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How much does Bolna Voice AI cost?

Bolna Voice AI uses a transparent, usage-based pricing model. You only pay for what you use, with costs broken down into three simple components: Voice AI processing (STT + LLM + TTS), telephony charges, and a flat Bolna platform fee.
Bolna charges a flat 2 cents platform fees per minute of calls.

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What are the components of call pricing?

Bolna AI costs consist of:
  • Part A. Voice AI charges (STT + LLM + TTS)
  • Part B. Telephony charges (billed per minute)
  • Part C. Bolna Platform fees (billed per minute)

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Part A. Voice AI charges

Transcriber

Your choice of Speech to Text (STT) model and provider.

Depends on the duration of calls (rounded to seconds).

LLM Provider & model

Your choice of Large Language Model (LLM) and provider.

Depends on the total LLM tokens generated.

Text to Speech (TTS)

Your choice of Speech to Text (STT) model and provider.

Depends on the characters.

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Part B. Telephony charges

Telephony provider

Your telephony provider and the country/region of the phone numbers.

Depends on the duration of calls (rounded to minutes).

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Part C. Bolna Platform charges

Platform fees

Flat $0.02/minute

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Bolna Voice AI Pricing plans

  • Usage based - Pay as you go
  • Fixed model pricing
Perfect for small businessesYou’ll be charged depending on the combination of models you’ve selected for the agent. The dashboard displays a near approximate pricing for your agent depending on your chosen providers and models.Here are few examples of different scenarios for the calls costs.
call-pricing-1

With no connected accounts

An example were there are no connected accounts.

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How can I reduce my Voice AI costs?

You can significantly reduce costs by connecting your own provider accounts. When you connect your own providers, Bolna doesn’t charge for those components—you only pay your providers directly plus Bolna’s platform fee. Head over to Providers page to connect your accounts. Navigate here to learn more about Supported Providers and connecting your accounts.

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Where can I see my call costs?

After each conversation, go to the Agent Executions page to see how many credits the conversation consumed.
Bolna Voice AI pricing breakdown showing credits consumed per call with detailed component costs for STT, LLM, TTS, telephony, and platform fees displayed in the executions dashboard

Credits consumed for calls


You can connect your own Providers like Telephony, Transcriber, LLMs, Text-to-Speech and lower the costs. In that case Bolna will not charge for that component.

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Next steps

Ready to optimize your Voice AI costs? Explore cost-saving options: For high-volume deployments (10,000+ calls/month), consider our Enterprise Plan with volume discounts and priority support.
Please reach out to us at founders@bolna.ai for customized volume-based pricing.
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