How does the AI voice agency stack quiz decide what to recommend?

The quiz reads ten inputs that actually change the right answer: how many clients you run now, where you want to be in a year, what your current stack looks like, your monthly tool spend, your engineering capacity, whether you need to bring your own API keys, how much white-label you need, your vertical focus, how much billing transparency matters, and your growth speed. From those it does two things. First it sizes the right Hermes plan to your client count — Starter, Business, Agency, or Pro. Second it scores how much tool sprawl is already costing you. Every calculation runs in your browser, so nothing you type is sent to a server. The recommendation is deterministic, not a sales funnel — the same answers always produce the same result.

Will it always tell me to buy Hermes?

No, and that is the point. If you tell the quiz that bringing your own API keys is a hard requirement, it sends you to Retell or VAPI directly, because Hermes manages keys for you by design and does not support BYOK. If you have no clients, are not actively chasing them, and are moving slowly, it tells you to land a paying client before you buy any platform — a tool you are not using is a tool you will resent. We would rather give you the honest call than sell you capacity you do not need. When Hermes genuinely fits your client count and growth, it says so and tells you which plan, but the disqualifying answers route you elsewhere.

What is the consolidation score, and how is it calculated?

The consolidation score is a 0-to-100 estimate of how much you would gain by collapsing your stack into one platform. It rises when you are running a stitched-together stack or a wrapper, when your monthly tool spend is high, when you have little or no engineering capacity to maintain the glue, when you need full white-label, when you need live per-client billing, and when you are growing fast. A high score — 70 or above — means tool sprawl is already taxing you in time and money, and consolidation pays back quickly. A low score means your stack is still simple enough that adding a platform may be premature. It is a directional read, not an accounting figure, so use it to gauge urgency rather than as a precise dollar number.

What does an AI voice agency stack normally include?

Most operators assemble five to seven tools. A voice engine like Retell or VAPI handles the speech-to-speech loop. A CRM such as GoHighLevel stores contacts and pipeline. Zapier or Make wires events between systems. Stripe handles billing. Twilio supplies phone numbers and telephony. And somewhere in the middle sits a developer — or a lot of your own late nights — gluing it together and keeping it from breaking. That works at one or two clients. The friction shows up around client three to five, when number provisioning, per-client billing, white-label portals, and call routing all multiply at once. The quiz checks which of these pieces you are carrying and shows what a single agency platform would replace, so you can decide whether the duct tape is still worth maintaining.

Why does client count change the recommended plan?

Because workspaces and included minutes scale with how many clients you serve, and paying for the wrong tier wastes money in both directions. Hermes Starter at $149 a month covers three workspaces and 300 included minutes — enough to get your first clients live without overbuying. Business at $399 covers seven workspaces and 1,000 minutes, which is the right size as you cross client three. Agency at $699 covers twenty workspaces and 2,000 minutes for an established roster. Past twenty clients you are into Pro, which is custom. The quiz takes the larger of your current and target client count so you are sized for where you are heading, not just where you are today. Overage is $0.24 a minute on every plan.

Is the quiz free, and does it store my answers?

It is free with no signup and no email gate. The whole thing runs client-side in your browser, so your client counts, spend, and growth answers are never sent to a Hermes server. When you change an answer, your selections are encoded into the page URL so you can copy a shareable link and a partner sees the exact same result — but that link lives only in your clipboard and wherever you paste it. We built this because operators waste hours arguing about stacks in Skool threads when a structured ten-question read settles it faster. If the quiz points you to Hermes and you want a platform that runs agents under your own brand from $149 a month, we are here. If it points you elsewhere, that is a fair answer too.

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AI voice agency stack diagnostic quiz.

Ten questions. One honest answer. Tell us your client count, budget, and growth, and get the right voice AI stack recommendation — the platform, the plan, and the tools you actually need.

How many clients are you running voice agents for right now?Where do you want to be in 12 months?What does your current stack look like?What do you spend on tools per month today?What engineering capacity do you have?Do you need to bring your own API keys (BYOK)?How much white-label do you need?How focused is your vertical?How much does transparent per-client billing matter?How fast are you trying to grow?

/ your recommended stack

Hermes Business is your fit.

Hermes Business

$399/mo

Based on your client count and where you want to be in a year, Business is the right tier. The Business plan covers 7 workspaces and 1,000 included minutes — the right size as you cross client #3. Overage runs $0.24/min on every plan, and your clients never see the word Hermes. The first agent is live in 72 hours.

/ what it replaces

Retell / VAPI for the voice engine
Stripe glue for per-client billing
Twilio for telephony and numbers
The developer who glues it all together

/ consolidation score70/100

High — tool sprawl is already costing you

If you later decide you must own raw API keys, this is not your platform — we manage them for you on purpose.

Your answers are encoded in the URL — send it to a partner and they see the same result.

how it works

How the quiz reads your stack.

Picking an AI voice agency stack is mostly a function of two things: how many clients you serve and how much glue you are willing to maintain. The quiz takes ten inputs and reduces them to a single recommendation built on two calculations. The first sizes the platform tier to your client count. The second scores how much your current tool sprawl is costing you, so you know whether to act now or wait.

Plan sizing uses the larger of your current and your twelve-month target client count, then maps it to Hermes tiers: Starter at $149 a month for one to three clients and 300 included minutes, Business at $399 for three to ten clients and 1,000 minutes, Agency at $699 for ten to twenty clients and 2,000 minutes, and Pro for anything past twenty. Sizing to where you are heading, not just where you are, keeps you from re-platforming in three months.

The consolidation score weighs the signals that predict pain: a stitched stack or a wrapper, high monthly spend, little engineering capacity, a need for full white-label, a need for live per-client billing, and fast growth. Each pushes the score up. Above 70 means the duct tape is already taxing you and a single platform pays back quickly. Below 40 means your setup is still simple enough that adding a platform may be early.

Two answers override everything. If you require bringing your own API keys, the quiz routes you to Retell or VAPI directly — Hermes manages keys for you by design and is the wrong fit for a BYOK mandate. And if you have no clients, no plan to add them, and slow growth, it tells you to sell one engagement before buying any infrastructure. The honest call is worth more than the sale.

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