Lokutor vs Vapi.
Vapi is an orchestration platform: you pick a provider for each stage and pay each one. Lokutor is the opposite design, one integrated pipeline with one per-minute price and no providers to assemble.
Published prices and features.
| Lokutor | Vapi | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per minute | 4.1–4.75¢ in plan | 5¢ platform fee plus provider costs; its own example is $82–$129 for 1,000 minutes |
| What the minute covers | Speech recognition, language model and voice | Platform only; recognition, model and voice are billed separately |
| Free to try | 60 minutes a month, no card | $5 of free credit |
| Choosing providers | One integrated pipeline | You choose each provider; its page lists Deepgram, OpenAI and ElevenLabs as examples |
Vapi's figures are from its own pricing page, read 5 October 2026; prices change, so check it. Lokutor's are on our pricing page (Starter 4.75¢, Growth 4.3¢, Business 4.1¢ per included minute; overage 5, 4.5 and 4¢). This compares published prices and features only. We have not benchmarked Vapi's audio quality or latency, and we are not claiming to beat it on either.
It depends what you need.
Choose Vapi if
- You want to choose the transcription, language-model and voice provider yourself.
- You already have accounts and volume discounts with those providers.
Choose Lokutor if
- You want one bill and one per-minute price instead of four.
- Your users speak Spanish, Catalan, Galician or Basque.
- You want the option of running the stack in your own infrastructure.
Common questions.
What does a Vapi voice agent cost per minute?
Vapi’s pricing page lists a 5¢ a minute platform fee, with transcription, language model and voice billed at the providers’ own rates, and gives an example of $82–$129 for 1,000 minutes, which is 8.2–12.9¢ a minute (read 5 October 2026). Lokutor’s plans work out at 4.1–4.75¢ per included minute with all three included.
Is Lokutor an alternative to Vapi?
For many projects, yes, if you would rather not assemble and pay for several providers. If you want to choose each provider yourself, Vapi is built for that and Lokutor is not.
Can I try Lokutor before paying?
Yes. The Free plan includes 60 agent minutes a month, one concurrent call and no card. You can build an agent, give it a voice and talk to it in the browser in a few minutes.
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Hear it for yourself.
60 minutes a month on the free plan, no card. Build an agent and talk to it in your browser.