A voice API is a toolkit. Your business needs a phone system.
Bland AI is a developer first platform for building voice agents with code and "pathways", billed per minute in US dollars. Uniden Voice gives you AI Agents you build in plain English, inside the phone system your team already uses.
AI Agents built inDesk phones and appsQueues, IVR and ring groupsAustralian supportNo contract
Follow one calllive
Bland AI, via API and SIP developer
📞Caller
☁Twilio or SIP
🤖Bland AI
🔌Your PBX
❓Your team?
Every transfer is another billed legper minute
Uniden Voice, AI built into the phone system native
📞Caller
✦Uniden Voice AI + PBX
👥Right person
Answered, handled, handed to a human in one systemone hop
Bland is a flexible developer platform
Bland AI publishes clear per minute pricing, a strong API, SIP support, high concurrency and a Sydney data residency region. For a software team building a custom calling product, that flexibility is the point.
Transparent per minute pricing
Powerful API, pathways and SIP
High concurrency on paid plans
Sydney data region available
Built for developers. You assemble everything else.
Bland gives you the building blocks for a voice agent. The phone system, the team apps, the routing and the people who maintain the code are yours to provide.
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Code and pathways to maintain
Agents are built through the API and pathways. Uniden Voice agents are built in Agent Studio in plain English, and we build the first one with you.
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Per minute, in US dollars
Published at US$0.14 a minute on Start, or US$0.12 on Build with a US$299 monthly fee, plus transfer minutes and US$15 a month per number.
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Numbers aimed at North America
Bland's API number purchase offers US and Canadian numbers, other countries via support. Uniden Voice gives you Australian local, 1300 and 1800 numbers and free porting.
An AI agent needs a phone system underneath it. You can buy two, or one.
Bland is an engine. Uniden Voice is the whole vehicle: the phone system, the AI and the team, already connected.
Bland AI + a phone system
API + telephony + phone system + developer
- US$0.12 to US$0.14 a minute, plus transfer minutes
- US$15 a month per number
- API numbers US and Canada, others via support
- Transfers via SIP or phone number
- No handsets, apps, queues or IVR
- Developer time to build and maintain
Uniden Voice
One platform, AI native
- AI Agents answer on your own numbers, no divert
- Warm transfer into a team, queue or extension
- Time conditions, IVR and queue overflow decide when AI answers
- Uniden desk phones, Desktop App and Mobile App for staff
- SMS, recordings and AI summaries in one call log
- One Australian provider, one bill, no contract
What happens when the caller needs a real person?
This is where AI-only services show the join. An AI agent that lives inside your phone system puts the caller straight through to the right team, on the same system.
Bland AI AI only
Hi, my invoice looks wrong. Can I talk to someone?
Sure, transferring you now.
Can you just put me through?
↪ Transfer dials out, billed per minute
Sorry, I'll make sure they get your message.
✕ Rings a number outside any team or queue
Uniden Voice AI Agent native
Hi, my invoice looks wrong. Can I talk to someone?
Of course. I'll put you through to our accounts team now and let them know it's about your invoice.
✓ Transfer to Accounts ring group
✓ Warm handover, context spoken first
Perfect, thanks.
✓ Recording, transcript and summary in the call log
Uniden Voice vs Bland AI, line by line
| What you need | Bland AI | Uniden Voice |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | ✕Developer API for voice agents | ✓Cloud phone system with AI Agents built in |
| Price | ~US$0.12 to 0.14/min, US$15/mo per number | ✓From $49 a week, talk time by the minute |
| Transfers | ~Extra per minute on Bland telephony | ✓Native warm transfer, same system |
| Australian numbers | ~Via support, API is US and Canada | ✓Local, 1300, 1800 and free porting |
| Desk phones and staff apps | ✕Not offered | ✓Uniden handsets, Desktop and Mobile App |
| Queues, ring groups, IVR | ✕Not offered | ✓Included |
| Who builds it | ✕Developers, API and pathways | ✓Agent Studio, no code |
| Australian hosting | ~Sydney region available | ✓Australian infrastructure |
Bland AI details from bland.ai/pricing and docs.bland.ai, checked 28 September 2026. Prices in USD.
system for calls, AI, apps, SMS and routing
a week, from, for unlimited AI agents
phone system features included
lock-in contracts, keep your numbers
Per minute, per number, per transfer, per developer
Bland's pricing is clear, but it only covers the AI. The phone system and the people who build on the API are extra.
Bland AI route: what you end up paying for
Voice minutesUS$0.12 to 0.14/min
Build plan platform feeUS$299/mo
Transfer minutes on Bland telephonyUS$0.04 to 0.05/min
Phone numbersUS$15/mo each
Your phone system, apps and developer timeseparate
Suppliers to manage3+
Uniden Voice: one account
Cloud phone system, 50+ features, desktop and mobile appsper user
AI Agents: unlimited agents, Agent Studio, trainingfrom $49/wk
AI talk time, reduced with call bundlesper minute
Number porting and setupfree
Lock-in contractnone
Suppliers to manage1
Six reasons AI belongs inside the phone system
One number, no forwarding chain
Calls land on your Uniden Voice number and the AI answers there. No divert from your telco to a second supplier, no extra hop, no caller ID lost along the way.
Transfers that reach a person
The agent transfers into a team, queue or extension on the same system, warm, with the context spoken. Not a fresh outbound call to someone's mobile.
Routing decides when AI answers
Point a time condition, an IVR option or a queue overflow at the agent. AI takes after hours and the overflow while your team keeps the calls they want.
Your team is on the same system
Desk phones, the Desktop App and the Mobile App all share one call log, so staff see the AI's recording, transcript and summary where they already work.
One bill, one support line
Phones, numbers, AI and integrations come from one Australian provider. When something is wrong there is one number to call and no finger pointing.
Priced for small business
Unlimited AI agents from $49 a week on top of your phone plan. Talk time by the minute, bundles to bring it down, and no contract.
Uniden Voice vs Bland AI: common questions
Is Bland AI a phone system?
No. Bland AI is a developer platform for building voice agents over an API, using Bland's telephony, your own Twilio account or SIP trunks. It has no handsets, staff apps, extensions, ring groups or queues. Uniden Voice is a business phone system with AI Agents built in.
How much does Bland AI cost?
Bland publishes US$0.14 a minute on its Start plan and US$0.12 a minute on Build with a US$299 monthly fee, plus transfer minutes on its telephony and US$15 a month per number. Uniden Voice AI Agents are from $49 a week for unlimited agents, in Australian dollars, with talk time billed by the minute.
Can I get an Australian number on Bland AI?
Bland's API number purchase offers US and Canadian numbers, with other countries arranged through support, or you can connect your own SIP trunk. Uniden Voice supplies Australian local, 1300 and 1800 numbers and ports your existing numbers free.
Do I need to code to use Uniden Voice AI Agents?
No. You build agents in Agent Studio by describing the personality, uploading your documents and switching on skills and tools. Webhooks and an open API are there if you want them, not because you need them.
Skip the SDK. Answer the phone.
AI Agents built in plain English, inside a full Australian phone system. Book a demo or sign up online.
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