Vapi Alternative

An Year of Building Agents: My Workflow, AI Limits, Gaps In Voice AI and Self hosting

Voice AI works but not because of the AI alone. After a year building voice agents, I’ve learned reliability comes from tight scope, deterministic rules, and clean human handoffs. This post shares how I (Stephanie Nyarko) design, build, and deploy voice agents that actually hold up in production.

Vapi vs Open Source Voice Agents: Which to Choose ?

Vapi helps developers build real-time voice agents with telephony, LLM, and STT/TTS integrations, but users report hidden costs, UI issues, limited templates, billing problems, and slow support. This blog explores open-source alternatives like Dograh AI, Pipecat, and LiveKit.

Deepgram Pricing Breakdown: And How Open Source Saves 70%

Deepgram offers Pay-as-you-Go with $200 credits, a $4,000/year Growth plan, and Enterprise options, billing by the exact second. While pricing is flexible, Trustpilot rates it 3.0 and some Reddit users report accuracy issues. This blog compares Deepgram with alternatives like Dograh AI.

Observe AI Review 2025 : Pros, Cons, Pricing and Features

Observe.AI earns praise for accurate sentiment analysis and real-time AI Copilot guidance but faces criticism for occasional sentiment errors, slow interface, and missed calls. This 2025 review compares Observe.AI with Dograh AI, an open-source alternative for scalable voice automation.

Vapi AI Review 2025 : Pros, Cons, Pricing and Features

This Vapi Review blog brings 2025 user insights and expert analysis to uncover the real value behind the hype covering pros, cons, pricing, Vapi alternatives, and key features. Explore how Vapi performs on latency, scalability, compliance, and real-world usage.

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