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Bland ranks #3 of 29 in ai voice agents in the week of 21 September 2026, with a visibility score of 27 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 45% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Bland shows up in 27 of 60 answers across AI assistants, landing an overall score of 27 out of 100. Claude rates it highest at 37, ChatGPT gives it 35, and Perplexity trails at 10. Its strongest ground is general and use-case questions: it's named in all 3 answers for best AI voice agent platforms, best for booking appointments, and best for outbound sales calls, plus 2 of 3 for best AI voice agents in 2026 and best AI phone agent for small business. It's never named for call analytics, multilingual support, receptionist duties, enterprise contact centres, or inbound customer support.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 35 | 45% of answers | #3.0 |
| Claude | 37 | 70% of answers | #6.9 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 10 | 20% of answers | #7.3 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best AI agent for outbound sales calls? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| What are the best AI voice agent platforms? | 3 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best AI voice agent for booking appointments? | 3 of 3 | #4 |
| Which AI voice agent platform is cheapest per minute? | 2 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best voice AI that connects to my CRM? | 2 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best voice AI platform with its own phone numbers and telephony? | 2 of 3 | #2 |
| Which AI voice agent has the lowest latency? | 2 of 3 | #3 |
| What are the best AI voice agents in 2026? | 2 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best no-code tool to build a voice AI agent? | 2 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best AI phone agent for a small business? | 2 of 3 | #9 |
| Which voice AI platform is best for developers? | 1 of 3 | #4 |
| Which voice AI platform sounds the most natural? | 1 of 3 | #11 |
| What's the best AI voice agent for a restaurant or clinic taking bookings? | 1 of 3 | #13 |
| What's the best AI voice agent that can transfer to a human? | 1 of 3 | #13 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best AI receptionist for answering calls? | Slang.ai, Retell AI, Goodcall |
| What's the best enterprise voice AI platform for contact centres? | PolyAI, Parloa, Cognigy |
| What's the best AI voice agent for inbound customer support calls? | Vapi, PolyAI, Retell AI |
| What's the best AI voice agent for languages other than English? | ElevenLabs Agents, Retell AI, OpenAI Realtime API |
| What's the best open-source voice AI agent framework? | LiveKit Agents, Pipecat, Vocode |
| What's the best voice AI platform for call analytics and transcripts? | Dialpad |
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In their words
- ChatGPT“Bland AI | Yes | Built-in telephony | High-volume outbound/inbound calling”
- Claude“Bland is worth a look for higher-volume telephony use cases.”
- Perplexity“If your priority is high-volume outbound calling, the results favor Bland and Retell AI as voice-agent options built for scale, with Retell highlighted for speed-to-lead and qualification and Bland for high-volume outbound.”
Closest rivals
- Bland vs ElevenLabs Agents26
- Bland vs Synthflow22
- Bland vs PolyAI17
- Bland vs LiveKit Agents16
- Bland vs Pipecat11
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