Telenow
Telenow provides voice AI agents for business calls: answering questions, booking appointments and taking messages, in English and 10 Indian languages.
- Pricing at a glance
- Per-minute estimates; free credits, no card
- Starting price
- Varies by configuration
- Setup
- Some configuration
- Pricing model
- Usage Based
At a glance
Calls & telephony
- DetailCalls
Inbound & outbound
- SupportedHuman handoff
Yes
- Not publishedPhone numbers included
Not published
- SupportedBring your own carrier
Yes
- SupportedSIP trunking
Yes
Own Twilio/Plivo/Vonage/Exotel account or native SIP trunk
Trust & access
- Not publishedHIPAA
Not published
- Not publishedSOC 2
Not published
- Not publishedGDPR
Not published
- DetailLanguages
30+ languages and accents
- SupportedFree to start
Free credits
No card required; signup says welcome credits require a verified WhatsApp number
- SupportedDeveloper API
Yes
Morak scorecard
How we score →- Ease of setupSome configuration
Configured in a visual builder; integrations take some technical help.
- Pricing transparencyCalculator published
A public itemized calculator estimates costs for your selected configuration; actual usage may vary.
- Try before you buySelf-serve trial
Sign up and test it yourself before paying.
- Call & telephony controlBroad
Documented: inbound, outbound, human handoff, bring-your-own carrier and SIP.
- Compliance readinessNot published
No SOC 2, GDPR or HIPAA commitments are published.
- Integration coverageAll covered
Connects to phone system, customer records (CRM, EHR or POS), calendar and automation or API.
Typical score among voice agent platforms
Configure regional phone workflows without building the stack
What you get
Build phone agents from a prompt or flow, with Indian-language support and your choice of model, voice and carrier.
What to account for
Validate language performance and call flows in a pilot; published claims are vendor-reported, and the per-minute rate depends on the model, voice and carrier you configure.
Best for
- Indian-language phone workflows
- Prompt or flow-based agent setup
- Carrier and model flexibility
Not a fit for
- Creator voice casting
- Buyers requiring independently tested reliability
- Teams needing a fixed all-in rate
What the platform provides
- Call workflows
- Inbound and outbound agents for booking, lead qualification and support, built from a single prompt or a multi-step flow.
- Provider control
- Choice of carrier and AI providers, business-tool connections and human transfer. These capabilities are vendor-reported, not tested by Morak.
Connections & compatibility
Telephony
- Twilio
CRM & help desk
- HubSpot
Calendar & scheduling
- Google Calendar
Messaging
Automation & APIs
- Custom API
- MCP
Data access & permissions
What an agent built on Telenow can touch once deployed. These are the first questions a security review will ask.
- Reads customer dataYes
- Writes to your systemsYes
- Sends messagesYes
- Triggers workflowsYes
- Records callsYes
- Needs API keysYes
- Human approval stepNo
Verify recording retention, subprocessors, credential access, and permitted tool actions before connecting customer systems. Human transfer does not establish approval controls for individual actions; those controls are unverified. Policies use the Telenow trading name without identifying a legal entity. Public security claims have not been independently audited by Morak.
Pricing & terms
Telenow publishes an itemized per-minute calculator covering the model, speech-to-text, voice, telephony and platform fee. Estimates vary with the selected configuration. Free starting credits are advertised with no card required; signup says welcome credits require a verified WhatsApp number. The calculator supports multiple currencies; conversions are approximate and provider rates are billed in USD. Actual usage may vary, so Morak does not treat a selected estimate as a fixed all-in starting rate. Confirm billing terms before paying.
View official pricing calculatorBefore committing
Can a caller switch languages, fail a booking and still reach a person? Public documentation describes agent configuration; test these workflows in a sandbox before committing.
- Can you demonstrate booking and human transfer on our intended carrier and language pair?
- What does the pricing calculator estimate for our model, voice and carrier, and does that hold for our call lengths?
- Which actions can require human approval, and what happens when a tool or transfer fails?
- Where do our audio and transcripts travel, and how do we delete them across providers?
How it compares
Side by side with two alternatives buyers weigh against it, on the same facts and scorecard.
| Detail | Telenow This productTelenow provides voice AI agents for business calls: answering questions, booking appointments and taking messages, in English and 10 Indian languages. | A different approach Developer-friendly voice and language platform for Pakistani-language TTS, STT, and realtime voice assistants. Why compare: Investigate Uplift if Pakistani-language speech models, rather than a configurable phone workflow, are the central requirement; check beta availability. | Similar product Developer-oriented voice agent platform for building phone agents with custom workflows and integrations. |
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| Starting price | Varies by configuration | From $5/mo | From $0.05/min |
| Free to start | Free credits | Free plan | Free credits |
| Calls | Inbound & outbound | Not a phone product | Inbound & outbound |
| HIPAA | Not published | Not published | Paid add-on |
| Morak scorecard How we score | |||
| Ease of setup | 3 of 5, Some configuration | 2 of 5, Developer build | 2 of 5, Developer build |
| Pricing transparency | 5 of 5, Calculator published | 5 of 5, Plans published | 5 of 5, Rates published |
| Try before you buy | 4 of 5, Self-serve trial | 5 of 5, Free plan | 4 of 5, Self-serve trial |
| Call & telephony control | 4 of 5, Broad | — | 5 of 5, Full control |
| Compliance readiness | Not scored, Not published | Not scored, Not published | 4 of 5, Good |
| Integration coverage | 5 of 5, All covered | 2 of 5, 1 of 3 covered | 5 of 5, All covered |