The pay-as-you-go pricing is the biggest win for me. As a
solo founder running an AI receptionist agency in Auckland,
I do not want to be locked into big monthly fees before I
have proven the product to my clients. Retell lets me only
pay for what my agents actually use, which keeps cashflow
predictable and lowers the risk on each new build.
It is also genuinely easy to use. I built my first
multilingual agent (English, Mandarin, Korean) in a single
weekend with no coding background. The customisation is
deep too, voice speed, pause length, different voice
models, custom functions for booking and transferring
calls, and an attached knowledge base. Plenty of
flexibility for the different industries I sell to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Adding pronunciations is painful. I have to enter each word
one at a time, and for businesses with NZ place names,
foreign customer names, or industry jargon, it becomes a
huge time sink. A bulk upload or CSV import would save
hours per agent build.
The other thing is the lack of a public voice example URL.
I cannot link to a live demo of my agent on my website or
in marketing materials without first recording a call
myself, then uploading and hosting the audio. A
Retell-hosted shareable audio link would make showcasing
the product to prospects far easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
