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Asterisk AI Voice Agent

Ranked 2 of 5 voice agent platforms by recommenders

People 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.

People 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.

8 people gave an opinion

recommend it
7
criticize it
1
approval share
88%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 2 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Fresh idea for phone services

    “This opens up new possibilities for interactive phone services.”

    Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asterisk AI Voice Agent”

    “its cool to see something different and marketable”

    Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asterisk AI Voice Agent”
  • Enthusiasm for the project

    “It's fantastic and I'd love to see more of this.”

    Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asterisk AI Voice Agent”

    “this Asterisk project looks really great”

    Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asterisk AI Voice Agent”

Other voice agent platforms people recommend

The four most recommended other voice agent platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Asterisk AI Voice Agent compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Unpod.ai80100%1——
Asterisk AI Voice AgentThis page7188%2——
Dograh60100%4——
Vapi6275%3——
Speko5271%1——
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What people said

All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“other than that everytime good to go”

RecommendsComment from 14 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX”

“ease of setup and wide range of providers and flexibility”

RecommendsComment from 14 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX”

“This is so cool, what are the system requirements needed to run this?”

RecommendsComment from 13 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX”

“its cool to see something different and marketable”

RecommendsComment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asterisk AI Voice Agent”

“It's fantastic and I'd love to see more of this.”

RecommendsComment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asterisk AI Voice Agent”

“How does their golden nature not dissuade these concerns for you?”

CriticizesComment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asterisk AI Voice Agent”

“this Asterisk project looks really great”

RecommendsComment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asterisk AI Voice Agent”

“This opens up new possibilities for interactive phone services.”

RecommendsComment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asterisk AI Voice Agent”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.