Nuteq vs ElevenLabs Agents

An ElevenLabs Agents alternative for businesses. ElevenAgents, formerly Conversational AI, next to a receptionist that arrives ready to answer.

Pick ElevenLabs when a custom or cloned voice matters most. Pick Nuteq when you want a receptionist with the phone number, bookings, and contacts already built in.

Reviewed September 28, 2026

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Is Nuteq a good ElevenLabs Agents alternative for a business phone line?

Yes, if you want the whole receptionist rather than the parts. ElevenLabs Agents, now called ElevenAgents, gives you excellent voices and a dashboard to build an agent, but you connect the phone number from Twilio, Telnyx, or a SIP trunk. Nuteq gives you a local phone number or forwards yours, then books appointments and saves contacts without extra tools.

Nuteq is a no-code AI receptionist: no code, no flow builder, no engineers.

At a glance

Choose Nuteq if

You want a phone number inside the product, or to forward yours in minutes.
You want bookings, contacts, and a shared inbox without extra software.
You want an agent made for reception work rather than a general toolkit.

Choose ElevenLabs if

Voice quality or a cloned brand voice is your top priority.
You already run Twilio, Telnyx, or a SIP system.
You want SDKs to put an agent inside your own app.

Nuteq vs ElevenLabs: feature comparison

From each vendor’s public site as of September 28, 2026. “Not stated” means we could not confirm it there.

Nuteq compared with ElevenLabs
Feature	Nuteq	ElevenLabs
Setup
Who it is for	Businesses that want calls and messages answered without engineers	Developers and enterprise support, sales, and operations teams
How you set it up	No code: describe your business, test in the browser, plug it in	No code: guided setup
Set up without code or a flow builder	Yes: Describe your business, pick a template, test in the browser	Yes: Dashboard plus a visual workflow editor
Voice cloning	No: Pick from a curated voice catalog	Yes: Very large voice library and cloning
Channels
Answers phone calls	Yes: AI voice agent, day and night	Yes: With a number you bring
Text messages (SMS)	Yes: Two-way; US numbers need carrier registration first	Yes: Through a Twilio number
WhatsApp messages	Yes: Connect your WhatsApp Business number	Yes: Connect a WhatsApp Business account
Website chat and voice widget	Yes: One snippet on your site	Yes: Customizable widget
Email conversations	No: Not a channel today	Yes: Listed as a channel
Phone numbers
Get a new local number	Yes: US and Canada; UK for calls	No: Buy it from Twilio, Telnyx, or Azure
Keep your current number	Yes: Forward calls from your carrier	Yes: Twilio integration or SIP
Languages
Languages	Yes: More than 20, switches mid-conversation	Yes: Vendor claims more than 70
Knowledge and actions
Learns from your documents and website	Yes: Upload files, paste FAQs, or import pages	Yes: Files, URLs, or text
Books appointments	Yes: Built-in calendar with Google Calendar sync	Yes: Cal.com and Google Calendar
Captures leads into contacts	Yes: Built-in contacts and pipeline	Partly: Extracts data; no built-in CRM
Records
Summaries, transcripts, and recordings	Yes: Every call, with an intent label	Yes: Transcripts and analysis
For technical teams
Choose your own AI models	No: Models are chosen and tuned for you	Yes: Bring your own LLM
Public developer API and SDKs	No: Webhooks instead	Yes: SDKs, WebSocket, and REST
Cost
How you pay	Monthly or yearly plan with minutes and messages included	Per-minute usage, plus model and phone provider fees
Relative cost	See pricing	See their site

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How do you get a phone number working with Nuteq and with ElevenLabs?

In Nuteq you pick a new local phone number or forward the one you have, and the agent answers it right away. With ElevenLabs you buy a number from Twilio, Telnyx, or Azure, or bring a SIP trunk, and connect it to the agent yourself.

Nuteq: three steps, no code

1
Sign up and describe your business, or paste your website address.
2
Test your agent in the browser and adjust its answers.
3
Plug it in: forward your number, paste the website snippet, or connect WhatsApp.

ElevenLabs

No code: guided setup

You configure the agent in a dashboard or a visual workflow editor, then connect a Twilio, Telnyx, or SIP number or embed a widget.

Where ElevenLabs is a better fit

ElevenLabs: Voice quality or a cloned brand voice matters more to you than anything else.
ElevenLabs: You already run Twilio, Telnyx, or a SIP system and have someone to connect it.

ElevenLabs’s strengths: Very natural voices, a huge voice library, and voice cloning. Wide language coverage. SDKs and APIs for web and mobile apps.

Switching from ElevenLabs

Moving from ElevenLabs is mostly about your number. Forward your line to Nuteq, paste your website address, and test a call in the browser.

Keep your number
Forward it from your carrier, or move it to Nuteq in the US and Canada.
How it works
Bring your knowledge
Import your website pages so the agent answers from them.
How it works
Test before you switch
Call your agent from the browser before any customer does.
How it works

Questions people ask

What is ElevenAgents?

ElevenAgents is the current name of the ElevenLabs agent platform, which was called Conversational AI. It lets teams build voice and text agents with ElevenLabs voices. Nuteq is a finished AI receptionist rather than an agent toolkit.

Do ElevenLabs voices sound better than Nuteq?

ElevenLabs is known for some of the most natural voices available, plus voice cloning. Nuteq uses a catalog of natural voices chosen for phone calls and lets you adjust the pace, but it does not clone voices.

Does Nuteq include a phone number?

Yes. Inside Nuteq you can get a new local number in the US or Canada, forward the number you already have, or move it over. ElevenLabs asks you to bring a number from a telephony provider.

Is Nuteq easier to set up than ElevenLabs Agents?

Nuteq builds the receptionist from a description of your business, with bookings and contacts already connected. ElevenLabs Agents gives you a dashboard and a workflow editor to build your own, which involves more decisions.

How does Nuteq pricing compare with ElevenLabs?

Nuteq charges one monthly or yearly plan that includes minutes, messages, and the phone features. ElevenLabs bills by usage, and your carrier bills the phone number. See the Nuteq pricing page for plans.

Which languages does Nuteq handle on calls?

Nuteq handles more than 20 languages on calls and messages and switches when a caller changes language. ElevenLabs lists a longer language list, so check both against the languages your customers speak.

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