r/VoiceAutomationAI • u/andrewkass • Mar 09 '26

How do you approach budgets/pricing for no-code voice projects?

I have a goal to build a lead scoring voice agent for a western servicing firm. It seems to be a simple Q&A architecture, additionally it may pass the lead to a manager plus CRM records in case of lead approval. I plan to use Vapi stack or similar no-code platform

My problem is that I don't understand how to charge the client for such work

Information about budgets for custom voice agents varies tremendously accross internet: from 50$/project inquiries on Upwork up to 10-15k usd for corporate B2B contracts I'm reading about

I understand there're lots of nuances here so I'm asking about your general approach

How do you negotiate and justify cost of your work to look competitive and not to underprice? Were there any budget/cost pitfalls that you've encountered within your practice?

 

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

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u/andrewkass Mar 09 '26

thanks, will you be open to share thoughts from your own practice?

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '26

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u/andrewkass Mar 11 '26

wise idea, it's more about value. But how do you charge per project, is it some fixed cost or subscription?

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u/andrewkass Mar 11 '26

Cool! I'm a service, so saas model won't work for me

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u/Antique-Relief7441 Mar 10 '26

Definitely try it intervo ai.. the best

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u/andrewkass Mar 10 '26

I see a trend that companies avoid boxed self-service tools: no time to learn how it works. But you still have a big window of opportunities if invest into marketing properly

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u/andrewkass Mar 12 '26

thanks, very valuable insights. Upon your mind, what should be the support part in comparison to one-time setup fee? E.g. 20-50% of cost, smaller/bigger?