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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ultravox.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ultravox.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Retell AI API + MCP for reliability (+8), schema \u0026 documentation (+8), security \u0026 auth (+30), maintenance \u0026 community (+42).\n\nPick Ultravox Realtime API for agent ergonomics (+9).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Retell AI API + MCP | Ultravox Realtime API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 52 | Retell AI API + MCP +8 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 84 | Retell AI API + MCP +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 69 | Ultravox Realtime API +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 76 | 46 | Retell AI API + MCP +30 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 43 | Retell AI API + MCP +42 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 75 | Retell AI API + MCP +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.4 · B** | **58.6 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Retell AI API + MCP | Ultravox Realtime API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Retell AI | Ultravox (Fixie.ai) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.retellai.com` | `https://api.ultravox.ai/api` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | MIT (model code) |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\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 | 2026-07-18 |\n| Popularity | 62 stars, 243k npm/wk | 4.6k stars, 17k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (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**Ultravox Realtime API.** Flat $0.05 a minute including model and built-in voices. No MCP server.\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### Ultravox Realtime API\n\n1. Honour `Retry-After` on 429 and 503 when creating calls\n2. Pin the model string (`ultravox-v0.7` or `ultravox-v0.6`) rather than relying on the default\n3. Hand clients the `joinUrl`, never the API key\n4. Delete calls through the API when you need data removed, there's no retention setting\n5. 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