--- title: Voice API Pricing | Telnyx canonical: https://telnyx.com/pricing/voice-api --- # Voice API Pricing | Telnyx COMMUNICATIONS # Voice API Pricing $0.002 a minute. The network underneath comes free. Two lines on the bill: the API and the SIP trunk it rides. Both published, neither marked up, because the carrier and the API are one company. Every feature is a separate primitive at its own rate. [SIGN UP FOR FREE](https://telnyx.com/sign-up)[GET VOLUME RATE](https://telnyx.com/contact-us) $0.002per min $0platform fee $0support · HIPAA 5 minto first call EXAMPLE OF MONTHLY COST $628Per month 100,000 MINUTES, 60% OUTBOUND Voice API100,000 × $0.002 $200 SIP trunk · outbound60,000 × $0.005 $300 SIP trunk · inbound40,000 × $0.0032 $128 Published rates, pay as you go, before volume tiers. Carrier passthrough and taxes vary by destination. Rates ## What's on the card. Each row is a line on your invoice. Nothing is bundled into another primitive's rate and nothing turns on unless you call it. ### Services | Line | Pay as you go | | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Make outbound calls | $0.002 per minute + the [SIP Trunking fee](https://telnyx.com/pricing/elastic-sip#pay-as-you-go) for outbound calls | | Local number | $0.002 per minute + the [SIP Trunking fee](https://telnyx.com/pricing/elastic-sip#pay-as-you-go) for inbound calls | | Toll-free number | $0.002 per minute + the [SIP Trunking fee](https://telnyx.com/pricing/elastic-sip#pay-as-you-go) for inbound calls | For a full list of global SIP Trunking prices, download our global SIP Trunking [price sheet](#download-pricing) If you're using TeXML, you'll be charged the same $0.002 fee. ### Optional features | Line | Pay as you go | | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ | | Conversational AI | [View comprehensive pricing](https://telnyx.com/pricing/voice-ai-agents) | | Call recording | $0.002 per minute | | Call recording storage | $0 per minute | | Conference calls | $0.002 per participant, per minute | | SIP interface | $0.002 per minute | | Call transfer | $0.10 per invocation | | Browser/app calling | $0.002 per minute | | Secure media | Free | | Standard answering machine detection | $0.002 per call | | Premium answering machine detection | $0.0065 per call | | Deepfake detection | $0.01 per invocation | | Telnyx STT | $0.015 per minute | | Deepgram Nova 2 STT | $0.005 per minute | | Deepgram Nova 3 STT | $0.005 per minute | | Deepgram Flux STT | $0.005 per minute | | Google STT | $0.017 per minute | | Azure STT | $0.027 per minute | | AssemblyAI STT | $0.005 per minute | | Grok (xAI) STT | $0.0033 per minute | | Parakeet STT | $0.0015 per minute | | Soniox STT | $0.002 per minute | | Speechmatics STT | $0.0035 per minute | | Humain STT | $0.007 per minute | | Basira STT | $0.007 per minute | | Cohere Arabic STT | $0.0015 per minute | | Telnyx TTS | $0.000003 per character | | Standard TTS (Amazon Polly) | $0.000009 per character | | Telnyx HD Voices TTS | $0.000048 per character | | Neural Voices TTS (Amazon Polly) | $0.000024 per character | | MiniMax speech-2.8-turbo TTS | $0.000034 per character | | Rime TTS | $0.00002 per character | | Inworld Mini TTS | $0.0000055 per character | | Inworld Max TTS | $0.00001 per character | | Qwen3TTS | $0.000032 per character | | Telnyx Ultra | $0.000032 per character | | Resemble TTS | $0.000008 per character | | Murf TTS | $0.000008 per character | | ElevenLabs TTS | BYO API key (billed by ElevenLabs) | | Azure Neural HD TTS | BYO API key (billed by Azure) | | Noise Suppression | $0.002 per leg per minute | | Noise Suppression - Krisp | $0.005 per leg per minute | | Noise Suppression - AICoustics | $0.003 per leg per minute | | Media Streaming over WebSockets | $0.0035 per minute | | Conversation Relay | $0.05 per minute | | Decrypted Forking | $0.0025 per minute | Machine readable: GET /v2/public/pricing. Rates may vary by destination and volume tier. Machine readable: GET /v2/public/pricing?primitive=voice. Compare ## The same unit, list to list. Public rate cards, side by side. The difference is structural: the carrier, the network, and the API are one company, so there is no markup on someone else's rate. | VENDOR | LIST RATE | BASIS | | ------------------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------- | | Twilio Programmable Voice | $0.014 out · $0.0085 in | per min, US, list | | Vonage Voice API | $0.0139 out · $0.0049 in | per min, US, list | | Telnyx | $0.007 out | per min, US, list | Competitor figures from public rate cards, Aug 2026\. Volume and committed pricing on both sides changes the picture; ask us to run your numbers. VOLUME ## Commit more, pay less per unit. Nothing is gated. PAY AS YOU GO $0 Standard rates. Card on file. Automatic tier discounts as usage crosses thresholds, no contract needed. [START BUILDING](https://telnyx.com/sign-up) GROWTH $2,000/ mo Monthly minimum spend. 15% discount on Voice, Messaging and Numbers. Automatic volume discounts with usage. Support 24/7 via chat or call. [CHOOSE YOUR PLAN](https://portal.telnyx.com/#/pricing/plans) ENTERPRISE $5,000/ mo Monthly minimum spend. Dedicated infrastructure and IPs, private interconnect, in region GPUs, unlimited rate limits. [CONTACT SALES](https://telnyx.com/contact-us) Usually bought with ## What people add next. See the whole composition on contact center ↗ * [Phone NumbersLocal, toll free, and international numbers from one API, one inventory.$1.00 / NUMBER/MO · RATES ↗](https://telnyx.com/pricing/numbers) * [Toll Free Numbers8xx numbers with toll free SMS enabled from the same inventory as local.$1.00 / NUMBER/MO · RATES ↗](https://telnyx.com/pricing/toll-free) * [SIP TrunkingElastic SIP trunks on the Telnyx network.FROM $0.0032 / MIN · RATES ↗](https://telnyx.com/pricing/elastic-sip) * [TeXMLPoint your TwiML application at Telnyx and it runs unchanged at the Voice API rate.$0.002 / MIN · RATES ↗](https://telnyx.com/pricing/texml) ## Live in five minutes. No sales gate in front of the API. Card on file, provisioned by API. When you want a human, they run the network and pick up 24/7. 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