PolyAI is ahead on repeatable reliability, task completion, tool call accuracy and interruption handling, and ElevenLabs on infrastructure reliability, voice tone and clarity and response time.

ElevenLabs ranked 4 of 10 · PolyAI ranked 1 of 10

Last updated Methodology by Luis Ojeda

Which to pick

Pick ElevenLabs for calls that connect and stay up (0.81 points higher), how the agent sounds (0.50 higher) and fast replies (1.19s faster). Pick PolyAI for reliability across repeated runs (18.29 points higher), completing the caller's task (7.32 points higher), accurate tool calls (0.47 higher) and handling interruptions (0.03 higher).

Every metric, side by side

Bars share one scale across all 10 platforms. The place next to each figure is its rank in the field.

Repeatable reliability

Share of the 82 scenarios that passed on all three runs.

ElevenLabs
69.51%4th
PolyAI
87.80%1st

PolyAI, 18.29 points higher

Task completion

Calls where the expected outcome was fully reached.

ElevenLabs
91.46%9th
PolyAI
98.78%1st

PolyAI, 7.32 points higher

Infrastructure-clean calls

Calls with no connection, audio or platform failure.

ElevenLabs
100.00%1st
PolyAI
99.19%3rd

ElevenLabs, 0.81 points higher

Tool call accuracy

Mean score for calling the right tool with the right arguments.

ElevenLabs
4.43/58th
PolyAI
4.90/51st

PolyAI, 0.47 higher

Voice tone and clarity

Mean score for how clear and natural the agent sounds.

ElevenLabs
4.47/51st
PolyAI
3.97/58th

ElevenLabs, 0.50 higher

Interruption handling

Mean score for yielding and recovering when the caller cuts in.

ElevenLabs
4.96/57th
PolyAI
4.99/52nd

PolyAI, 0.03 higher

Mean response time

Mean time for the agent to start replying after the caller stops.

ElevenLabs
1.27s1st
PolyAI
2.46s6th

ElevenLabs, 1.19s faster

246 calls per platform: 82 scenarios, 3 runs each.

What each platform ran, and what we saw

ElevenLabs

Strength
Fastest response at 1.27s, highest Voice Tone + Clarity at 4.47/5, and 100% infrastructure-clean calls.
What can be improved
The agent narrated a tool call and continued with an invented result.
STT, LLM and TTS
  • scribe_realtime
  • qwen35-397b-a17b
  • eleven_flash_v2

PolyAI

Strength
Leads repeatable reliability at 87.80% pass³ and task completion at 98.78% across all 246 calls.
What can be improved
Mean response time is 2.46s and voice tone and clarity is 3.97/5. Repetition and call termination were not scored; tool accuracy covers 237 calls and response time covers 245.
STT, LLM and TTS
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ElevenLabs vs PolyAI FAQ

  • PolyAI is more reliable, by 18.29 points. ElevenLabs passed 69.51% of the 82 scenarios on all 3 runs and PolyAI passed 87.80%. A scenario only counts when every run of it passed.

  • ElevenLabs starts replying sooner, 1.19s faster. Mean response time is 1.27s for ElevenLabs and 2.46s for PolyAI.

  • ElevenLabs reached the expected outcome on 91.46% of calls and PolyAI on 98.78%. PolyAI is ahead on task completion.

  • Both ran the same Appointment and Medicare agents through the same 82 caller scenarios, 3 times each, with the same evaluators and mock tools. Only the platform and its speech and model components changed.

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