{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "telnyx-voice", "name": "Telnyx Voice API + MCP", "vendor": "Telnyx", "vendorUrl": "https://telnyx.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "voice-calling", "summary": "Carrier-owned Voice API (Call Control and TeXML) for calls, numbers, websocket media streaming, recording and transfers on Telnyx's own network.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/telnyx-voice", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/telnyx-voice.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/telnyx-voice.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/telnyx-voice.json", "repo": "https://github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-node", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.telnyx.com/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "telnyx" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "telnyx-mcp" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "telnyx" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Bearer API key from the portal for the REST API and the hosted MCP endpoint. Claude custom connectors can instead grant access through the Telnyx portal. Call Control webhooks are signed.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go with no minimum and no free credit. Fund by card, or by x402 (USDC on Base), MPP or ACP top-ups through the API. Voice API fee $0.002 a minute each way, plus SIP trunking billed separately. US local termination from $0.005 a minute, local origination from $0.0032, toll-free origination from $0.015. US local and toll-free numbers $1 a month. Recording $0.002 a minute, media streaming $0.0035 a minute, conferencing $0.002 a participant a minute, answering machine detection $0.002 a call. AI Assistants and Conversation Relay $0.05 a minute. Committed plans from $500 a month (https://telnyx.com/pricing/call-control, https://telnyx.com/agent-signup.md).", "priceSummary": "$1 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "partial", "evidence": "Telnyx's agent signup guide documents POST https://api.telnyx.com/v2/x402/credit_account to top up account credit in USDC on Base, alongside MPP at /v2/machine-payments/account-credit and ACP checkout sessions. These are account top-ups, not per-call payments on the voice endpoints, and per-payment limits aren't published. Not tested by us (https://telnyx.com/agent-signup.md, checked 2026-10-01).", "endpoints": [ { "url": "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/x402/credit_account", "priceUsd": null, "network": "eip155:8453" } ] }, "toolCount": 3, "popularity": { "githubStars": 197, "npmWeekly": 416629, "pypiWeekly": 178817, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/voice/programmable-voice/get-started", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.telnyx.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/team-telnyx/openapi/master/openapi/spec3.json", "registryName": "io.github.team-telnyx/telnyx", "capabilities": [ "voice.calls", "voice.numbers", "voice.streaming", "voice.sip", "voice.recording", "voice.transfer" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "streaming", "x402", "stablecoin", "prepaid" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-25", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 74.4, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 48, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 90, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 65, "reliability": 75, "schema": 93, "security": 45, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "About $0.007 a minute all-in for US outbound ($0.002 Voice API plus $0.005 termination). x402 and MPP only top up credit, they don't pay per call.", "strengths": [ "About $0.007 a minute all-in for US outbound ($0.002 Voice API plus $0.005 termination)", "Bot signup, API key creation and x402 or MPP account top-ups without a browser", "30 outbound dials a second, Retry-After on 429, and command_id to de-duplicate retried call commands", "OpenAPI spec, llms.txt, pricing.md and an MCP in the official registry", "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001" ], "weaknesses": [ "x402 and MPP only top up credit, they don't pay per call", "No free credit, a new account starts at zero", "No scoped or read-only API keys found, and the MCP can dial and buy numbers without confirmation", "One-way or degraded call audio for about 12 hours from 10 September, and API 5XX errors for about 2 hours on 23 September", "No security.txt, bug bounty or deprecation policy found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a Call Control application first. `POST /v2/calls` needs its `connection_id`", "Fund a new account through /v2/x402/credit_account or MPP before buying a number, since it starts at zero", "Only one media stream or fork runs per call, and starting a fork replaces the websocket stream", "Add the Voice API fee and SIP trunking rate together when pricing a call", "Set a unique command_id on every call command, so a retry after a timeout is ignored rather than repeated" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", 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"item": "Voice API fee, US outbound", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.002, "note": "SIP termination billed on top" }, { "item": "SIP termination, US local", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.005, "note": "starting rate, add to the Voice API fee" }, { "item": "Voice API fee, US inbound", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.002, "note": "SIP origination billed on top" }, { "item": "SIP origination, US local", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.0032, "note": "starting rate" }, { "item": "US local number", "unit": "month", "usd": 1 }, { "item": "Media streaming", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.0035 }, { "item": "Call recording", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.002 }, { "item": "AI Assistant on a call", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.05, "note": "includes STT, LLM and TTS" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Telnyx LLC", "domain": "telnyx.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-05-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://telnyx.com/terms-and-conditions-of-service", "privacy": "https://telnyx.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.telnyx.com", "changelog": "https://telnyx.com/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/telnyx-voice.json", "live": { "slug": "telnyx-voice", "probe": { "target": "https://api.telnyx.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:48:16.884811721Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 125, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 131, "p95ms24h": 179, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1100, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 270, "ok": 270 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.telnyx.com", "indicator": "maintenance", "summary": "Under Maintenance", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:49:29.440458562Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "team-telnyx/telnyx-node", "version": "v7.24.0", "released": "2026-09-25", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:41:29.493877068Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "telnyx", "version": "7.24.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:41:27.091742528Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "telnyx-mcp", "version": "7.24.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:41:27.511074933Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "telnyx", "version": "4.182.0", "released": "2026-09-25", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:41:29.302568773Z" } ], "githubStars": 197, "npmWeekly": 490168, "pypiWeekly": 201435, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://telnyx.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:05.446481255Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developers.telnyx.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:17.91217441Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "telnyx.com", "registered": "2009-05-04", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/telnyx.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:33.721251862Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://telnyx.com/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:27.454526964Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:36:23.545689762Z", "fingerprint": "7dbe8c4f1bae" }, { "url": "https://telnyx.com/pricing/call-control", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:20.898706649Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:20.898706649Z", "fingerprint": "30c2be8962d3" }, { "url": "https://telnyx.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:25.893595009Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:25.893595009Z", "fingerprint": "8367d06cc9a7" }, { "url": "https://telnyx.com/terms-and-conditions-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:29.33763712Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:29.33763712Z", "fingerprint": "d7cf989996f4" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:49:29.440458562Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "vonage-voice", "name": "Vonage Voice API + MCP", "vendor": "Vonage (Ericsson)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.vonage.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "voice-calling", "summary": "Voice API that controls calls with NCCO, a JSON list of actions such as talk, input, record, connect and transfer.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vonage-voice", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vonage-voice.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vonage-voice.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vonage-voice.json", "transports": [ "http", "stdio", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.nexmo.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vonage/server-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "vonage" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vonage/vonage-mcp-server-api-bindings" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The Voice API takes a Vonage Application JWT signed RS256 with the application's private key. Signed webhooks carry an HS256 JWT to verify with the signature secret. The MCP server reads the API key, secret, application ID and a base64 private key from env vars.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go, billed per second. US outbound $0.01446 a minute, inbound $0.00495 on local numbers and $0.0154 on toll-free. Calls to or from SIP, in-app (WebRTC) and websocket endpoints $0.00492 a minute. US numbers €1.81 a month. New accounts get test credit with no card. Rates are from Vonage's downloadable pricing sheet, since the pricing page blocks automated requests (https://www.vonage.com/communications-apis/voice/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in docs, pricing or MCP README (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 14, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 154249, "pypiWeekly": 67062, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.vonage.com/en/voice/voice-api/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.vonage.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developer.vonage.com/api/v1/developer/api/file/voice?format=json", "registryName": "io.github.Vonage/vonage-documentation-mcp", "capabilities": [ "voice.calls", "voice.numbers", "voice.streaming", "voice.sip", "voice.recording", "voice.transfer" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "streaming", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 270, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 35, "reliability": 45, "schema": 88, "security": 60, "transparency": 50 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Websocket audio as 16-bit linear PCM at 8, 16 or 24 kHz, both directions. First call needs an application, a private key and a signed JWT.", "strengths": [ "Websocket audio as 16-bit linear PCM at 8, 16 or 24 kHz, both directions", "Per-second billing on every call", "Short-lived application JWTs whose ACLs can limit a token to named paths and methods, and signed webhooks with a body hash", "OpenAPI spec and an llms.txt that tells agents which hosts to use", "€2 test credit without a card" ], "weaknesses": [ "First call needs an application, a private key and a signed JWT", "No Voice API rate limit or SLA found, and the error catalogue's throttling advice is to wait an amount that differs per API", "Pricing page returns 403 to automated requests, rates live in a spreadsheet", "MCP server has no tools for live call control, only a one-way voice message", "No security.txt, and the API runs on the legacy nexmo.com domain" ], "agentNotes": [ "Generate a short-lived JWT with an ACL limited to the call paths the agent needs, and keep the private key out of prompts", "Use a `connect` action with a websocket endpoint and `audio/l16;rate=16000` for speech models", "Keep the api.nexmo.com hostname, Vonage's llms.txt says not to swap it", "Enable signed webhooks and verify the HS256 JWT on each event", "Expect RFC 7807 errors (`type`, `title`, `detail`, `instance`) and back off on a throttling error, since no Voice rate limit is published" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 35, "reliability": 45, "schema": 88, "security": 60, "transparency": 25 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.nexmo.com/v1/calls -H \"Authorization: Bearer $VONAGE_JWT\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"to\":[{\"type\":\"phone\",\"number\":\"14155550100\"}],\"from\":{\"type\":\"phone\",\"number\":\"14155550101\"},\"ncco\":[{\"action\":\"talk\",\"text\":\"Hello from Vonage\"}]}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http vonage-docs https://documentation-mcp.vonage.dev/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "vonage": { "args": [ "-y", "@vonage/vonage-mcp-server-api-bindings" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "VONAGE_API_KEY": "${VONAGE_API_KEY}", "VONAGE_API_SECRET": "${VONAGE_API_SECRET}", "VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID": "${VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID}", "VONAGE_PRIVATE_KEY64": "${VONAGE_PRIVATE_KEY64}", "VONAGE_VIRTUAL_NUMBER": "${VONAGE_VIRTUAL_NUMBER}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.calls", "tool": "https://letme.dev/vonage-voice" }, "sameCompany": [ "vonage" ], "area": "voice", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Outbound call, US", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.01446, "note": "billed per second" }, { "item": "Inbound call, US local number", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.00495, "note": "billed per second" }, { "item": "Inbound call, US toll-free number", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.0154 }, { "item": "Websocket, SIP or in-app leg", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.00492 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Vonage Holdings Corp.", "domain": "vonage.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-12-12", "domainNote": "The API endpoints sit on the legacy nexmo.com domain, from Nexmo's acquisition in 2016.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.vonage.com/legal/communications-apis/terms-of-use/", "privacy": "https://www.vonage.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://vonageapi.statuspage.io", "changelog": "https://developer.vonage.com/en/changelogs", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The privacy notice names Vonage Holdings Corp. as controller where one entity applies. 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Both do voice calls. The largest gap is reliability, 30 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/telnyx-voice-vs-vonage-voice", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/telnyx-voice-vs-vonage-voice.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/telnyx-voice-vs-vonage-voice.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/telnyx-voice-vs-vonage-voice.min.md" }, "markdown": "Telnyx Voice API + MCP has a score of 74.4 (BB) against Vonage Voice API + MCP's 59.1 (C). Both do voice calls. The largest gap is reliability, 30 points.\n\n- Telnyx Voice API + MCP: grade BB, 74.4/100, rank #48 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/telnyx-voice.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/telnyx-voice.json\n- Vonage Voice API + MCP: grade C, 59.1/100, rank #270 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vonage-voice.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vonage-voice.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Telnyx Voice API + MCP for reliability (+30), schema \u0026 documentation (+5), agent ergonomics (+30), payments \u0026 pricing (+30), maintenance \u0026 community (+5), transparency \u0026 trust (+23).\n\nPick Vonage Voice API + MCP for security \u0026 auth (+15).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Telnyx Voice API + MCP | Vonage Voice API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 45 | Telnyx Voice API + MCP +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 93 | 88 | Telnyx Voice API + MCP +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 60 | Telnyx Voice API + MCP +30 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 60 | Vonage Voice API + MCP +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 65 | 35 | Telnyx Voice API + MCP +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 78 | Telnyx Voice API + MCP +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 50 | Telnyx Voice API + MCP +23 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **74.4 · BB** | **59.1 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Telnyx Voice API + MCP | Vonage Voice API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Telnyx | Vonage (Ericsson) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.telnyx.com/v2` | `https://api.nexmo.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | payer tooling only | no |\n| Licence | MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | 3 | 14 |\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 | `io.github.team-telnyx/telnyx` | `io.github.Vonage/vonage-documentation-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Popularity | 197 stars, 417k npm/wk, 179k PyPI/wk | 154k npm/wk, 67k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (8) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Telnyx Voice API + MCP.** About $0.007 a minute all-in for US outbound ($0.002 Voice API plus $0.005 termination). x402 and MPP only top up credit, they don't pay per call.\n\n**Vonage Voice API + MCP.** Websocket audio as 16-bit linear PCM at 8, 16 or 24 kHz, both directions. First call needs an application, a private key and a signed JWT.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Telnyx Voice API + MCP\n\n1. Create a Call Control application first. `POST /v2/calls` needs its `connection_id`\n2. Fund a new account through /v2/x402/credit_account or MPP before buying a number, since it starts at zero\n3. Only one media stream or fork runs per call, and starting a fork replaces the websocket stream\n4. Add the Voice API fee and SIP trunking rate together when pricing a call\n5. Set a unique command_id on every call command, so a retry after a timeout is ignored rather than repeated\n\n### Vonage Voice API + MCP\n\n1. Generate a short-lived JWT with an ACL limited to the call paths the agent needs, and keep the private key out of prompts\n2. Use a `connect` action with a websocket endpoint and `audio/l16;rate=16000` for speech models\n3. Keep the api.nexmo.com hostname, Vonage's llms.txt says not to swap it\n4. Enable signed webhooks and verify the HS256 JWT on each event\n5. 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