The best voice agent platforms, according to hackers
5 voice agent platforms recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
- Most recommendedUnpod.ai8 people recommend it
- Free and lovedAsterisk AI Voice Agent7 people recommend it
All voice agent platforms
- Unpod.aiOpen, self-hostable platform for building voice AI agents, which developers say makes real-time voice development simpler and more flexible.8recommend
- Asterisk AI Voice AgentPeople like that it lets you run a voice AI agent on your own Asterisk or FreePBX phone system, with easy setup and a wide choice of providers.7recommend
- DograhOpen-source voice agent builder that people can self-host, modify and test, offered as a free alternative to Vapi.6recommend
- VapiVoice agent platform people recommend for its integrated developer experience and for handling much of the agent harness. The most common caveat is cost, mainly the platform fee.6recommend
- SpekoBenchmarks voice AI models continuously and routes each request to whichever performs best for your language and constraints. Critics question whether the value holds beyond the initial model choice.5recommend