
How Many AI Voice Agents Are on the Market?
AI voice agent is not a market of its own in FalcoScan. We count the Voice market, then the products across four markets that describe themselves as voice agents, AI receptionists, phone agents or calling agents, and name each one.
25 September 2026 · 7 min read · Data updated 25 September 2026
How many AI voice agents are there?
Based on FalcoScan data updated 25 September 2026, FalcoScan tracks 297 operating products in its Voice market, from 148 distinct websites; counting the 28 that have shut down and the one that was acquired, it has tracked 326. “AI voice agent” is not a FalcoScan market, so the narrower answer goes by how products describe themselves: 43 operating products across the Voice, Agents, Support and Sales markets call themselves a voice agent, AI receptionist, phone agent or calling agent, from 30 distinct websites.
What counts as an AI voice agent?
FalcoScan files each product under exactly one market, and “AI voice agent” is not one of them. The nearest is the Voice market, with 297 operating products, the 13th largest of the 29 markets it tracks, level with Video. FalcoScan counts catalog entries, and a company can have more than one: the 297 operating Voice products come from 148 distinct websites. The most entries at a single address is 15, at elevenlabs.io.
For voice agents specifically, this page uses one defined test. It searches every product in the Voice, Agents, Support and Sales markets and counts those whose own tagline or description calls it a voice agent, AI receptionist, phone agent or calling agent, in either singular or plural and regardless of capital letters. “Voice agent” also matches “voice AI agent”. The subset is by how the products describe themselves, not a judgement of what they do, and a match in the description can also mean a product built for voice agents, such as a speech engine, rather than an agent itself.
Which products call themselves AI voice agents?
In all, 43 operating products pass the test, from 30 distinct websites. By market: Voice 27, Agents 10 and Support 6. Sales has none.
Number of operating products (not shut down or acquired) in each searched market whose tagline or description calls it a voice agent, AI receptionist, phone agent or calling agent, counted as catalog entries. A snapshot of the current catalog, not a trend. Source: FalcoScan catalog, data updated 25 September 2026.
| # | Product | Market | Says it in | Opportunity | Momentum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PolyAI Also listed as Poly AI Contact Center | Agents and Voice | Tagline | 92 | Hot |
| 2 | Eleven Labs Also listed as ElevenLabs Conversational, Eleven Labs Conversational and ElevenLabs Turbo | Voice | Tagline | 90 | Hot |
| 3 | RetellAI Also listed as Retell AI and Retell AI Agents | Agents and Voice | Tagline | 90 | Hot |
| 4 | Bland AI | Agents | Description only | 89 | Hot |
| 5 | Vapi AI Also listed as Vapi Voice AI, Vapi Developer and Vapi | Agents and Voice | Tagline | 88 | Hot |
| 6 | Parloa Voice AI | Support | Tagline | 82 | Hot |
| 7 | DRUID AI | Agents | Description only | 80 | Rising |
| 8 | Interloom | Agents | Description only | 80 | Rising |
| 9 | OpenAI Realtime API | Agents | Tagline | 80 | Hot |
| 10 | Pipecat Also listed as Pipecat Voice Framework and Pipecat Voice | Agents and Voice | Tagline | 78 | Stable |
| 11 | Sievert | Voice | Description only | 77 | Hot |
| 12 | Cartesia Sonic Also listed as Cartesia | Voice | Description only | 75 | Hot |
| 13 | Elyos AI | Support | Tagline | 75 | Rising |
| 14 | Hello Patient | Support | Tagline | 75 | Rising |
| 15 | Operata | Support | Description only | 75 | Rising |
| 16 | Rime | Voice | Description only | 75 | Rising |
| 17 | Synthflow Voice AI Also listed as Synthflow | Voice | Tagline | 75 | Hot |
| 18 | Zaion | Support | Tagline | 75 | Rising |
| 19 | Bolna | Voice | Tagline | 72 | Rising |
| 20 | fonio.ai | Voice | Tagline | 72 | Rising |
| 21 | Gnani.ai | Voice | Tagline | 72 | Rising |
| 22 | GreyLabs AI | Voice | Tagline | 72 | Rising |
| 23 | Intella | Voice | Tagline | 72 | Rising |
| 24 | IVRy | Voice | Tagline | 72 | Rising |
| 25 | nocall.ai | Voice | Tagline | 72 | Hot |
| 26 | OutcomesAI | Voice | Tagline | 72 | Rising |
| 27 | WIZ.AI | Voice | Tagline | 72 | Rising |
| 28 | Deepgram | Voice | Description only | 68 | Hot |
| 29 | ZeekAI | Support | Description only | 67 | – |
| 30 | OpenGreet | Voice | Tagline | 66 | – |
One row per website, ordered by the highest opportunity score among its entries; other catalog entries from the same website are listed under the first. “Says it in” is where one of the phrases appears: in a product tagline, or only in the longer description. Source: FalcoScan catalog, data updated 25 September 2026.
Two more products match the test but are left out of the count because they are no longer operating: Deepgram Aura TTS (shut down) and Play.ht (shut down).
How do self-described voice agents compare with the rest of the Voice market?
They are more likely to be paid only: 51% of those with a known pricing model, against 28% of the Voice market. More of them carry a hot momentum label: 54% of those with a label, against 38%. Their median opportunity score is 75, against 68 for the Voice market.
| Measure | Self-described voice agents | Voice market |
|---|---|---|
| Marked hot (% of those with a momentum label) | 53.7% | 37.6% |
| Paid only (% of those with a known pricing model) | 51.2% | 27.9% |
| Recorded as having a free tier (%) | 48.8% | 71.4% |
| Median opportunity score (0 to 100) | 75 | 68 |
Operating products only: the 43 that call themselves voice agents, across Voice, Agents, Support and Sales, against all 297 in the Voice market, which includes the 27 of them filed there. Source: FalcoScan catalog, data updated 25 September 2026.
How big is the Voice market compared with other AI markets?
Voice holds 4.1% of the 7,276 operating products across all 29 markets. The largest, Coding, has 432.
Number of operating products (not shut down or acquired) in each FalcoScan market, counted as catalog entries. Voice is 13th of 29. A snapshot of the current catalog, not a trend. Source: FalcoScan catalog, data updated 25 September 2026.
What momentum do Voice AI products have?
Voice products are more likely than the average product to carry a hot momentum label. Of those with a label, 37% are marked hot and 46% rising, against 31% and 48% across the catalog. None is marked declining.
Share of active products (not shut down) carrying each momentum label, as a percentage of those with a label: 291 in Voice, 7,112 across the catalog. Momentum is an editorial label, not a measured growth rate. A snapshot of the current catalog, not a trend. Source: FalcoScan catalog, data updated 25 September 2026.
How are Voice AI products priced?
Paid-only products are rarer here than across the catalog. Of Voice products with a known pricing model, 12% are free, 60% freemium and 28% paid, against 8%, 49% and 43% across the catalog. In all, 71% of active Voice products are recorded as having a free tier.
Share of active products (not shut down) on each pricing model, as a percentage of those with a known model: 295 in Voice, 7,278 across the catalog. Freemium means a free plan alongside paid ones. A snapshot of the current catalog, not a trend. Source: FalcoScan catalog, data updated 25 September 2026.
How are the companies behind Voice AI products funded?
Series A companies are behind the most Voice products: 28% of those with a known funding stage, against 26% across the catalog. The biggest difference from the catalog is growth-stage companies, at 23% against 18%.
| Funding stage | Voice products | Share in Voice | Share in catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bootstrapped | 63 | 21.1% | 17.1% |
| Pre-seed | 9 | 3.0% | 4.2% |
| Seed | 34 | 11.4% | 16.3% |
| Series A | 83 | 27.9% | 26.3% |
| Series B | 7 | 2.3% | 3.3% |
| Series C | 2 | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| Series D+ | 2 | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Growth | 70 | 23.5% | 17.7% |
| Public | 28 | 9.4% | 12.7% |
| Acquired | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Funding stage of the company behind each active product, as a percentage of those with a known stage: 298 of 298 in Voice, 7,439 across the catalog. A snapshot of the current catalog. Source: FalcoScan catalog, data updated 25 September 2026.
How many Voice AI products have shut down?
Of the 326 Voice products FalcoScan has tracked, 28 have shut down and one has been acquired. That is a shut-down rate of 8.6%, above the catalog’s 7.3%.
| Status | Voice products | Share of tracked | Share in catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | 297 | 91.1% | 90.6% |
| Shut down | 28 | 8.6% | 7.3% |
| Acquired | 1 | 0.3% | 2.0% |
Every product FalcoScan has tracked in Voice (326) and in the whole catalog (8,031), by current status. Source: FalcoScan catalog, data updated 25 September 2026.
How crowded is the Voice AI market?
Voice scores 41 out of 100 on saturation, the 11th highest of 29 markets, against a median of 33. Its average opportunity score is 66, below the median market’s 69. Wrapper share, the percentage of its tracked products scoring 60 or more on wrapper risk, is 4.6%, against 2.5% in the median market and 16.5% across all tracked products, a figure pulled up by the few markets where likely wrappers are common.
| Measure | Voice | Median market | Rank of 29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturation (0 to 100) | 41 | 33 | 11th most saturated |
| Opportunity (0 to 100) | 66 | 69 | 18th highest |
| Wrapper share (%) | 4.6% | 2.5% | 14th highest |
Saturation and opportunity are averages across the market's products. Wrapper share is the percentage of its tracked products scoring 60 or more on wrapper risk. The median market is the middle of the 29 markets on each measure. Source: FalcoScan catalog, data updated 25 September 2026.
For every market ranked on these measures, see the most competitive AI markets.
Which Voice AI products score highest on opportunity?
| # | Product | Opportunity | Momentum | Pricing | Funding stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eleven Labs | 90 | Hot | Freemium | Series C |
| 2 | Abridge Medical | 88 | Hot | Paid | Series A |
| 3 | Hume EVI Voice | 88 | Hot | Freemium | Series A |
| 4 | Assembly AI Transcription | 86 | Hot | Freemium | Series A |
| 5 | Deepgram Speech API | 86 | Hot | Freemium | Series A |
| 6 | Sanas AI | 86 | Hot | Paid | Series A |
| 7 | LiveKit | 85 | Hot | Freemium | Series B |
| 8 | Sesame | 85 | Hot | Freemium | Series A |
| 9 | Vapi Voice AI | 83 | Hot | Freemium | Seed |
| 10 | Cartesia Voice AI | 82 | Hot | Freemium | Seed |
The operating Voice products with the highest opportunity scores, one row per website. Opportunity is a 0 to 100 score from FalcoScan's opportunity model, which weighs addressable demand, competitive saturation and differentiation; it does not measure revenue or users. Source: FalcoScan catalog, data updated 25 September 2026.
What stands out in the voice numbers?
Self-described voice agents are a small part of the Voice market: 27 of its 297 operating products, or 9%. Another 16 sit outside it, in Agents (10) and Support (6), so a buyer comparing voice agents is looking across more than one market.
Of the 30 websites, 21 use one of the phrases in a product tagline, the stricter of the two tests; the rest mention it only in the longer description.
The Voice market loses products faster than the catalog as a whole: 8.6% of the products tracked there have shut down, against 7.3%.
It is more crowded than the typical market. Voice scores 41 on saturation, 11th of 29, against a median of 33.
What does this mean if you are building or buying a voice agent?
If you are building one. Your competition is not confined to one market page. The products that describe themselves as voice agents sit in Voice, Agents and Support, so check each of those market pages, not only Voice.
If you are buying one. Start with the products whose tagline says it, the stricter test in the table above, and check each description-only match on its own page: some are agents, and some are built for teams running agents.
How does FalcoScan count AI voice agents?
Every product in the catalog is filed under one market and carries a momentum label, a pricing model and, where known, the funding stage of the company behind it, plus an opportunity score, a saturation score and a wrapper risk score, each from 0 to 100. Market figures are recomputed from those scores every day. FalcoScan also checks whether each product is still running: a product counts as shut down once it is marked dead, and acquired products are counted separately. Distinct websites are counted by web domain, with subdomains counted under their parent, or by repository or listing for products hosted on GitHub, GitLab, Hugging Face or an app store. This page is rebuilt from the latest refresh, and the date at the top is the date of the data it used.
The voice-agent test reads each product's tagline, the one line it is listed with, and its longer description, and matches the phrases above regardless of capital letters. It searches the Voice, Agents, Support and Sales markets only. Products are counted once each, so a product whose tagline and description both match is one match.
Where can you explore AI voice agents?
Each searched market has its own page with every product and its scores: Voice, Agents, Support and Sales. The Market Terminal sets them against every other market. For the wider agent market, read how many AI agents there are, and for crowding across all markets, the most competitive AI markets. For pricing and shut-downs across the catalog, see how AI prices itself and what died, and where it went. For what moved this week, see the Pulse, and for the products with the most momentum each month, the Rising 10.
Questions people ask
How many AI voice agents are there?
FalcoScan does not track AI voice agents as a market of their own. Based on data updated 25 September 2026, 43 operating products in its Voice, Agents, Support and Sales markets describe themselves as a voice agent, AI receptionist, phone agent or calling agent, from 30 distinct websites. The wider Voice market has 297 operating products.
Which companies make AI voice agents?
Among products that call themselves voice agents, the highest opportunity scores in FalcoScan data updated 25 September 2026 belong to PolyAI, Eleven Labs, RetellAI, Bland AI and Vapi AI. FalcoScan lists 30 websites whose products describe themselves this way.
How many products are in the Voice AI market?
FalcoScan tracks 297 operating products in its Voice market, from 148 distinct websites, based on data updated 25 September 2026. Counting the 28 that have shut down and the one that was acquired, it has tracked 326.
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Citing these numbers
Every figure here is read from the FalcoScan catalog, and this page refreshes daily. The numbers above are from the data updated on 25 September 2026. When you quote one, quote that date with it.
FalcoScan, “How Many AI Voice Agents Are on the Market?”, data updated 25 September 2026. https://falcoscan.com/articles/how-many-ai-voice-agents-are-there



