Bland vs Retell AI
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-21
Retell AI comes out ahead of Bland in the current AI assistant rankings, scoring 52 overall against Bland's 27. Retell AI also shows up more often, named in 44 of 60 answers compared to Bland's 27 of 60. Head to head, Retell AI is named more often than Bland in 11 questions, with 9 ties and zero questions where Bland leads. Both get consistent mentions for "best AI voice agents in 2026" and voice agent platform questions, but neither is ever named for call analytics and transcripts or enterprise contact centre questions.
Head to head
| metric | Bland | Retell AI |
|---|---|---|
| score | 27 | 52 |
| questions won | 14 | 17 |
By assistant
Bland
| 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 |
Retell AI
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 68 | 75% of answers | #1.7 |
| Claude | 46 | 80% of answers | #6.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 48 | 65% of answers | #3.4 |
Where they differ
Only Bland gets named for
nothing exclusive
Only Retell AI gets named for
- What's the best AI receptionist for answering calls?
- What's the best AI voice agent for inbound customer support calls?
- What's the best AI voice agent for languages other than English?
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