Retell AI

Voice engine for conversational AI with native speech-to-speech models and turn-taking logic.

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Retell AI is an autonomous voice AI and telephony agent platform starting at $0/month. It achieves an Autonomous Execution Score of 72/100 and integrates natively with Twilio, Cal.com, OpenAI. Its key operational strength is state-of-the-art conversational turn-taking, while primary tradeoffs include primarily developer-facing.

Autonomy
72/100
Value
5.40
From
$0/mo
Pricing
freemium
Updated
Nov 2026

Strengths

  • State-of-the-art conversational turn-taking
  • Zero audio stuttering
  • Direct Cal.com appointment booking

Tradeoffs

  • Primarily developer-facing
  • Limited out-of-the-box pre-built templates

Integrations

  • Twilio
  • Cal.com
  • OpenAI
  • Webhooks

Estimate your monthly cost

$110/mo

On the Pay as you go plan. Uses the vendor's $0.11/min example. Published range is $0.07 to $0.31.

How this score is built

Autonomy base
(100 − 25 human effort) × 0.8
Integrations
+12
Setup friction
−0
Value inputs
22 features, 4.8 rating

Human effort, feature count and rating are editorial estimates, not test results.

Evidence

Price checked Nov 2026. View source

Vendor states: SOC 2, HIPAA.

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