Vapi · what it costsby Vapi
$0.05 / minuteVapi · Pay as you go · priced per minute
Vapi charges a $0.05 a minute hosting fee, plus speech-to-text, the language model, text-to-speech and telephony at each provider's price with no markup; you start with $5 in free credits. Success packages sit on top of usage: Core is $29 a month for 10 concurrent calls, 5 phone numbers and email support, Pro is 10% of your hosting fees with a $999 a month minimum, and Premier is priced by sales. Extra concurrent lines are $10 a month each and HIPAA is a $2,000 a month add-on.
Cheapest paid$29/moCore
Top tier$999/moPro
Every plan, side by side
4 plans · prices in USD, before tax| Plan | Price | Usage | Seats | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | $0.05 per minute | $0.05 / min + model costs | — | Testing and small volume |
| CorePlus per-minute usage | $29 | Usage billed on top | 1–any | Builders and early teams |
| Pro10% of hosting fees, $999/mo minimum; plus usage | $999 | Usage billed on top | 1–any | Teams in production |
| PremierContact sales | Custom | — | Any | Large deployments |
Usage limitsOfficial
How much you actually get
Pay as you go4 concurrent calls, 2 organisations, 1 Vapi phone number, 14 days raw data retention; extra concurrency $10 per line a month
Core10 concurrent calls, 2 organisations, 5 Vapi phone numbers, 30 days raw data retention
Pro30 concurrent calls, 10 organisations, 10 Vapi phone numbers, 180 days raw data retention
Official limits from the vendor's own pages.
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What will you pay, and what do you get?
Plan
$500
for 10,000 minute · $0.05 per 1
What you get on Vapi Pay as you go
Testing and small volume
- $0.05 a minute Vapi hosting fee, pre-paid
- Speech-to-text, LLM and voice billed at provider prices with no markup
- Telephony billed separately (Vapi numbers free; Twilio from $0.008 a minute)
- $5 free credits to start
- 4 concurrent calls, 2 organisations and 1 Vapi phone number
- 14 days raw data retention, community support
Usage$0.05 / min + model costs
Official limit4 concurrent calls, 2 organisations, 1 Vapi phone number, 14 days raw data retention; extra concurrency $10 per line a month
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