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Retell AI
Retell AI ranks #23 of 38 in ai agent builders in the week of 19 October 2026, with a visibility score of 4 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 9% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Retell AI shows up in just 5 of 71 answers across AI assistants, landing an overall score of 4 out of 100. Gemini rates it highest at 7, followed by ChatGPT and Claude at 5 each, with Perplexity lowest at 3. Its one standout moment is voice: it's named in all 4 of 4 answers to "What's the best platform to build a voice AI agent?" Outside that lane, it barely registers, appearing in only 1 of 4 answers for non-technical founders and never showing up for MCP tools, developer frameworks, startup deployment, self-hosting, or general "best AI agent builder" questions.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 4 | 5% of answers | #4.0 |
| Claude | 5 | 10% of answers | #10.5 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 5 | 11% of answers | #7.5 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best platform to build a voice AI agent? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| What are the best platforms for building AI agents? | 1 of 3 | #14 |
| What's the best platform for an agency building AI agents for clients? | 1 of 3 | #19 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best AI agent builder in 2026? | LangChain, n8n, OpenAI AgentKit |
| What's the best no-code tool to build an AI agent? | Zapier Agents, n8n, Make |
| Which AI agent framework should a developer choose? | LangChain, OpenAI AgentKit, Microsoft Agent Framework |
| What are the best open-source AI agent frameworks? | LangChain, Pydantic AI, CrewAI |
| What's the best platform to build and deploy AI agents for a startup? | LangChain, n8n, OpenAI AgentKit |
| Which AI agent platform is best for a non-technical founder? | Zapier Agents, Lindy, Relevance AI |
| What's the best tool for building multi-agent systems? | LangChain, OpenAI AgentKit, CrewAI |
| Which AI agent platform has the best pricing for a small team? | Make, Zapier Agents, n8n |
| What's the most reliable platform to run AI agents in production? | LangChain, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that answers customer emails? | n8n, Zapier Agents |
| What's the best platform to build an AI agent that connects to my company's data? | Microsoft Copilot Studio, Vertex AI Agent Builder |
| What's the best tool to automate a business workflow with AI agents? | Zapier Agents, n8n, Gumloop |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that browses the web and does research? | OpenAI AgentKit, LangChain |
| What's the best way to give an AI agent memory across sessions? | LangChain |
| What's the best platform to build AI agents that use MCP tools? | LangChain, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI AgentKit |
| What's the best self-hosted platform for running AI agents privately? | Dify, Langflow, n8n |
| What's the best tool to monitor and debug AI agents in production? | nobody in particular |
| What are the best alternatives to LangChain? | LlamaIndex, Pydantic AI, LangChain |
| What are the best alternatives to CrewAI? | LangChain, OpenAI AgentKit, Microsoft AutoGen |
| What are the best alternatives to OpenAI AgentKit? | LangChain, CrewAI, Dify |
| What are the best alternatives to n8n? | Make, Zapier Agents |
| What are the best alternatives to Pydantic AI? | OpenAI AgentKit, LangChain, Pydantic AI |
Assistants cited 11 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. Claim to see them. See all sources for AI agent builders.
In their words
- Claude“Voice agents are their own category — Vapi, Retell, LiveKit Agents, ElevenLabs.”
- ChatGPT“Current platform comparisons consistently highlight Vapi, Retell AI, ElevenLabs, and LiveKit as leading options.”
- Perplexity“For most teams, Retell AI is the best starting point for a production voice agent: it offers managed telephony, agent orchestration, monitoring, and relatively fast deployment, with reported latency around 600 ms and usage-based pricing.”
Closest rivals
- Retell AI vs Vapi4
- Retell AI vs Bland3
- Retell AI vs Botpress3
- Retell AI vs Flowise5
- Retell AI vs Langflow3
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