OpenAI Realtime API Alternatives 2026: Cheaper, Faster Voice AI Options

The OpenAI Realtime API costs $10-20 per million audio tokens, making it expensive for production voice AI at scale. Alternatives like Loqui Auris use a provider-agnostic pipeline that achieves the same quality at $0.017-0.022 per minute — 60-80% cheaper than direct API usage.

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