Comparison

An AI voice agent that calls from day one. Not a kit to assemble.

ElevenLabs, Vapi, Retell and Bland sell building blocks: a platform minute, plus voice, model, telephony, concurrent calls and your developers' time. Nodical sells the finished call, at a price that includes it all.

What's included

What you pay, and what you get.

NodicalDeveloper platforms
Price€0.29 to €0.12 a minute depending on volume, in euros, one line on the invoice.A platform price in dollars, plus voice, model and carrier, often on several invoices.
Calls to FranceIncluded, per second.Paid separately, to them or to a carrier.
Concurrent calls10 to 200 included depending on your tier.Charged beyond the base offer: $10 a month per call at Vapi, $8 beyond 20 at Retell.
High volumeHundreds of calls at the same time: it is the engine running our own campaigns every day. Up to 200 concurrent calls included, more on request.Capacity depends on your plan and on what your team can keep running: account caps, lines paid one by one.
Your scriptSaid word for word, in your order (Essential offer).To be programmed and tested by your teams.
Voicemail, transfers, follow-upsVoicemail detection, warm transfer to your rep, callbacks: set up with you.Features for your developers to configure and connect.
ResultsEvery call recorded, transcribed and filed in your workspace, with its pipeline.To connect to your CRM yourself.
Automation around the callsEleven building blocks built to measure in parallel: meetings confirmed and kept, SMS and email follow-ups, file documents requested, listening to your team's calls, evening report, results per person.Webhooks and an API: every automation is yours to develop.
Getting startedWe set up the campaign with you; you receive meetings.A technical project before the first useful call.
ContactA team in France, in French, English and Spanish.Online support, mostly in English.
A concrete example

200 calls at the same time.

Nodical

Included

At tier 5, 200 concurrent calls are included in the per-minute price.

Vapi

+ $1,700 to $1,900 a month

$10 a month for each concurrent call beyond the 10 to 30 included depending on the plan, before a single minute.

Retell AI

+ $1,440 a month

20 concurrent calls free, then $8 a month for each of the next 180.

Calculated from Vapi's and Retell's public prices as of 8 October 2026, excluding minutes, voice, model and telephony.

French providers

Compared with AirAgent and YeldaAI.

NodicalAirAgentYeldaAI
PriceFrom €0.12 a minute depending on volume, no mandatory plan€89 to €499 a month plan, then €0.21 to €0.30 a minute beyond included callsQuote only; the vendor states about €0.50 per call
SetupDone with you, includedIncluded in the planThe vendor states a setup under €3,000
Concurrent calls10 to 200 included1 to 5 depending on the planNot published
Main useHigh-volume outbound, callbacks, follow-ups, receptionSmall business receptionReception and customer service
Public price listYes, the same for everyoneYesNo, on demo request

Prices excluding VAT, taken on 9 October 2026 from airagent.fr/tarifs and Yelda's blog (“Combien coûte un callbot ?”). They may change: check them before deciding.

Who it's for

Choose by what you want to get.

You want meetings

Nodical

You give us your target and script; Nodical calls, detects voicemail, transfers ready contacts and returns every call transcribed. One price, telephony included.

You have volume

Nodical

The more you call, the less a minute costs: €0.12 at tier 5, with 200 concurrent calls included. Beyond 500,000 minutes, the price is negotiated.

You want automation around the calls

Nodical

While the agent calls, we build what makes every minute useful: confirmed meetings, follow-ups, file documents, listening to your team's calls, evening report. Eleven building blocks, connected to your tools.

You want to build your own product

A developer platform

If your business is assembling the technology yourself, with a team to run it, a platform such as Vapi or Retell is built for that.

The eleven blocks in detail →

Their listed prices

What the per-minute price doesn't say.

PlatformListed priceWhat gets added
ElevenLabs Agents$0.08 a minuteThe language model and telephony; $0.16 a minute for calls beyond the plan's concurrent calls.
Vapi$0.05 a minuteTranscription, language model, voice and telephony, each billed; $10 a month per extra concurrent call.
Retell AI$0.055 a minuteVoice, language model and telephony; $8 a month per concurrent call beyond 20.
Bland AI$0.12 to $0.14 a minuteTelephony; the $0.12 price requires a $299 monthly plan.

Prices excluding VAT, taken from the official pages on 8 October 2026. They change often: check them before deciding.

Questions

What we get asked when people compare.

How much does an AI voice agent really cost?

The price listed by platforms ($0.05 to $0.08 a minute) includes neither voice, model, telephony, concurrent calls beyond the base offer, nor your developers' time. At Nodical, €0.29 to €0.12 a minute covers all of that for a call to France.

Why choose Nodical over a platform?

Because you buy calls that produce, not building blocks: script said word for word, voicemail detected, warm transfer, results in your workspace, a team in France to set up the campaign with you. We hold hundreds of calls at the same time, and build the automation around them in parallel: meetings, follow-ups, files, reports.

Does Nodical use ElevenLabs?

For each offer Nodical picks the voices and models that make the best call; some come from market providers, including ElevenLabs. What you buy from Nodical is the call operated end to end.

How many calls at once?

10 to 200 concurrent calls included depending on your tier, with no per-line fee. Beyond that, €10 a month per call.

Can I try before choosing?

Yes: listen to a real call on the Listen page, then ask for a trial on your own script.

Sources — Pricing pages consulted on 8 October 2026: ElevenLabs · Vapi · Retell AI · Bland AI · AirAgent · YeldaAI

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