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        "streamable-http"
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      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Sales-led only. Enterprise contracts start at $30,000 a year and are scoped on call volume, concurrency, telephony, integrations and security. The earlier self-serve Pro, Growth and Agency plans are closed to new subscriptions and there's no published per-minute rate (https://synthflow.ai/pricing).",
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        "voice.telephony"
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          "Read the transfer failure reason on a failed transfer before retrying it"
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        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.synthflow.ai/v2/calls -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SYNTHFLOW_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"model_id\":\"\u003cagent-id\u003e\",\"phone\":\"+15551234567\",\"name\":\"David\"}'",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/synthflow.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/synthflow.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Retell AI API + MCP for reliability (+15), schema \u0026 documentation (+5), agent ergonomics (+15), security \u0026 auth (+25), payments \u0026 pricing (+40), maintenance \u0026 community (+17), transparency \u0026 trust (+11).\n\nPick Synthflow API + MCP for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Retell AI API + MCP | Synthflow API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 45 | Retell AI API + MCP +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 87 | Retell AI API + MCP +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 45 | Retell AI API + MCP +15 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 76 | 51 | Retell AI API + MCP +25 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 0 | Retell AI API + MCP +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 68 | Retell AI API + MCP +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 68 | Retell AI API + MCP +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.4 · B** | **51.3 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Retell AI API + MCP | Synthflow API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Retell AI | Synthflow |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.retellai.com` | `https://api.synthflow.ai/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 60 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Popularity | 62 stars, 243k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Retell AI API + MCP.** Published per-minute price for every component, from $0.07 a minute all in. Call data kept indefinitely unless retention is set per agent.\n\n**Synthflow API + MCP.** Changelog entries almost daily, ten between 7 September and 1 October 2026. Sales-led only, contracts from $30,000 a year, no free tier.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Retell AI API + MCP\n\n1. Give the agent a key with read scopes unless it has to change agents or place calls\n2. Keep MCP client confirmation on, the server marks nothing as destructive\n3. Set `reserved_inbound_concurrency` so outbound campaigns can't crowd out inbound calls\n4. Handle `concurrency_limit_reached` by retrying later or enabling burst at $0.10 a minute extra\n5. Set a data retention period on each agent that handles personal data\n\n### Synthflow API + MCP\n\n1. Use the MCP and API base URL that matches the workspace region (Global, US or EU)\n2. Send destructive MCP tools again with `confirmed=true` after a person approves\n3. Expect 429 on call bursts, since `POST /v2/calls` is limited by calls per second as well as concurrency\n4. 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