You could reach out to this guy and get actual real world data about how much these agents cost to set up and maintain. His youtube videos are just a side hustle but he runs a real consultancy. He has even launched a test harness that helps make simulated calls to test your voice agents.
The figures I heard on one video he was on were 5k-8k AUS to set up and then similar to maintain annually but I could be wrong about the latter. It was definitely a lot less than what you quote here for VAPI.
https://www.youtube.com/@brendanautomation
You could reach out to this guy and get actual real world data about how much these agents cost to set up and maintain. His youtube videos are just a side hustle but he runs a real consultancy. He has even launched a test harness that helps make simulated calls to test your voice agents.
The figures I heard on one video he was on were 5k-8k AUS to set up and then similar to maintain annually but I could be wrong about the latter. It was definitely a lot less than what you quote here for VAPI.