# Vocode: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/vocode

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [AI voice agents](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/ai-voice-agents/index.md) | 0% | 39 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Absolute Lowest Cost (For Engineering Teams): Open-Source (Pipecat / Vocode)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, AI voice agents)
- "Vocode is an open-source option with no platform fee if self-hosted" (Claude Haiku 4.5, AI voice agents)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Vocode, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- brilo.ai: 2
- arahi.ai: 1
- bland.ai: 1
- cekura.ai: 1
- deskferry.com: 1
- groooh.com: 1
- lumay.ai: 1
- medium.com: 1
- morphllm.com: 1
- nextiva.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://brilo.ai/resources/best-ai-voice-agent-small-business: 2
- https://arahi.ai/blog/ai-voice-agent-platforms: 1
- https://bland.ai/blog/retell-vs-vapi: 1
- https://cekura.ai/blogs/best-ai-voice-agent-platforms: 1
- https://deskferry.com/blog/best-ai-voice-agents: 1
- https://groooh.com/blogs/vapi-vs-retell-vs-bland-vs-synthflow-which-voice-ai-platform-should-you-use: 1
- https://lumay.ai/blogs/10-affordable-ai-voice-agents-for-small-businesses: 1
- https://medium.com/@automation.labs/vapi-vs-retell-vs-bland-in-2026-the-true-cost-per-minute-578f38af3523: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.