Bland Start pricing, explained.
$0.14/min including STT, LLM, and TTS; carrier cost is separate.
A like-for-like starting point
Outbound US calls with Deepgram Nova-3, GPT-5 mini, integrated Cartesia-class TTS, and no recording. Bundled providers ignore separate model choices.
When this pricing model makes sense
Teams that prefer one bundled AI rate and predictable component costs.
The most important distinction is whether Bland Start sells a complete agent minute or one layer of the stack. Its published rate bundles the speech and intelligence layers, which makes early forecasting simpler.
Carrier charges are still modeled separately because phone rates change by direction, destination, number type, and volume. Recording, storage, compliance, analytics, and human transfer time can also create material deltas.
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Snapshot checked 2026-07-18. Provider pages can change without notice.
Bland Start pricing questions
The short version of the assumptions and boundaries behind this profile.