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Voice agent latency benchmark — SMS-24 vs Vapi, Retell, Bland | SMS-24

Side-by-side first-byte latency for SMS-24 voice agent (cascade and realtime) vs Vapi, Retell and Bland. Refreshed weekly from our internal benchmark harness.

ProviderTierMedian latencyp99 latencyCost / min
SMS-24cascade540 ms1100 ms$0.06
SMS-24realtime380 ms720 ms$0.18
Vapidefault720 ms1450 ms$0.07
Retelldefault690 ms1390 ms$0.09
Blanddefault880 ms1820 ms$0.05

Methodology

Median and p99 first-word latency over 100 sample turns per provider, English speaker, US-east region, hold-music-free environment. SMS-24 figures from production traces; competitors from publicly-disclosed benchmarks (Vapi dashboard, Retell docs, Bland blog). Refreshed quarterly.

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