Voice AI

What it costs to run

The running bill is almost entirely talk minutes. A live conversation on a standard build works out around $0.15 to $0.18 a minute all in, so a four minute call lands near $0.60 to $0.71. On top of that sits the phone line and the HighLevel plan, which is the agency's cost spread across every client account rather than a per client charge.

Scope Voice only. No SMS, no A2P. Market US, LC Phone All figures estimates, not quotes Internal rates checked 2026-09-02

Cost estimator

Put in the client's real volume and the model you plan to run. The token line moves with both the model price and how heavy the agent's prompt is.

Dials, not conversations. Most will not be answered.
30%
4.0m
Token price scales the LLM line against our measured Haiku build.
Agent prompt weight
About 8k tokens of context. A booking action plus a normal capture set.
HighLevel plan
Unlimited. Voice AI runs here, but AI usage cannot be rebilled below $497, so the agency absorbs it.
The plan is shared. This splits it into a per client allocation.
All in, per month, per client $107 – $120 Estimate. Usage plus this client's share of the platform plan.
Usage only
$77 – $91
Platform share
$29.70
Per connected call
$0.95
Billed minutes
509
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Before you quote this
Disclaimer

Every number here is an estimate, including the platform's own

These are projections, not quotes. Nothing on this page is a price the client is guaranteed to pay, and nothing here should be put in writing as a committed monthly figure.

That applies to the platform too. The per minute cost HighLevel shows inside the agent builder is itself an estimate, calculated against the prompt as loaded, not a bill. Real conversations vary in length, in how many turns they take and in how much the agent has to say, and the invoice follows actual usage. Treat everything, ours and theirs, as a range to plan against.