Cascade vs ElevenLabs Agents

ElevenLabs Agents puts ElevenLabs' excellent voices into a hosted agent platform. Cascade can use ElevenLabs voices too, inside our own engine, alongside other speech and model providers.

Where ElevenLabs is strong

Some of the best synthetic voices available, Romanian and Russian included
Simple monthly plans with included minutes
Interruption, turn-taking and voicemail settings
SOC 2; HIPAA via BAA

Why teams in Moldova choose Cascade

Lower AI cost per minute, with the same voices available
Live transfer with your company number on any carrier
Romanian speech recognition we have tested on real calls
Language can switch mid-call
EU hosting without an enterprise contract

Side by side

	ElevenLabs Agents	Cascade
AI cost per minute	$0.08 extra minute for speech + the model at provider rates	≈ 2.1–2.6 ¢ measured
Live transfer	Warm message and blind transfer only with native Twilio; business caller ID not stated	Yes, with your company number, any carrier
Romanian	Voices yes; Romanian speech recognition in Agents not stated	Yes, speech in and out
Language switching	Language fixed for the call; a detection tool can switch it	Switches with the caller
EU data residency	Enterprise only	EU hosting for European clients
Runs on	ElevenLabs' cloud only	Your own instance; on-premise with local models in development
Voices	ElevenLabs	ElevenLabs, Deepgram or local voices, per agent
Who builds the agent	You, with ElevenLabs' tools	We set it up with you

Vendor facts as published on 10 November 2026; prices change, check the sources. Cascade figures are AI cost only, measured on our own production calls in October 2026; carrier minutes are extra for everyone.

Sources (ElevenLabs): elevenlabs.io/pricing/agents · Transfer to number · Language · Data residency · SIP trunking · LLM

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