Retell AI pricing, explained.
$0.055/min voice infrastructure, plus TTS, LLM, and telephony.
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
Production phone agents with built-in testing and call operations.
The most important distinction is whether Retell AI sells a complete agent minute or one layer of the stack. Its published rate is only part of the total, which gives you more provider control but requires component-level forecasting.
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.
Retell AI pricing questions
The short version of the assumptions and boundaries behind this profile.