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 on one bill, with no providers to assemble.
Published prices and features.
| Lokutor | Vapi | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per minute | about 5.2¢ a minute; about $52 for 1,000 minutes at a typical prompt | 5¢ platform fee plus provider costs; its own example is $82–$129 for 1,000 minutes |
| What the minute covers | Speech recognition and voice in the platform minute; the language model billed by the token | Platform only; recognition, model and voice are billed separately |
| Free to try | $5 of credit, 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 12 October 2026; prices change, so check it. Lokutor's are on our pricing page (4.2¢ a minute for the platform plus the language model by the token, about 1¢ at a typical prompt; prepaid, billed per second). 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 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.
Is Lokutor an alternative to Vapi?
Yes. Vapi's pricing page lists 8.2–12.9¢ (its own example) a minute (5¢ platform fee, plus recognition, language model and voice at each provider’s rate.), read 12 October 2026. Lokutor is about 5.2¢ a minute: 4.2¢ a minute for the platform plus the language model by the token, about 1¢ at a typical prompt; prepaid, billed per second. Lokutor also runs on-premise or on-device, and speaks Catalan, Galician and Basque. Compare what each minute includes before comparing totals; we have not benchmarked Vapi's audio quality or latency.
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 12 October 2026). Lokutor works out at about 5.2¢ a minute at a typical prompt: 4.2¢ for the platform, with speech recognition and the voice inside it, plus the language model by the token.
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. New accounts get $5 of credit when they confirm their email, about 95 minutes of conversation, with 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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