--- title: "AgentPhone vs CallForMe: own number, or calls done for you" description: "AgentPhone gives your agent its own number, texts and calls, billed by the minute plus $3 a month. CallForMe calls businesses for you at $1 per answered call." url: https://callforme.tel/compare/agentphone published: 2026-10-31 updated: 2026-10-31 author: CallForMe team, Great Work LLC --- # AgentPhone vs CallForMe: own number, or calls done for you > AgentPhone (agentphone.ai, Relay Innovations) gives your MCP agent its own number for texts, inbound and outbound calls, from $0.13 to $0.22 a minute plus $3 a month per number, after sign-up. CallForMe (callforme.tel, Great Work LLC) only makes calls to businesses for you: no number to buy, $1 per answered call, free when nobody answers. ## What AgentPhone is AgentPhone, at [agentphone.ai](https://agentphone.ai), is made by Relay Innovations, Inc. and backed by Y Combinator. It gives an AI agent its own phone number. Through its MCP server ([github.com/AgentPhone-AI/agentphone-mcp](https://github.com/AgentPhone-AI/agentphone-mcp), 32 tools) an agent buys US and Canadian numbers, sends and receives SMS and iMessage, takes inbound calls by webhook, and places outbound calls with a built-in AI voice or your own webhook. You create "agents" with their own voice, system prompt, transfer and voicemail settings. It's a building block for products that need a phone line: a support line, a scheduling assistant, an agent people can text. ## Side by side AgentPhone facts are from its home page, [pricing page](https://agentphone.ai/pricing) and MCP README, checked October 31, 2026. | | AgentPhone | CallForMe | |---|---|---| | What it is | A phone platform for agents: numbers, SMS, inbound and outbound calls | Calls to businesses for you: menus, hold, questions, results | | Price | 22¢/min with the hosted AI (13¢ with your webhook), per second; $3/mo per number; $5 starting credit | $1 per answered call incl. 2 min, $0.40/min after, 30 min cap; prepaid from $5 | | Unanswered, busy | Not published | Free, and voicemail reached in the first minute is free | | Monthly fee | $3 per number; recording $5/mo per account | None | | Connect | Sign up, then an API key or OAuth; hosted or `npx` | Remote MCP, one click that asks for nothing | | Try before paying | $5 starting credit after sign-up | Free demo lines, no account | | Caller ID | A number you buy | CallForMe's number, (469) 966-0062, which takes messages for you | | Texts and inbound calls | Yes | No: outbound calls to businesses only | | Phone menus and hold | Not described | Presses keys, speaks to voice menus, waits on hold | | Questions back mid-call | Through your webhook | Yes, to your agent (`answer_question`) | | Calling several places | Not described | `call_around`: 1 to 100 places, up to 10 at a time | | Patch you in | Call transfer per agent | Yes, `transfer_to`, once a person answers | | Countries | US and Canada numbers | Calls to US and Canadian businesses | ## When to pick AgentPhone - Your agent needs its own number that people can call or text. - You're building a product with a phone line, and you'll write the prompts and handle webhooks. - Most of your calls are long, so the per-minute price matters more than the setup. ## When to pick CallForMe - You want errands done by phone (a quote, a booking, a cancellation, "is my car ready?") without setting up a number, a voice or a prompt. - The business has a phone menu or a hold queue. See [phone menus and hold](/guides/phone-menus-and-hold). - You want the same questions asked of many places in one request. See [call around](/guides/call-around). - You'd rather pay nothing for calls nobody answers, and nothing per month. ## Related - [Best MCP server for phone calls](/compare/best-mcp-server-for-phone-calls) - [Twilio, build it yourself](/compare/twilio-diy) - [Cocall vs CallForMe](/compare/cocall) - [Pricing](/docs/pricing) ## FAQ ### Which is cheaper? Per minute, AgentPhone: $0.22 a minute with its hosted AI agent ($0.13 with your own webhook), billed per second, plus $3 a month for each number. A 2-minute call is about 44¢ there and $1 at CallForMe. CallForMe charges nothing when nobody answers or the line is busy, and has no monthly fee. Prices checked October 31, 2026. ### Can either one send texts or answer calls to my number? AgentPhone can: SMS, iMessage and inbound calls to numbers you buy. CallForMe only places calls to businesses. It calls from its own number, (469) 966-0062, which takes messages from businesses that call back and passes them to you. ### Do both handle phone menus and hold? CallForMe's assistant presses menu keys, says words to voice menus and waits on hold, and can patch you in when a person answers. AgentPhone's site doesn't describe phone-menu or hold handling, as of October 31, 2026. ### How do I connect each one? AgentPhone: sign up at agentphone.ai, then use an API key or its OAuth sign-in with https://mcp.agentphone.ai/mcp, or run its npm package. CallForMe: add https://callforme.tel/mcp and click Connect; nothing to fill in. A one-time $5 setup link comes with your first real call. ## Related - [How to add phone calls to your own AI agent](https://callforme.tel/guides/add-phone-calls-to-your-ai-agent.md) - [Changelog: what's new, newest first](https://callforme.tel/docs/changelog.md) - [PhoneCallFor.me vs CallForMe: per-minute or per-call](https://callforme.tel/compare/phonecallforme.md) - [DialValet vs CallForMe: calling from your number or ours](https://callforme.tel/compare/dialvalet.md) - [KaiCalls vs CallForMe: a phone line or calls to businesses](https://callforme.tel/compare/kaicalls.md)