ElevenLabs Agents vs Pipecat

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-21

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ElevenLabs Agents leads this one clearly, scoring 26 overall versus Pipecat's 11, and showing up in 27 of 60 answers compared to Pipecat's 13. ElevenLabs Agents is named in every answer for questions like "best AI voice agents in 2026," "best for languages other than English," "sounds the most natural," and "best for developers." Pipecat's strongest showing is being named in all 3 answers for "best open-source voice AI agent framework." Head-to-head, ElevenLabs Agents comes out ahead on 11 questions, Pipecat on 2, with 7 questions tied between them.

Head to head

metric	ElevenLabs Agents	Pipecat
score	26	11
questions won	15	11

By assistant

ElevenLabs Agents

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	31	40% of answers	#2.9
Claude	34	70% of answers	#8.0
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	16	25% of answers	#4.6

Pipecat

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	4	5% of answers	#2.0
Claude	25	55% of answers	#8.9
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	4	5% of answers	#2.0

Where they differ

Only ElevenLabs Agents gets named for

Which voice AI platform sounds the most natural?
What's the best AI receptionist for answering calls?
What's the best AI agent for outbound sales calls?
What's the best no-code tool to build a voice AI agent?
What's the best voice AI that connects to my CRM?
What's the best AI phone agent for a small business?

Only Pipecat gets named for

What's the best open-source voice AI agent framework?
What's the best AI voice agent for booking appointments?

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