Simple, transparent pricing starting at $0.03/minute. No hidden fees, no surprises. Use the calculator below to see your potential savings.
Voice AI cost is more than a platform fee. Every production call can include telephony, speech-to-text, language-model tokens, text-to-speech, recording storage, webhooks, tool calls, and support overhead. Bundled platforms often hide those costs inside a single rate, which makes it difficult to understand what you are paying for as volume grows.
Burki separates the platform fee from provider costs so teams can make better tradeoffs. You can use managed providers for convenience, bring your own keys for direct billing, or mix both approaches across assistants. That makes the monthly bill easier to forecast and gives you control over latency, voice quality, model choice, and telephony coverage.
Compare platform costs. Real pricing, no hidden fees.
Total Minutes
5,000
Max Savings
$300/mo
Burki
$0.03/min
$150/mo
Vapi
$0.05/min
$250/mo
+$100 vs Burki
Retell
$0.07/min
$350/mo
+$200 vs Burki
Bland
$0.09/min
$450/mo
+$300 vs Burki
Choose BYO for maximum control and savings, or Cloud for convenience. Both include all features.
Bring your own API keys
We manage everything for you
You get 200 free platform minutes, a free phone number for 30 days, and 200 free carrier minutes on Cloud mode. No credit card required.
You pay Burki $0.03/minute for platform usage, and you pay your providers (OpenAI, Twilio, Deepgram, etc.) directly at their standard rates. No markup.
The 15% fee on provider costs covers our managed infrastructure, pre-negotiated rates with providers, automatic failover, and simplified billing.
No. Our pricing is transparent. Platform fee + provider costs (if Cloud mode, +15%). That's it. No setup fees, no minimums, no contracts.
vapi.ai charges $0.05/min platform fee vs our $0.03/min - that's 40% savings on platform costs alone. Many users report saving $800+/month after switching.