Frequently Asked Questions


What is Fone AI?

Fone AI is a software platform that can be used to create and manage voice-based generative artificial intelligent agents that seamlessly connect with telephony platforms such as Asterisk, FreePBX, VICIdial, Issabel, Elastix, FreeSWITCH, 3CX and more

Can Fone AI be used for inbound or outbound calls?

Fone AI can be used for both inbound as well as outbound calls. The call initation should be from the PBX side and when transferred to an extension connected with Fone AI, the AI agent handles the calls.

Should I replace my existing telephony infrastructure to integrate Fone AI?

Not nessecary! Fone AI can work with any telephony platform using SIP trunk

How does the pricing work?

You have to subscribe to a plan to use Fone AI. Post that you can buy credits or channels as required. It is a minute-billing system, where 1 minute of AI processing is billed as 1 credit. This is not relevant with VoIP or internet costs.

How is this different from VAPI or Cognigy or other voice AI platforms?

Most of them are just a voice integrator. Fone AI brings the features of voice integration with PBX, STT (Speech-to-text), LLM (Large Language Models), TTS (Text-to-speech) engines combined along with RAG, API facilities with a nice UI included.

How safe is Fone AI? Is my data saved securely?

Your data and details are stored securely by Fone AI. However, the compliance and the legal matters for using Fone AI depends on your use-case and your law of land.

Which LLM do you use?

We use a combination of multiple LLMs, (majorly OpenAI APIs) to offer the best optimal results for the end customer. However, the LLM is confidential as we experiment with multiple LLMs.

What TTS do you use?

We offer the choice of TTS to the users. Normal TTS voice providers such as AWS Polly, GCP TTS costs less (~1 credit / min), while premium TTS like Elevenlabs costs more.

Do I always need to use SIP trunk to connect with Fone AI?

Fone AI provides a SIP trunk to be connected. However, if you are in a SIP-restricted nationality you can also connect via Asterisk ARI feature under some conditions.

Does Fone AI provide white-label reseller options?

Yes, we have a white-label reseller option under the Pro and Enterprise plan. You can rebrand Fone AI and resell to your clients with a markup making additional revenue per user.