Retell AI vs Sameday AI
Sameday AI publishes its pricing; Retell AI does not.
Both pages checked by August 19, 2026
- Retell AIAI only
- Pricing not published
- no published plan
- Developer-oriented platform to build, test, deploy and monitor AI voice and chat agents, billed a la carte per minute: a Retell voice-infrastructure rate plus a separately priced text-to-speech voice, a separately priced LLM and separately priced telephony.
- Sameday AIAI only
- $449/mo
- Launch plan
- Turnkey AI phone platform sold to home-service contractors (HVAC, plumbing, roofing, pest control, cleaning, solar): AI CSRs answer, qualify and book jobs into the field-service system, and outbound Campaigns work the existing customer list by call and text. Positioned as a revenue/sales system as much as a receptionist — their own integrations page calls it an "AI-powered sales agent", and the product includes outbound reactivation, estimate follow-up, membership sales and review-request plays plus per-rep booking-rate coaching. It is not a developer platform; API access is Enterprise-only and onboarding runs through a demo.
The differences that matter
- Retell AI offers a trial (New accounts start with $10 in free trial credits, no payment method required. You'll only need to add one if you want to purchase a phone number.); Sameday AI advertises none.
- Retell AI documents Spanish-language calls; Sameday AI does not say it does.
- Sameday AI publishes prices. Retell AI makes you ask.
Feature by feature
| Capability | Retell AI | Sameday AI |
|---|---|---|
| Live transfer | Yes | Yes |
| Books appointments | Yes | Yes |
| Text follow-up | Yes | Yes |
| Outbound calls | Yes | Yes |
| Spanish | Yes | unstated |
| Human backup | No | No |
| Call recordings | Yes | Yes |
| Transcripts | Yes | Yes |
| Spam screening | unstated | Yes |
| Custom voice | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
"unstated" means the vendor doesn't claim it in their own documentation. It is not the same as no — it means nobody will put it in writing.
Retell AI plans
| Plan | Published price | Includes | Over that |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | $0.07-$0.31/min for AI Voice Agents | — | — |
| Enterprise | Custom Pricing for AI Voice Agents | — | — |
Sameday AI plans
| Plan | Published price | Includes | Over that |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | Starts at $449 per month | 500 min | — |
| Scale | Starts at $789 per month | 1000 min | — |
| Enterprise | Starts at Custom per month | — | — |
Retell AI sources
- Pricing page (voice infra, TTS, LLM standard/fast tiers, speech-to-speech, telephony, add-ons, monthly subscription items, billing mechanics FAQ)retellai.com · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Build your first phone agent in 15 minutes ($10 free trial credits, no payment method required; build-from-scratch vs template; free web-call testing)docs.retellai.com · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Introduction (platform description, agent types, CRM/Cal.com tools, SDKs and MCP server)docs.retellai.com · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Billing (credit-based vs legacy monthly billing, $10 free trial credits, which items are metered vs subscription)docs.retellai.com · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Supported languages by provider (TTS and ASR coverage tables)docs.retellai.com · read August 19, 2026
- Docs index (transfer call cold/warm/agentic warm, Cal.com check-availability and booking, SMS node, batch calls, custom voices and voice clones, call recordings and transcripts, data retention, Twilio/Telnyx/Vonage SIP import, international calling)docs.retellai.com · read August 19, 2026
- Homepage (positioning, target industries, "Try For Free" with $10 of free usage)retellai.com · read August 19, 2026
- Terms of Service (entity and address: Retell AI Inc., 540 Price Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94063; Delaware jurisdiction)retellai.com · read August 19, 2026
Sameday AI sources
- Pricing page (Launch $449 / 500 minutes, Scale $789 / 1000 minutes, Enterprise Custom; minute slider and its price ladder; FAQ on number forwarding and demo-based signup). https://www.gosameday.com/pricing 301-redirects here.sameday.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Homepage ("One platform for every call, text, CSR, technician and AI Agent"; port your number or keep your carrier; call recording playback and transcript view; ~2,000 service businesses)sameday.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Features: AI CSRs (24/7 answering, overflow, custom greeting, qualification questions, multi-language, spam and robocall filtering, live schedule access, FSM write-back, waitlist backfill, call summaries and transcripts, warm transfer, escalation rules, missed-call recovery, number port or forward)sameday.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Features: Campaigns (outbound calls and texts from your own numbers, reactivation / maintenance-due / estimate follow-up / review-request plays, quiet hours and opt-outs, books in-conversation)sameday.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Features: Coach (automatic scoring on every call, call clips, booking-rate reporting per rep and per line)sameday.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Integrations page (ServiceTitan, Service Fusion, Jobber, FieldRoutes, Phone Systems, Payments Software — payments described as Enterprise; "AI-powered sales agent" wording)sameday.ai · read August 19, 2026
- About page (founded 2022 by Aaron Cooper and Max Forsey, home-service operators; industries served)sameday.ai · read August 19, 2026