Bland AI vs OpenAI Realtime API

Comparing the features of Bland AI to OpenAI Realtime API

Feature
Bland AI
OpenAI Realtime API

Capability Features

API Access
Concurrent Calls Limit
1000000
Conversational Pathways
Custom Conversational Guardrails
Custom Deployment Engineers
Custom Model Training
Data Encryption
Dedicated Customer Data
Dedicated Infrastructure
Enterprise Integrations
CRMERP
Enterprise Privacy Commitment
Expanded Model Support Planned
Five New Voices
5
Function Calling
Human and Automated Safety Monitoring
Interruption Handling
Multi-Regional Data Support
Multilingual Support
No Training on Data Without Permission
Omni-Channel Communication
CallsSMSChat
Playground Access
Prompt Caching Planned
Public Beta
Reference Client Available
Sentiment Analysis
Six Preset Voices
6
Speech-to-Speech
Streaming Audio Inputs/Outputs
Supports Any Industry
Supports Text and Audio Inputs
TextAudio
Text to Speech
Ultra Low Latency
Use Case Flexibility
Voice Selection
WebSocket Connection

Integration Features

Agora Integration
Chat Completions API Integration
HubSpot Integration
LiveKit Integration
Memory Integration
OpenAI Node.js SDK Planned
OpenAI Python SDK Planned
Slack Integration
Supports GPT-4o
gpt-4o-realtime-preview
Twilio Voice API Integration

Limitation Features

AI Disclosure Requirement
Audio Only Modality (Initially)
Lower Session Limits Tiers 1-4
Lower than 100
No Free Trial
No OpenAI Integration
No Simultaneous Session Limit Anymore
Simultaneous Sessions Limit Tier 5
100
Usage Policy Restriction

Pricing Features

Approximate Audio Input Price
$0.06/minute
Approximate Audio Output Price
$0.24/minute
Free Tier
No Free Tier
Pricing Audio Input
$100/1M tokens
Pricing Audio Output
$200/1M tokens
Pricing Cached Audio Input
$20/1M tokens
Pricing Cached Text Input
$2.50/1M tokens
Pricing Text Input
$5/1M tokens
Pricing Text Output
$20/1M tokens