# Bland vs ClawdTalk vs AgentLine vs Hail (2026): Cheapest phone line for an AI agent?

By Samuel Oram-Jones

For an OpenClaw agent that makes 300 minutes of calls a month, Bland's Agent Phone Plan is the cheapest phone line among Bland, ClawdTalk, AgentLine, and Hail, at $19.99 a month for its own US number with calls and texts included. ClawdTalk, AgentLine, and Hail start lower or close, but worked from their published prices, all three cost more than Bland once an agent has made 200 minutes of calls in a month.

ClawdTalk sells capped plans of call minutes, AgentLine sells monthly buckets with a per-minute rate after them, and Hail sells prepaid credit spent by the minute, so the comparison here runs one month of use through every published price.

## Which is the cheapest phone line for OpenClaw: Bland, ClawdTalk, AgentLine, or Hail?

Bland's Agent Phone Plan is the cheapest phone line for OpenClaw among Bland, ClawdTalk, AgentLine, and Hail for an agent making 300 minutes of calls and sending 100 texts a month, as of November 2026: $19.99, against $30 on ClawdTalk's Pro plan before its setup fee, $32.95 on Hail, and $44.00 on AgentLine, with the rival totals worked from each company's published prices.

Bland's plan gives an AI agent one dedicated US number that places and takes calls and sends and answers texts, for $9.99 for the first month (once per account owner), then $19.99 a month, set up from the [AI phone number](https://www.bland.ai/ai-phone-number) page or from the agent itself.

| Feature | Bland Agent Phone Plan | ClawdTalk | AgentLine | Hail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How it bills | Flat monthly price | Monthly plans; Starter capped at 100 minutes | Monthly buckets, then per minute | Prepaid credit by the minute and the text |
| 300 minutes and 100 texts a month, worked from published prices | $19.99 | $30 on Pro, plus a $20 setup fee | $44.00 on Individual | $32.95, plus US text registration |
| Number included | One dedicated US number | Conflicting answers on Free and on paid plans | One US or Canada number | None; dedicated number from $1.15 a month for calls and texts |
| Calls out and in | Yes | Yes; Free calls only the owner's verified number | Yes | Out from pooled numbers; in only on a dedicated number |
| International calls | $10 of international calling credits with the first plan purchase | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Texts | Sent and answered | Plans count "messages" | Sent and received | Sent and answered; US texts after registration |
| AI agents | OpenClaw, through Bland's MCP server | OpenClaw | Any agent through MCP, a skill file, or REST | MCP clients, plus OpenClaw from a skill file |

<details><summary>What these rows mean</summary>

- **AI agents:** MCP, or Model Context Protocol, is the standard way an AI agent plugs into an outside tool such as a phone line.

</details>

## Where do ClawdTalk, AgentLine, and Hail fall short for an AI agent?

ClawdTalk, AgentLine, and Hail each fall short of Bland's Agent Phone Plan in a different place: ClawdTalk caps minutes and serves OpenClaw alone, AgentLine sells 100 minutes before a per-minute rate starts, and Hail charges for every minute from prepaid credit with no number in the base price.

### ClawdTalk

ClawdTalk, a Telnyx product, is a voice line for an OpenClaw bot, and it works with OpenClaw and no other AI. ClawdTalk's free plan carries 15 call minutes a month, and ClawdTalk says that "On the free tier, your bot can only call your verified number." Starter costs $12 a month plus a $20 setup fee for number registration, with 100 call minutes and no overages, so a busy month ends at minute 100. Pro costs $30 a month plus the same $20 fee for 1,000 minutes, then $0.02 a minute.

On numbers, ClawdTalk gives two answers. Starter and Pro both offer "Order your own number", and ClawdTalk says a Pro customer gets a dedicated number, while ClawdTalk's terms describe calls "via a shared phone number". The terms also set daily call limits and call duration limits, shown in each customer's dashboard, and decline calls over them until the quota resets. ClawdTalk installs as an OpenClaw plugin by script, and that script's agent mode needs an API key a person creates first in a ClawdTalk dashboard.

<div class="cmp-proscons" data-rival="clawdtalk"><div class="cmp-proscons-pros"><p><strong>Pros</strong></p><ul><li>A free plan that needs no card</li></ul></div><div class="cmp-proscons-cons"><p><strong>Cons</strong></p><ul><li>Works with OpenClaw only</li><li>Free plan calls only the owner's verified number, for 15 minutes a month</li><li>Starter stops at 100 minutes with no overages</li><li>A $20 setup fee for number registration on both paid plans</li><li>Conflicting answers on which plan gets a number of its own</li><li>Daily and duration limits, with calls over them declined</li></ul></div></div>

Don't use ClawdTalk for:

- Errands with businesses on the free plan, because the free plan calls only the owner's verified number
- A month above 100 minutes on Starter, because Starter allows no overages
- An owner who may move from OpenClaw to another AI later

### AgentLine

AgentLine is a phone API that gives an AI agent a US or Canada number for calls and texts, open source under the MIT licence with a hosted cloud. AgentLine's Individual plan costs $20 per month for one number, 100 call minutes, and 400 texts, and every minute after the first 100 costs $0.12, in or out, billed per second after a one-minute minimum.

When plan minutes run out, AgentLine requires $0.50 in a prepaid wallet before a call goes out, and funding that wallet is the owner's job. AgentLine's first number comes free on a 7-day trial with 10 minutes and 10 texts, and AgentLine detaches it if the trial ends without a recharge or a plan.

<div class="cmp-proscons" data-rival="agentline"><div class="cmp-proscons-pros"><p><strong>Pros</strong></p><ul><li>Open source under the MIT licence</li></ul></div><div class="cmp-proscons-cons"><p><strong>Cons</strong></p><ul><li>100 call minutes on the $20 per month plan, then $0.12 a minute</li><li>AgentLine's $50 plan includes only 200 minutes</li><li>Calls past the plan need $0.50 in a prepaid wallet</li><li>Trial number detached if the owner doesn't pay when the trial ends</li></ul></div></div>

Don't use AgentLine for:

- An agent that talks for hours a month, because every minute past the bucket bills at $0.12
- An agent left to run unattended past its plan minutes, because calls then need $0.50 in a prepaid wallet the owner funds

### Hail

Hail gives an AI assistant a phone number and an email inbox through an API, prepaid with no subscription. Hail charges $0.10 for every minute of voice, and answered inbound minutes cost the same as outbound ones.

Hail's base price includes no number. Pooled Hail numbers carry outbound calls with no rental fee, but Hail says a shared outbound line "does not provide a dedicated inbound number", so an agent people call back needs a dedicated number, from $0.50 a month for calls or $1.15 for calls and texts. Hail says US text registration "takes days and is extra" and publishes no fee for it.

Recording gets two answers as well: Hail charges $0.01 extra per recorded minute and says calls are recorded by default and kept 30 days, while Hail's terms say call audio is not recorded or retained. A new Hail workspace starts at a $0 balance, so the owner adds credit before the first call.

<div class="cmp-proscons" data-rival="hail"><div class="cmp-proscons-pros"><p><strong>Pros</strong></p><ul><li>Numbers in 120+ countries</li></ul></div><div class="cmp-proscons-cons"><p><strong>Cons</strong></p><ul><li>$0.10 for every minute, in or out</li><li>No number in the base price, and pooled lines take no calls in</li><li>US text registration takes days, with the fee unpublished</li><li>Conflicting answers on whether calls are recorded</li><li>Prepaid credit to top up, from a $0 balance</li></ul></div></div>

Don't use Hail for:

- A known monthly bill, because every minute and text draws down prepaid credit
- Texting US numbers from day one, because US text registration takes days
- Calls back on a pooled line, because pooled lines take no calls in

## What does each one cost for 300 minutes and 100 texts a month?

Bland's Agent Phone Plan costs $19.99 for a month of 300 minutes and 100 texts, while ClawdTalk, AgentLine, and Hail cost between $30 and $44 before setup fees, worked from each company's published prices with whole-minute calls, texts to US numbers, and no first-month offer. Bland's page on [how much it costs to give an AI agent its own number](https://www.bland.ai/ai-phone-number/ai-phone-number-cost) covers the wider question.

### Bland

Bland's Agent Phone Plan costs $9.99 for the first month (once per account owner), then $19.99 a month, and renews monthly on the card on file until cancelled. The price includes one dedicated US local number and unlimited calls and texts to US and Canada numbers, subject to fair use, which means a set of published limits: one call at a time, 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 Bland for free, and that try covers outbound calls only, from a shared Bland number: no dedicated number, no texting, no incoming calls. An owner cancels the plan in Billing and Plans or through the API.

### ClawdTalk

ClawdTalk costs $30 a month for 300 minutes, because Starter's 100 minutes allow no overages and the month needs Pro, plus a $20 setup fee for number registration, so the first month comes to $50. Pro includes 500 "messages" a month, and this total counts minutes only.

### AgentLine

AgentLine costs $44.00 for the month on Individual: $20 for the plan and its first 100 minutes, plus 200 minutes at $0.12, or $24.00. The 100 texts fall inside the plan's 400. AgentLine's $50 plan comes to $62.00 for the same month, since its 200 minutes leave 100 more at $0.12.

### Hail

Hail costs $32.95 for the month: 300 minutes at $0.10 is $30.00, 100 US texts at $0.018 is $1.80, and a dedicated number for calls and texts is $1.15. If calls stay recorded at Hail's default, 300 recorded minutes add $3.00, for $35.95. Both totals leave out US text registration, which Hail charges for without publishing the fee.

## Why do people comparing ClawdTalk, AgentLine, and Hail choose Bland?

People comparing ClawdTalk, AgentLine, and Hail choose Bland because Bland's Agent Phone Plan prices the whole month up front: one dedicated US number that calls and texts in both directions, with no per-minute charge and no wallet to top up, where each rival leaves minutes past a cap, a setup fee, or the number itself out of its headline price.

Once connected, an OpenClaw agent asks about a delivery window or requests an appointment change, then reports back with a transcript and summary, and when someone texts back, Bland answers from the number toward the goal the agent was given. The [OpenClaw phone calls](/ai-phone-number/openclaw-phone-calls) page covers setup.

<div class="cmp-proscons cmp-proscons-own"><div class="cmp-proscons-pros"><p><strong>Pros</strong></p><ul><li>One dedicated US number included in the price</li><li>Calls and texts in both directions, with no per-minute or per-message charges</li><li>A flat $19.99 a month, with published limits</li><li>OpenClaw connects through Bland's MCP server</li></ul></div><div class="cmp-proscons-cons"><p><strong>Cons</strong></p><ul><li>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</li></ul></div></div>

More calls at once need Bland's Build plan, on the [pricing page](https://www.bland.ai/pricing). Enterprise pricing is custom, set with Bland's sales team. One rival at a time is covered in [Bland vs ClawdTalk](/compare/agent-phone-plan-vs-clawdtalk), [Bland vs AgentLine](/compare/agent-phone-plan-vs-agentline), and the [ClawdTalk alternative for an OpenClaw agent](/blog/clawdtalk-alternatives-for-openclaw), and every option sits side by side in [AI agent phone plans compared](/compare/agent-phone-plan).

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is cheapest for one AI agent?

Bland's Agent Phone Plan is cheapest for one AI agent making 300 minutes of calls and 100 texts a month, at $19.99 a month. Worked from published prices, the same month costs $30 on ClawdTalk's Pro plan plus a $20 setup fee, $32.95 on Hail before US text registration, and $44.00 on AgentLine. At lighter use, such as 100 minutes a month, ClawdTalk's Starter plan and Hail's per-minute billing cost less.

### Which ones include a dedicated number?

Bland and AgentLine include a dedicated number in the monthly price: Bland gives one US local number, and AgentLine gives one US or Canada number with more at $3 a month each. Hail sells a dedicated number separately, from $0.50 a month. ClawdTalk offers "Order your own number" on Starter and Pro, while ClawdTalk's terms describe calls through a shared number.

### Which ones can send and receive texts?

Bland, AgentLine, and Hail all send and receive texts from an agent's number. Bland includes texts to US and Canada numbers, up to 100 a day, AgentLine includes 400 a month on Individual and then charges $0.02 each, and Hail charges $0.018 per US text after a registration that takes days.

### Which ones work outside the US?

Hail has numbers in 120+ countries and sends texts to every country, at $0.20 each outside the US and Canada. Bland's plan gives a US number that calls and texts US and Canada numbers, with $10 of international calling credits in the first plan purchase, and AgentLine's numbers are in the US and Canada.

### Is there a free way to try each one?

Bland, ClawdTalk, and AgentLine each have a free way in, and Hail has none. A person can try Bland for free, with outbound calls only from a shared Bland number. ClawdTalk's free plan gives 15 minutes a month to call the owner's verified number, and AgentLine's trial gives 10 minutes and 10 texts over 7 days.

### How does an OpenClaw agent connect to Bland?

An OpenClaw agent connects to Bland by adding Bland's MCP server under mcp.servers in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json, with the API key in the BLAND_API_KEY environment variable, or by asking OpenClaw to sign itself up from Bland's docs.