ANALYSIS VERDICT

Vapi leads on autonomy (73 vs 67), while PolyAI has no verified price. Select PolyAI for superb background noise tolerance in realistic phone environments; consider Vapi if you prioritize sub-500ms voice response latency.

Metric / Feature
Autonomy Score (AES)
67/100
Core 79 · -12 setup
73/100
Core 83 · -10 setup
Value-to-Cost Ratio—7.01
Starting PriceNot verified$0/mo
Pricing Modelenterprisefreemium
Primary Strengths
  • Superb background noise tolerance in realistic phone environments
  • Handles complex multi-turn dialog without hallucination
  • Enterprise contact center integrations
  • Sub-500ms voice response latency
  • Bring-your-own-keys support for LLMs and TTS
  • Native SIP trunking
Tradeoffs
  • High enterprise contract floor
  • Lengthy custom deployment and voice branding cycle
  • Requires developer implementation
  • Usage costs scale dynamically with minutes
Common Integrations

Twilio

Unique Integrations

Salesforce, Zendesk, Genesys, Cisco

Vonage, OpenAI, Deepgram, Cartesia

Pricing tier comparison

PolyAI tiers

Team Pilot
$500 /mo
  • Superb background noise tolerance in realistic phone environments
  • Standard CRM integration
  • Up to 5 active rep seats
Commercial Scale
$1,000 /mo
  • Full autonomous pipeline workflows
  • Dedicated customer success manager
  • Unlimited data lookups
Global Enterprise
Custom /annual custom
  • Custom enterprise SLA & security audit
  • Dedicated IP pool / private cloud
  • Custom webhook orchestration

Vapi tiers

Pricing tiers unlisted.

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