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Bland

An AI phone-agent platform with one per-minute price that covers the model, transcription and voices.

  • Price: Free plan, paid from $299/month
  • Skill needed: Some tech skills
  • 2 examples on this site
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Explain it simply

Bland gives your business phone an AI voice that answers calls, asks qualifying questions and takes details. You design the conversation as a flowchart or with a written prompt, and pay one price per minute. You can test it on the free Start plan without a card.

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Bland runs inbound and outbound phone agents designed with prompts or its visual Conversational Pathways builder. One per-minute rate includes the AI model, transcription and voices; phone service is billed separately. SMS, live transfers and the appointment-scheduling node are Enterprise-only.

Verdicts

Use Cases

SalesVendor or secondhand (evidence grade C)

A Hyperbaric Chamber Seller Routes Every Inbound Sales Call to a Bland AI Agent

Online seller of hyperbaric chambers (Oxycell), founder-led

Oxycell routes inbound calls from CallRail to a Bland voice agent that answers product questions and qualifies buyers. Bland's customer story quotes an 81.6% month-over-month revenue increase in the first month.

  • Cost: Free plan
  • Setup: a few days
  • Skill needed: Some tech skills

Income Automations

Light evidence (evidence grade D)

Building an AI Phone Receptionist for an Auto Repair Shop With Bland and Claude Code

AI automation agency (@jasoncooperson)

An automation builder made a demo phone agent for an auto repair shop in about 30 minutes that offers appointment times, captures the car and services and texts a confirmation. He sells such builds for $2,000 plus $500 a month.

Price as statedHe sells builds like this for $2,000 setup plus $500 a month. The call shown is a demo, and he reports no client numbers.

  • Cost: From $0.14/minute
  • Setup: an afternoon
  • Skill needed: Some tech skills

Best for

  • A solo owner testing a live AI phone line without code
  • Qualifying inbound sales calls

Watch-outs

Know before you start

  • SMS, live transfers and the appointment-scheduling node are Enterprise-only on the pricing page
  • Phone service is billed on top of the per-minute rate
  • Tell callers they are speaking with AI and follow call-recording rules

Pricing and access

Start is $0.14 a minute with no platform fee and no card, including an inbound number, 10 concurrent calls and 100 calls a day. Build is $0.12 a minute plus $299 a month. Enterprise is custom.

Price checked Oct 17, 2026 on bland.ai. Prices and plans change; check the official site before you buy.

Facts and sources

  • Bland's pricing page lists SMS, transfers and the appointment-scheduling node as Enterprise-only.Bland AI, Oct 17, 2026