7 best OpenClaw phone call tools in 2026
Samuel Oram-Jones, 11 min read
OpenClaw's own voice-call plugin can place a phone call, once its owner has brought three things to it: a carrier account (Twilio, Telnyx, or Plivo), a from-number on that account, and a webhook address the public internet can reach. The plugin supplies no number of its own, and the tools below differ mainly in how much of that plumbing they take off the owner's hands.
The seven best OpenClaw phone call tools in 2026 are Bland's Agent Phone Plan, ClawdTalk, the OpenClaw voice-call plugin, AgentPhone, AgentLine, clawr.ing, and Vapi. The yes-or-no question comes first in can OpenClaw make phone calls.
What are the best OpenClaw phone call tools at a glance?
The best OpenClaw phone call tool overall is Bland's Agent Phone Plan, and ClawdTalk, the OpenClaw voice-call plugin, AgentPhone, AgentLine, clawr.ing, and Vapi each fit a narrower job, as of November 2026.
- Bland Agent Phone Plan: Best overall
- ClawdTalk: Best for phoning an OpenClaw bot from a person's own phone
- OpenClaw voice-call plugin: Best for owners who already run a Twilio, Telnyx, or Plivo account
- AgentPhone: Best for developers who want pay-per-use numbers and iMessage lines
- AgentLine: Best for open-source code with a hosted option
- clawr.ing: Best for a bot that only needs to call its owner
- Vapi: Best for developers building a voice agent from models they pick
Bland's Agent Phone Plan is the top pick because it puts a number, inbound and outbound calls, and two-way texts inside a single flat monthly price, while the others leave the number, the texts, or the minutes to a separate account, tier, or meter.
How do the 7 best OpenClaw phone call tools compare?
Bland's Agent Phone Plan and the six other OpenClaw phone call tools split on who runs the phone side: Bland, ClawdTalk, and clawr.ing run it for the owner, the plugin hands it to the owner's carrier, and AgentPhone, AgentLine, and Vapi sell an API a developer wires up. The wider field is in AI agent phone plans compared.
1. Bland Agent Phone Plan: Best overall
What does it do? Bland's Agent Phone Plan is a self-serve plan that gives an AI agent one dedicated US local number for calls and SMS. An OpenClaw agent on the plan can call a hotel to ask about a late checkout, then report back with a transcript and summary. When someone texts the number back, Bland answers from it toward the goal the agent was given, and people can call the number and reach the agent.
Who is it for? The plan suits one person whose OpenClaw agent runs their errands by phone. Setup goes through Bland's MCP server for phone calls and SMS (MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is the standard way an AI assistant plugs into an outside tool). The owner adds Bland's MCP server under mcp.servers in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json, with the key in the BLAND_API_KEY environment variable, or asks OpenClaw to sign itself up from Bland's docs. On that second route the agent shows the owner a link and a code, the owner signs up and approves in a browser, and the agent receives a key, plus a number if the owner chose the plan. The steps are on Bland's page for OpenClaw phone calls.
Pros
- One dedicated US number, included in the price
- Calls and texts in both directions on the same number
- No per-minute or per-message charges on calls and texts to US and Canada numbers
- No carrier account, from-number, or public webhook for the owner to set up
- OpenClaw can start its own signup, with the owner approving in a browser
Cons
- Built for one agent running one person's errands, one call at a time, so a team placing calls at volume needs Bland's Build plan or Enterprise
Pricing: $9.99 for the first month (once per account owner), then $19.99 a month. Renews monthly on the card on file until cancelled. The price covers unlimited calls and texts to US and Canada numbers, subject to fair use, with published limits: one call at a time across the account, 20 calls an hour, 50 calls a day, 1,000 call minutes a day, 60 minutes per outbound call, 20 texts an hour, and 100 texts a day. The first plan purchase also includes an extra $10 of international calling credits, so the agent can make international calls, and the plan includes live call transfer to the owner and voice cloning. Daily limits reset at midnight UTC and hourly limits on the hour. There is no trial on the plan itself. A person can try it for free, and that try covers outbound calls only, from a shared Bland number: no dedicated number, no texting, no incoming calls. The plan is cancelled in Billing and Plans or through the API. More calls at once need Bland's Build plan, on the pricing page. Enterprise pricing is custom, set with Bland's sales team. The plan lives on the AI phone number page.
2. ClawdTalk: Best for phoning an OpenClaw bot from a person's own phone
What does it do? ClawdTalk is a voice line for an OpenClaw bot, sold by Telnyx: a person calls the bot from their phone, or tells the bot to call them. Setup is an OpenClaw plugin installed by a script with a ClawdTalk API key, and the bot connects out over a WebSocket, so the owner's machine needs no public address. On the free plan the bot shares the line 301-MY-CLAWD and checks callers by caller ID plus a PIN.
Who is it for? ClawdTalk suits an OpenClaw owner who mainly wants to talk to the bot by phone. More detail is in Bland vs ClawdTalk.
Pros
- A free plan with 15 call minutes a month and no card
- Up to 20 calls at once on Pro
Cons
- The free plan calls only the owner's verified number, from a shared line
- A $20 setup fee for number registration on Starter and Pro
- Daily, duration, and monthly quotas sit in the dashboard, and calls over quota are declined
Pricing: Free is $0 with 15 call minutes a month and one call at a time. Starter is $12 a month plus a $20 setup fee, with 100 minutes and 3 calls at once. Pro is $30 a month plus the same fee, with 1,000 minutes and overage at $0.02 a minute. ClawdTalk offers "Order your own number" on Starter and Pro and says a dedicated number comes with Pro, so buyers should ask ClawdTalk which plan includes one.
3. OpenClaw voice-call plugin: Best for owners who already run a Twilio, Telnyx, or Plivo account
What does it do? The OpenClaw voice-call plugin is OpenClaw's official plugin for outbound and inbound phone calls through Twilio, Telnyx, or Plivo. OpenClaw says that at minimum it needs a provider, provider credentials, a from-number, and a publicly reachable webhook URL, and the plugin supplies no number. A call can carry a task brief and return an outcome report, and inbound calls are off until the owner switches them on.
Who is it for? The plugin suits an OpenClaw owner who already pays a carrier and is comfortable exposing a webhook through a tunnel. The trade-off is set out in OpenClaw voice-call plugin vs a hosted MCP server.
Pros
- Open source under the MIT licence, with no fee from OpenClaw
- Transcripts and call records stay on the owner's machine
Cons
- No number included; the owner brings a provider account and a from-number
- Needs a webhook the public internet can reach
- One outbound call at a time and 300 seconds per call by default, until the owner changes the config
- OpenClaw calls its inbound allowlist "a low-assurance caller-ID screen"
Pricing: OpenClaw charges nothing for the plugin. Carrier minutes, numbers, recording, and model charges bill on the owner's own provider accounts. Recording is off by default, and the Twilio-only switch that turns it on plays no recording announcement.
4. AgentPhone: Best for developers who want pay-per-use numbers and iMessage lines
What does it do? AgentPhone is a developer telephony API that gives each AI agent its own number, with calls and texts in both directions. AgentPhone works with OpenClaw over a hosted MCP server with browser sign-in. Outbound calls placed through AgentPhone's MCP server always open by identifying the agent as an AI, and that can't be turned off.
Who is it for? AgentPhone suits a developer who wants to pay per minute and per text, and may want iMessage or WhatsApp beside voice. A fuller comparison is in Bland vs AgentPhone.
Pros
- US and Canada numbers, plus outbound texts to 200 countries at per-country rates
- Sells iMessage lines
- $5 of starting credit with no card
Cons
- Every minute and text is metered
- Outbound calls need a real payment method on file
- Outbound US texts need 10DLC registration (the US carriers' sign-up for business texting), at a one-time $25 or $70
- Call recording is a $5 monthly add-on
Pricing: No plans or minimums. A US or Canada local number is $3.00 a month, voice is $0.13 a minute with the developer's own agent or $0.22 a minute hosted, and SMS is $0.02 a segment in either direction. Worked from AgentPhone's published prices, a month with one number and 200 minutes on the developer's own agent comes to $29.00 before texts.
5. AgentLine: Best for open-source code with a hosted option
What does it do? AgentLine is a phone API that gives an AI agent a US or Canada number for calls and SMS, released under the MIT licence with a hosted cloud. AgentLine works with OpenClaw, and the owner can call the agent's number to give it tasks.
Who is it for? AgentLine suits a developer who wants open-source code with a monthly bucket of minutes and texts. A closer look is in Bland vs AgentLine.
Pros
- MIT-licensed code
- First number free with a 7-day trial of 10 call minutes and 10 texts
Cons
- 100 minutes on the $20 plan, then $0.12 a minute
- AgentLine's own numbers only; a person's existing number can't be used
- Transcripts and texts are cleared after 90 days
Pricing: Individual is $20 per month with one US or Canada number, 100 minutes, and 400 texts. The $50 plan has three numbers and 200 minutes. Beyond a plan, calls are $0.12 a minute in or out and texts $0.02 each.
6. clawr.ing: Best for a bot that only needs to call its owner
What does it do? clawr.ing is a phone calling skill for OpenClaw that lets the agent call its owner. The owner pastes a setup prompt from the clawr.ing dashboard into OpenClaw. clawr.ing describes itself as "a personal calling tool, designed for reaching yourself or people who are expecting the call."
Who is it for? clawr.ing suits an owner who wants the bot to ring them with a reminder, including abroad, since clawr.ing calls over 100 countries.
Pros
- 70+ voices across 15 languages
- No recordings or transcripts kept
Cons
- Each account can call up to 5 different numbers per rolling 24 hours
- Calls abroad use plan minutes faster than US and Canada calls
- The 7-day trial needs a card at signup
Pricing: $5 a month with 60 minutes at US and Canada rates, refreshed monthly. Refill packs are $5 for 90 minutes and carry over.
7. Vapi: Best for developers building a voice agent from models they pick
What does it do? Vapi is a voice-agent platform for developers, billed by the minute for hosting with the language model, transcription, and voice passed through at cost. Vapi runs a hosted MCP server, reached with a Vapi API key, whose tools place outbound calls. A free Vapi number takes inbound calls only, and outbound calls need a number imported from a provider such as Twilio.
Who is it for? Vapi suits a developer who wants to choose each model and voice and will bring a carrier number for outbound calls. More is in Bland vs Vapi.
Pros
- A developer picks every model and voice
- 4 calls at once on usage-only billing
- $5 of free credit
Cons
- Outbound calls need an imported number
- Texts need a Twilio number, and inbound SMS is US to US only
- Models, transcription, and voice bill on top of hosting
Pricing: $0.05 a minute for hosting, plus models at cost and carrier transport on top. Core is $29 a month.
How were these OpenClaw phone call tools compared?
Bland's Agent Phone Plan and the six other OpenClaw phone call tools were compared on what an OpenClaw owner has to bring before the first call, whether the number is included, whether the number takes calls and texts in, and what a month costs. Every rival fact comes from that company's own public pages, read in November 2026. Nobody placed test calls, so the ranking rests on those published facts.
Frequently asked questions
Which OpenClaw phone call tool is best overall?
Bland's Agent Phone Plan is the best OpenClaw phone call tool overall, because it gives an OpenClaw agent a dedicated US number that calls and texts in both directions, with no carrier account or public webhook to run.
Which OpenClaw phone call tool is cheapest?
ClawdTalk's free plan is the cheapest start at $0, with 15 call minutes a month and calls only to the owner's verified number. clawr.ing is $5 a month for 60 minutes of calls to the owner, and the OpenClaw voice-call plugin costs nothing itself but bills carrier charges to the owner's accounts. Bland's plan is $9.99 for the first month (once per account owner), then $19.99 a month, with calls and texts to US and Canada numbers included.
Which OpenClaw phone call tools let the agent receive calls?
Bland's Agent Phone Plan, ClawdTalk, AgentPhone, and AgentLine all take inbound calls on the agent's number. The OpenClaw voice-call plugin takes inbound calls once the owner switches its inbound policy on, and Vapi's free number takes inbound calls only.
Can OpenClaw send and receive texts from its number?
Yes, on Bland's Agent Phone Plan, AgentPhone, and AgentLine, which all send and receive SMS on the agent's number. AgentPhone needs 10DLC registration before it sends texts to US numbers, and Vapi handles texts only through a Twilio number.
Which OpenClaw phone call tools work outside the US?
clawr.ing calls over 100 countries, and AgentPhone sends texts to 200 countries at per-country rates. AgentPhone and AgentLine offer numbers in the US and Canada, and Vapi reaches other countries through an imported number. Bland's plan gives a US number that calls and texts US and Canada numbers, and the first plan purchase adds $10 of international calling credits for calls to other countries.
