Bland AI alternative
An alternative to Bland AI, built with your team in the EU
Bland AI is a capable phone-agent platform from the United States that runs its own models and sells one all-in price per minute. VoiceDock runs its orchestration, dashboard, API and storage on EU infrastructure, lets you choose and bring your own model providers, contracts as a Dutch company, and builds your voice system alongside your team. Below: Bland's published plans line by line, a comparison per buyer requirement, and the cases where Bland is the better choice.
€ 0,07/min orchestration · model usage at cost · EU-hosted · Bland figures retrieved 5 October 2026
Why teams start comparing
Four reasons a European team looks past Bland AI
None of these make Bland a weak product. They follow from how it is packaged and sold.
You want to choose the models yourself
Bland runs its own language, transcription and voice models, and its per-minute price includes all three. That is simple, but the stack is Bland's. On VoiceDock you pick the model providers per assistant, and you can run them on your own provider keys so the provider bills you directly. What that does to the cost per minute is written up separately.
You want EU hosting and a DPA without an enterprise contract
Bland's security page offers per-call regional pinning and says EU data stays on EU GPUs, without naming which plans include it. Its published DPA applies to customers on its Enterprise Services Agreement. Our orchestration, dashboard, API and storage run on EU infrastructure for every customer, with a standard data processing agreement under GDPR Article 28 at no additional cost. Why that matters for voice is set out separately.
You want your own phone line without an enterprise plan
Bland sells numbers for the US and Canada from its API; other countries go through support. Its SIP integration requires an entitlement for Enterprise organisations, and the alternative is bringing your own Twilio account. We connect your own number over your own SIP trunk with you.
You want to sell it under your own brand
Bland's partner programme pays resellers a commission for every customer they bring to Bland. If you want to put voice AI in front of your own customers under your own name, at your own price per customer, that is what our white-label setup is for. Telecom and VoIP providers have a page of their own, and software companies can start from our partner page.
Side by side
Bland AI and VoiceDock, per buyer requirement
Every Bland cell comes from Bland's own pricing page, security page or documentation. Every VoiceDock cell is something you can check on this site, in our docs or in the Trust Center.
| What you need to know | Bland AI | VoiceDock |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One all-in rate per connected minute that includes the language model, transcription and voice: $0.14 on the free Start plan, $0.12 on Build ($299 a month). Transfer time is billed separately. Enterprise pricing is contracted to volume. | € 0,07 per minute orchestration for inbound, outbound and web calls. Model usage at cost on our keys, or billed directly by your provider on yours. Telephony per leg at the carrier's rate. No per-seat licence. Full pricing. |
| Models | Bland runs its own model and speech stack and describes its call path as free of third-party AI. | You choose the language, transcription and voice providers per assistant, and can change them without rebuilding the assistant. |
| Where data is processed | The security page offers per-call regional pinning and says EU data stays on EU GPUs, without naming plans or regions. The privacy policy says data may be processed in countries including the United States. | Orchestration, dashboard, API and storage on EU infrastructure. You choose the model providers, and the Trust Center lists where each one processes data. |
| Data processing agreement | A DPA with EU standard contractual clauses, applying to customers on Bland's Enterprise Services Agreement. GDPR is self-attested. | A standard DPA under GDPR Article 28, ready to sign at no additional cost, whichever configuration you run. The Trust Center documents hosting and sub-processors; confidential documents are released on request. |
| Own number and SIP trunk | Numbers for the US and Canada at $15 a month; other countries through support. SIP is an Enterprise entitlement. Without it, you can bring your own Twilio account. | Your own number over your own SIP trunk, set up with you. Managed numbers on request. Warm and cold transfer to a person or another number. |
| Bring your own model keys | Model usage is part of Bland's per-minute rate. We found no option in its documentation to run calls on your own model provider keys. | Your own provider keys, self-serve, at the same € 0,07 per minute. Your provider bills you directly. |
| Volume limits | Start: 10 concurrent calls and 100 calls a day. Build: 50 concurrent and 2,000 a day. Enterprise: unlimited. | Concurrent calls under fair use, more by arrangement. No daily call cap in the price list. |
| Reselling and partners | A partner programme for resellers, technology and implementation partners, with commission per customer brought to Bland, a partner portal and partner engineering support. | White-label and reseller setup: your brand, a parent organisation that covers usage for its customer organisations, and your own price per customer. |
| Help with building | Self-serve on Start and Build. Dedicated engineer support is part of Enterprise. | Built with you: working sessions with the engineers who build and run the orchestration layer, and telephony problems read in the SIP logs. |
| Developer tooling | REST API, webhooks, conversational pathways and an MCP server for managing agents and calls from an AI assistant. | REST API, a TypeScript SDK and signed webhooks, plus an MCP server to manage your agents from an AI assistant. |
| Who you contract with | Intelliga Corp, doing business as Bland AI, in the United States, priced in US dollars. | Flireo B.V., a Dutch company in Deventer, invoicing in euros. |
The bill
What Bland AI costs, and what we charge
Bland publishes one rate per minute that already includes the language model, transcription and voice. That makes its bill easy to predict. Every line that can appear on it is below.
| Bland AI line item | Published price (USD) |
|---|---|
| Start plan | $0.14 per connected minute, no platform fee |
| Build plan | $0.12 per connected minute, plus $299 per month |
| Scale plan (listed in the billing docs) | $0.11 per connected minute, plus $499 per month |
| Enterprise plan | Custom, contracted to your volume |
| Transfer time on a Bland number | $0.05, $0.04 or $0.03 per minute on Start, Build and Scale; none when you bring your own Twilio |
| Outbound call on Bland telephony | $0.015 minimum per call |
| Failed call on Bland infrastructure | $0.015 minimum per call |
| Phone number | $15 per month, US and Canada |
| SMS, inbound or outbound | $0.02 per message |
| Voicemail | Billed as call time |
| Limits per plan | Start: 10 concurrent, 100 calls a day. Build: 50 concurrent, 2,000 a day. Scale: 100 concurrent, 5,000 a day |
Our side of it
One fee, with the models at cost
Our orchestration fee is € 0,07 per minute, for inbound, outbound and web calls alike. Model usage on our keys is passed through at cost; on your own keys your provider bills you and the fee stays the same. Telephony is billed per leg at the carrier's rate. Bland's rate includes the models and ours does not, so set Bland's $0.12 to $0.14 against our fee plus the models you would run. What decides the bill is the total per connected conversation. How to work that out per minute is written up in full.
Where we would not argue
When Bland AI is the better choice
A comparison that wins on every line is not worth reading. Four cases where Bland is the stronger fit.
You want one vendor for the whole call path
Bland runs its own models and speech, so there is one company and one DPA behind the call instead of a set of model providers. If your security review prefers that over choosing providers yourself, Bland's setup answers it directly.
You want it inside your own cloud account
Bland offers deployment inside your own AWS, GCP or Azure VPC, besides on-premise and air-gapped options. Our on-premise unit is installed in your own server room; if the requirement is your own public cloud account, Bland's VPC option is the closer fit.
You need SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS or a HIPAA BAA from the vendor itself
Bland lists SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS v4.0 from independent auditors, and signs a business associate agreement for health data. If your procurement requires those from the vendor directly, that settles it. Our certifications sit with our infrastructure providers, as the Trust Center explains.
You want a single price per minute for high-volume calling in North America
One rate that covers model, transcription and voice, numbers for the US and Canada from the API, and plans sized by calls per day suit a large outbound operation that wants a predictable bill without choosing providers.
Switching
How a move from Bland AI works
Moving is a short list of work, and we do it with you rather than hand you a guide.
- 01
Take stock
We list what your Bland agents do: prompts, pathways, tools, webhooks, post-call data and the numbers they answer. - 02
Rebuild
Agents become assistants, pathways are rebuilt with you, and tools become tool calls into your own systems. Because you now choose the models, we pick the providers together. How tool calls into business systems behave on a live line is worth reading before this step. - 03
Point the telephony at us
If your numbers run over your own SIP trunk or your own Twilio account, the routing is pointed at us instead. Numbers bought from Bland are something to settle with Bland before you plan the move. Transfers are tested against real destinations, because a transfer that fails is where callers get lost. - 04
Test, then go live
Test calls first, then real callers, while you keep your Bland setup until you are satisfied. What happens on our side when a server fails is on the reliability page.
Questions
What people ask when they compare Bland AI
How much does Bland AI cost?
Bland's Start plan is $0.14 per connected minute with no platform fee, and its Build plan is $0.12 per minute plus $299 a month. Both rates include the language model, transcription and voice. Transfer time on a Bland number, outbound and failed-call minimums, SMS and phone numbers ($15 a month) are billed on top. Enterprise pricing is contracted to volume. Figures from bland.ai/pricing and Bland's billing documentation, retrieved 5 October 2026.
What does VoiceDock cost per minute?
€ 0,07 per minute for orchestration, for inbound, outbound and web calls alike, plus model usage at cost on our keys or billed directly by your provider on your own keys. Telephony is billed per leg at the carrier's rate. There is no per-seat licence. The details are on our pricing page.
Is VoiceDock cheaper than Bland AI?
It depends on the models. Bland's $0.12 to $0.14 includes the language model, transcription and voice; our € 0,07 does not. With lighter models the total can come out lower than Bland's rate, with heavier ones higher. Bring us your call volume and the models you want and we will work it out with you.
Does Bland AI process data in the EU?
Bland's security page offers per-call regional pinning and says EU data stays on EU GPUs, without naming which plans or regions include it. Its privacy policy says data may be processed in countries including the United States, and its published DPA applies to customers on its Enterprise Services Agreement. VoiceDock runs orchestration, dashboard, API and storage on EU infrastructure for every customer.
Can I use my own phone number?
Yes. You connect your own number over your SIP trunk, and we set that up with you. A managed number is available on request for testing and setup. On Bland, SIP is an Enterprise entitlement; without it you bring your own Twilio account.
Can I choose or bring my own models?
Yes. You choose the language, transcription and voice providers per assistant, and you can run them on your own provider keys, self-serve, with the orchestration fee staying € 0,07 per minute. Bland runs its own models, and its rate includes them.
Can I move my Bland agents to VoiceDock?
Yes, by rebuilding them rather than importing them. Prompts, pathways, tools and webhooks all have a counterpart on our side: assistants, tool calls, webhooks and post-call analysis against a schema you define. We do that work with you and test transfers and tool calls before real callers are routed.
Can I resell VoiceDock under my own brand?
Yes. A parent organisation can cover usage for its customer organisations, with pricing per organisation, so you set your own price to your own customers. The white-label and agency setups both run this way.
Bland AI or Retell AI: what is the difference?
Bland sells one all-in rate per minute that includes its own models: $0.12 to $0.14 on its self-serve plans. Retell lists a $0.055 voice infrastructure fee and bills the model, voice and telephony you choose on top. Both are US platforms priced in US dollars. Retell figure retrieved 29 September 2026. We set VoiceDock next to Retell on a separate page, and next to Vapi on another. Synthflow, a Berlin platform with sales-led pricing, has its own comparison.
Sources
- Bland AI pricing
- Bland AI billing documentation
- Bland AI security and compliance
- Bland AI data processing agreement
- Bland AI privacy policy
- Bland AI phone number purchase
- Bland AI SIP integration
- Bland AI bring your own Twilio
- Bland AI MCP server
- Bland AI partner programme
All retrieved on 5 October 2026.
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