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Aircall vs Vapi

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

AAircallFrom $30/moVisit site
VVapiFree · from $29/moVisit site
VS
A

Choose Aircall if…

  • you want to trial it before paying
  • you work on Windows, macOS, iOS
  • you're in its core audience: sales teams, customer support teams
V

Choose Vapi if…

  • you want a free plan to start with
  • you want the lower entry price ($29/mo vs $30/mo)
  • you're in its core audience: developers, startups building voice products

Side by side

Feature Aircall Vapi
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$30/mo$29/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, APIWeb, API
CategoryCloud phone systems & VoIPAI voice agents & IVR
CompanyAircallVapi, Inc.
Full feature lists

A Aircall

  • AI voice agents answering calls 24/7 in 38 languages
  • IVR, call routing, queuing and queue callback
  • Shared inbox for calls, SMS, MMS and WhatsApp
  • Call recording, transcription and sentiment analysis
  • Live in-call AI coaching and automated CRM updates
  • Power Dialer for up to 1,000 numbers
  • 250+ integrations including Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk
  • Call whispering, barge and live monitoring

V Vapi

  • Configurable voice, conversation flow and telephony
  • Choice of transcriber, LLM and voice providers
  • Model costs passed through without markup
  • Call testing and simulation before going live
  • Real-time call monitoring and observability
  • Conversation guardrails to reduce hallucinations
  • Built-in Vapi telephony, SIP, WebSockets and WebRTC
  • SOC 2, HIPAA and PCI compliance

Their home pages

What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.

Aircall home page
A Aircall · aircall.io
Vapi home page
V Vapi · vapi.ai

What you'd pay

The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.

Team sizeAircallVapi
1 person$50 Professional$29 Core
5 people$99 AI Voice Agents$29 Core
20 people$99 AI Voice Agents$29 Core

Work it out for your team

  1. VapiCore$29/mo
  2. AircallProfessional$50/mo

The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.

All plans and prices

Aircall

AI Voice Agents$120/mo minimum (monthly billing) or $99/mo minimum (annual billing)
Essentials$40 per license/mo (monthly billing) or $30 per license/mo (annual billing)
Professional$70 per license/mo (monthly billing) or $50 per license/mo (annual billing)
EnterpriseCustom

Vapi

No Success Package$0 to start, $0.05/min hosting
Core$29
Pro10% of hosting fee, $999/mo minimum
PremierCustom

Strengths and limitations

Aircall

  • Unlimited calls within US & Canada on all plans
  • 250+ native integrations with CRM and help desk tools
  • AI voice agents included in every plan
  • SOC2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA compliance
  • Minimum of 3 users per plan, 25 on Enterprise
  • Advanced AI features like call summaries need the AI Assist add-on on Essentials
  • International outbound calls cost extra below Enterprise
  • SAML SSO only on Enterprise

Vapi

  • $5 free credits and no minimum minutes
  • Model provider costs passed through without markup
  • Unlimited agents on every plan
  • SOC 2, HIPAA and PCI compliance
  • Total per-minute cost stacks hosting, model, voice and transport fees
  • HIPAA add-on costs $2,000/month
  • Pro package has a $999/month minimum
  • Free tier is limited to 4 concurrent calls

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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 14, 2026. Editorial policy