`",
          "Branch on `detail.code`, falling back to the top-level `code`. A 429 body is flat, so read `Retry-After`",
          "Read `currency` on every call and chat record. Costs are in rupees or dollars depending on the organisation"
        ],
        "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": 53.8
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 84,
          "maintenance": 61,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 90,
          "security": 46,
          "transparency": 34
        },
        "provenanceScore": 59
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.vocily.ai/v1/agents \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer vk_your_key_here\""
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.agent",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/vocily"
      },
      "area": "voice",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Voice, lowest-priced configuration",
          "unit": "call-minute",
          "usd": 0.041,
          "note": "Soniox, GPT-5 Nano, Vocily voice and the $0.03 platform fee. ₹3.10 for a rupee organisation. Telephony extra on a rented number"
        },
        {
          "item": "Telephony on a number rented from Vocily",
          "unit": "call-minute",
          "usd": 0.004,
          "note": "billed in 30-second pulses, doubled while a transfer is connected. Free on your own carrier account"
        },
        {
          "item": "Web chat or WhatsApp AI reply, GPT-5 Nano",
          "unit": "message",
          "usd": 0.001,
          "note": "per model reply, up to $0.02 on GPT-5.6 Terra"
        },
        {
          "item": "WhatsApp utility template, platform fee",
          "unit": "message",
          "usd": 0.0004,
          "note": "Meta's own charges are paid to Meta separately"
        },
        {
          "item": "Capacity pack, two more concurrent calls",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 8,
          "note": "ten concurrent calls are included at no monthly fee"
        },
        {
          "item": "Rented Indian phone number",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 5,
          "note": "₹499 for a rupee organisation"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "VOCILY AI PRIVATE LIMITED",
        "domain": "vocily.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2026-07-12",
        "domainNote": "RDAP for vocily.ai gives a registration date of 2026-07-12 and VOCILY AI PRIVATE LIMITED as registrant. vocily.com was registered on 2026-01-27 through Squarespace Domains with no registrant shown, and it redirects to vocily.ai. app.vocily.com, which the site links, redirects to app.vocily.ai.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://vocily.ai/terms",
        "privacy": "https://vocily.ai/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://docs.vocily.ai/developers/changes",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The terms (last updated 10 June 2026) and the privacy policy (last updated 3 September 2026) refer only to Vocily and name no legal entity, address or governing law. The site footer says Vocily AI, Bengaluru, India. The legal name comes from the registrant field of the vocily.ai domain record.",
          "The website, the docs (docs.vocily.ai), the API (api.vocily.ai) and the app (app.vocily.ai) are all on vocily.ai. https://vocily.com answers 307 to https://vocily.ai/ and https://app.vocily.com answers 308 to https://app.vocily.ai/.",
          "No status page was found. status.vocily.ai doesn't resolve and neither the site nor the docs link one.",
          "https://vocily.ai/.well-known/security.txt and https://vocily.ai/security.txt return 404. The only contact given in the terms and privacy policy is founder@vocily.ai.",
          "The terms still describe the service as possibly in beta or pre-launch and say paid plans may be introduced later, while the pricing page lists live prices."
        ],
        "score": 59
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vocily.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "vocily",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.vocily.ai",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:15:01.143680356Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 200,
          "lastMs": 562,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 99.96,
          "p50ms24h": 575,
          "p95ms24h": 642,
          "samples24h": 253,
          "samples30d": 2319,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 70,
              "ok": 70
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-09",
              "probes": 250,
              "ok": 250
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-11",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-12",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-13",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-14",
              "probes": 249,
              "ok": 249
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-15",
              "probes": 253,
              "ok": 253
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-16",
              "probes": 252,
              "ok": 251
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-17",
              "probes": 253,
              "ok": 253
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-18",
              "probes": 3,
              "ok": 3
            }
          ]
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://vocily.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T15:52:56.276868247Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.vocily.ai/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T14:23:28.996483086Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "vocily.ai",
          "registered": "2026-07-12",
          "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/vocily.ai",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:27:12.608798763Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://docs.vocily.ai/developers/changes",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:02:26.123243868Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-17T23:02:26.123243868Z",
            "fingerprint": "4a1cc7a124a9"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://vocily.ai/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:12:13.525780725Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "056eb2694b97"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://vocily.ai/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:12:16.601093857Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "80f0002ad16a"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://vocily.ai/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:12:17.818980821Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "b94cd0abe1e3"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:15:01.143680356Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Agent framework",
        "b": "HTTP API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Daily",
        "b": "Vocily AI Private Limited",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "https://api.vocily.ai",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "None",
        "b": "API key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Free",
        "b": "Pay per use",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "$0.01 per minute of call",
        "b": "not published",
        "name": "Price for voice agents"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "BSD-2-Clause for the framework. Pipecat Cloud is a hosted service under Daily's terms of service",
        "b": "Proprietary service under Vocily's terms of service. No open-source code or published package was found",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-09-26",
        "b": "2026-09-30",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "2026-06-10",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "2026-09-03",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "16k stars, 98k npm/wk, 302k PyPI/wk",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "3/5 (4)",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "Pipecat scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Vocily AI's 53.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Vocily AI leads on agent ergonomics.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Pipecat or Vocily AI?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Pipecat. Vocily AI has a hosted endpoint at https://api.vocily.ai.",
        "question": "Can an agent call Pipecat and Vocily AI without installing anything?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "Pipecat is open source (BSD-2-Clause for the framework. Pipecat Cloud is a hosted service under Daily's terms of service). No open-source release is listed for Vocily AI.",
        "question": "Are Pipecat and Vocily AI open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 72 against 40",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 46",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 61",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 47"
        ],
        "also": [
          "No key needed to call it",
          "Free to start without a card",
          "Open source"
        ],
        "goodFor": "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.",
        "slug": "pipecat",
        "watchFor": "No tool-approval or confirmation step, and no prompt-injection guidance, for tools that act on a caller's speech"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Agent ergonomics, 84 against 72"
        ],
        "also": [
          "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install"
        ],
        "goodFor": "Indian-language phone agents where a backend builds agents, places outbound calls and reads results over REST, with prepaid rupee billing.",
        "slug": "vocily",
        "watchFor": "No status page, incident history or SLA was found"
      }
    ],
    "job": {
      "capability": "voice.agent",
      "name": "Voice agents"
    },
    "others": [
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/assemblyai-voice-agent-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "AssemblyAI Voice Agent API vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/assemblyai-voice-agent-vs-pipecat"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/assemblyai-voice-agent-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "AssemblyAI Voice Agent API vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/assemblyai-voice-agent-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "Bland AI API + MCP vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-pipecat"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "Bland AI API + MCP vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "Bolna API + MCP vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-pipecat"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "Bolna API + MCP vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "Deepgram Voice Agent API vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-pipecat"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "Deepgram Voice Agent API vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-agents-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-agents-vs-pipecat"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-agents-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-agents-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-live-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "Gemini Live API vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-live-vs-pipecat"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-live-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "Gemini Live API vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-live-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt-live-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "GPT-Live vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt-live-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-pipecat"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/livekit-agents-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "LiveKit Agents vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/livekit-agents-vs-pipecat"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/livekit-agents-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "LiveKit Agents vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/livekit-agents-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-realtime-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "OpenAI Realtime API vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-realtime-vs-pipecat"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-realtime-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "OpenAI Realtime API vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-realtime-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-placecall.json",
        "title": "Pipecat vs PlaceCall",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-placecall"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-retell-ai.json",
        "title": "Pipecat vs Retell AI API + MCP",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-retell-ai"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-synthflow.json",
        "title": "Pipecat vs Synthflow API + MCP",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-synthflow"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-ultravox.json",
        "title": "Pipecat vs Ultravox Realtime API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-ultravox"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vapi.json",
        "title": "Pipecat vs Vapi API + MCP",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vapi"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vogent.json",
        "title": "Pipecat vs Vogent API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vogent"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/placecall-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "PlaceCall vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/placecall-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/retell-ai-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "Retell AI API + MCP vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/retell-ai-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/synthflow-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "Synthflow API + MCP vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/synthflow-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ultravox-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "Ultravox Realtime API vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ultravox-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/vapi-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "Vapi API + MCP vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/vapi-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/vocily-vs-vogent.json",
        "title": "Vocily AI vs Vogent API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/vocily-vs-vogent"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cuelight-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "CueLight vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cuelight-vs-pipecat"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cuelight-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "CueLight vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cuelight-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-phonellm-vs-vocily.json",
        "title": "Pipecat PhoneLLM vs Vocily AI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-phonellm-vs-vocily"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-pipecat-phonellm.json",
        "title": "Pipecat vs Pipecat PhoneLLM",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-pipecat-phonellm"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt-live-vs-pipecat.json",
        "title": "GPT-Live vs Pipecat",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt-live-vs-pipecat"
      }
    ],
    "scores": [
      {
        "by": 32,
        "edge": "pipecat",
        "key": "reliability",
        "name": "Reliability",
        "pipecat": 72,
        "vocily": 40,
        "weight": 16
      },
      {
        "key": "performance",
        "name": "Performance",
        "pending": true,
        "weight": 10
      },
      {
        "by": 0,
        "edge": "",
        "key": "schema",
        "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
        "pipecat": 90,
        "vocily": 90,
        "weight": 13
      },
      {
        "by": 12,
        "edge": "vocily",
        "key": "ergonomics",
        "name": "Agent ergonomics",
        "pipecat": 72,
        "vocily": 84,
        "weight": 13
      },
      {
        "by": 11,
        "edge": "pipecat",
        "key": "security",
        "name": "Security \u0026 auth",
        "pipecat": 57,
        "vocily": 46,
        "weight": 14
      },
      {
        "by": 20,
        "edge": "pipecat",
        "key": "payments",
        "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
        "pipecat": 60,
        "vocily": 40,
        "weight": 10
      },
      {
        "key": "tasks",
        "name": "Task success",
        "pending": true,
        "weight": 10
      },
      {
        "by": 26,
        "edge": "pipecat",
        "key": "maintenance",
        "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
        "pipecat": 87,
        "vocily": 61,
        "weight": 7
      },
      {
        "by": 34,
        "edge": "pipecat",
        "key": "transparency",
        "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
        "pipecat": 81,
        "vocily": 47,
        "weight": 7
      }
    ],
    "summary": "Pipecat scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Vocily AI's 53.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Vocily AI leads on agent ergonomics. Both do voice agents.",
    "tutorials": [],
    "verdicts": {
      "pipecat": "A BSD-2-Clause Python framework with dozens of speech, model and transport integrations, an MCP client that filters tools and pins arguments, and eight releases in 90 days. It has no tool-approval step, and 1.12.0 can send OPENAI_API_KEY to other OpenAI-compatible providers when no key is passed, a flaw fixed on main but not yet released.",
      "vocily": "The REST API is documented in detail for a product a few months old, with an OpenAPI 3.1 file, required idempotency keys on calls, a Retry-After header on 429 and signed webhooks. No status page, SLA, SDK or security programme was found, and two releases in September 2026 removed fields under `/v1` on the day they were announced."
    }
  },
  "kind": "anchor.page",
  "links": {
    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vocily",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vocily.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vocily.md",
    "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp",
    "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vocily.min.md"
  },
  "markdown": "Pipecat scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Vocily AI's 53.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Vocily AI leads on agent ergonomics. Both do voice agents.\n\n- Pipecat: grade B, 68.9/100, rank #215 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pipecat.json\n- Vocily AI: grade D, 53.8/100, rank #778 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vocily.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vocily.json\n- Best conversational voice-agent APIs: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/voice-agents/index.md\n- All 184 voice agents comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/voice-agents/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Pipecat (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 72 against 40\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 46\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 61\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 47\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No tool-approval or confirmation step, and no prompt-injection guidance, for tools that act on a caller's speech\n\n### Vocily AI (D)\n\nGood for: Indian-language phone agents where a backend builds agents, places outbound calls and reads results over REST, with prepaid rupee billing.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 84 against 72\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No status page, incident history or SLA was found\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Pipecat | Vocily AI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 72 | 40 | Pipecat +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 90 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 84 | Vocily AI +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 46 | Pipecat +11 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 40 | Pipecat +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 61 | Pipecat +26 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 47 | Pipecat +34 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.9 · B** | **53.8 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Pipecat | Vocily AI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent framework | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Daily | Vocily AI Private Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.vocily.ai` |\n| Transports |  | HTTP |\n| Auth | None | API key |\n| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |\n| Price for voice agents | $0.01 per minute of call | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | BSD-2-Clause for the framework. Pipecat Cloud is a hosted service under Daily's terms of service | Proprietary service under Vocily's terms of service. No open-source code or published package was found |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-26 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Terms last updated |  | 2026-06-10 |\n| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-09-03 |\n| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 16k stars, 98k npm/wk, 302k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Pipecat.** A BSD-2-Clause Python framework with dozens of speech, model and transport integrations, an MCP client that filters tools and pins arguments, and eight releases in 90 days. It has no tool-approval step, and 1.12.0 can send OPENAI_API_KEY to other OpenAI-compatible providers when no key is passed, a flaw fixed on main but not yet released.\n\n**Vocily AI.** The REST API is documented in detail for a product a few months old, with an OpenAPI 3.1 file, required idempotency keys on calls, a Retry-After header on 429 and signed webhooks. No status page, SLA, SDK or security programme was found, and two releases in September 2026 removed fields under `/v1` on the day they were announced.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Pipecat\n\n1. Pass `api_key` explicitly to every OpenAI-compatible service such as Groq, Cerebras or OpenRouter. On 1.12.0 a missing key sends `OPENAI_API_KEY` to that provider\n2. Pass `tools_filter` to `MCPClient` so only the tools the call needs reach the model, and use `tools_arguments` for values the model must not choose\n3. Gate tools that book, pay or send in your own handler. Pipecat has no approval step, and a caller's speech goes straight to the model\n4. Keep the development runner on localhost. Its `/start`, `/daily` and dial-in webhook endpoints take requests from anyone by design\n5. Pin a minor version and read the breaking-change flags in CHANGELOG.md before upgrading, since minor releases remove and rename APIs\n\n### Vocily AI\n\n1. Send a fresh UUID in `Idempotency-Key` on every `POST /v1/calls`. The API refuses the request without it\n2. Pass a `from_number` the workspace holds. The shared Test Number returns 403 from the API\n3. Publish a version and make it live before placing a call, or the call returns 409 `agent_not_published`\n4. Branch on `detail.code`, falling back to the top-level `code`. A 429 body is flat, so read `Retry-After`\n5. Read `currency` on every call and chat record. Costs are in rupees or dollars depending on the organisation\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Pipecat or Vocily AI?\n\nPipecat scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Vocily AI's 53.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Vocily AI leads on agent ergonomics.\n\n### Can an agent call Pipecat and Vocily AI without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Pipecat. Vocily AI has a hosted endpoint at https://api.vocily.ai.\n\n### Are Pipecat and Vocily AI open source?\n\nPipecat is open source (BSD-2-Clause for the framework. Pipecat Cloud is a hosted service under Daily's terms of service). No open-source release is listed for Vocily AI.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vocily.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vocily.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"pipecat\", \"b\": \"vocily\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare pipecat vocily`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pipecat.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vocily.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Pipecat or Vocily AI\n\n- [AssemblyAI Voice Agent API vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/assemblyai-voice-agent-vs-pipecat.md)\n- [AssemblyAI Voice Agent API vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/assemblyai-voice-agent-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Bland AI API + MCP vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-pipecat.md)\n- [Bland AI API + MCP vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bland-ai-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Bolna API + MCP vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-pipecat.md)\n- [Bolna API + MCP vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bolna-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Deepgram Voice Agent API vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-pipecat.md)\n- [Deepgram Voice Agent API vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-voice-agent-vs-vocily.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-agents-vs-pipecat.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-agents-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Gemini Live API vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-live-vs-pipecat.md)\n- [Gemini Live API vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-live-vs-vocily.md)\n- [GPT-Live vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt-live-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-pipecat.md)\n- [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-evi-vs-vocily.md)\n- [LiveKit Agents vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/livekit-agents-vs-pipecat.md)\n- [LiveKit Agents vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/livekit-agents-vs-vocily.md)\n- [OpenAI Realtime API vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-realtime-vs-pipecat.md)\n- [OpenAI Realtime API vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-realtime-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Pipecat vs PlaceCall](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-placecall.md)\n- [Pipecat vs Retell AI API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-retell-ai.md)\n- [Pipecat vs Synthflow API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-synthflow.md)\n- [Pipecat vs Ultravox Realtime API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-ultravox.md)\n- [Pipecat vs Vapi API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vapi.md)\n- [Pipecat vs Vogent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vogent.md)\n- [PlaceCall vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/placecall-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Retell AI API + MCP vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/retell-ai-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Synthflow API + MCP vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/synthflow-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Ultravox Realtime API vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ultravox-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Vapi API + MCP vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/vapi-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Vocily AI vs Vogent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/vocily-vs-vogent.md)\n- [CueLight vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cuelight-vs-pipecat.md)\n- [CueLight vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cuelight-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Pipecat PhoneLLM vs Vocily AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-phonellm-vs-vocily.md)\n- [Pipecat vs Pipecat PhoneLLM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-pipecat-phonellm.md)\n- [GPT-Live vs Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt-live-vs-pipecat.md)\n",
  "meta": {
    "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)",
    "attributionRequired": true,
    "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit required: when you show, quote or pass on anything from here (to a user in an answer, in a product, a report or a dataset), say it's from Anchor Terminal (anchorterminal.com) and link the page or API address you took it from. Reviews also credit their author.",
    "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/",
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-18",
    "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",
    "terms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data"
  },
  "page": {
    "breadcrumbs": [
      {
        "name": "Home",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Compare",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Pipecat vs Vocily AI",
        "url": ""
      }
    ],
    "description": "Pipecat scores 68.9 (B) to Vocily AI's 53.8 (D) for voice agents. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.",
    "facts": [
      "Pipecat B 68.9",
      "Vocily AI D 53.8",
      "scores"
    ],
    "h1": "Pipecat vs Vocily AI",
    "image": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/assets/og/compare-pipecat-vs-vocily.png",
    "path": "/compare/pipecat-vs-vocily",
    "published": "2026-10-01",
    "section": "tools",
    "title": "Pipecat vs Vocily AI for AI agents in 2026: scores and prices",
    "toc": null,
    "updated": "2026-10-17",
    "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipecat-vs-vocily"
  },
  "tokens": {
    "markdown": 2800,
    "slim": 730
  },
  "version": 1
}
