Vendor intelligence
Hermes
An agency operations layer bundling voice providers, client workspaces and billing.
Read the signals. Keep the scope.
A place in your stack.
Best for
- Agencies evaluating a managed bundle for a small client portfolio.
- Operators who prefer an integrated CRM and scheduling workflow.
Watch-outs
- The service is advertised as a private beta with public launch pending.
- Official pages disagree on overage: $0.21 versus $0.24/minute. Confirm the signed rate.
Product specification
What the evidence says.
Unknown means we have not established it. It does not mean No. Compliance claims require plan and contract review.
White label
Operator plans list multiple client workspaces and agency operation; access is private beta.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Client tenancy
Operator plans list multiple client workspaces and agency operation; access is private beta.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Client billing
Operators can use Stripe/ACH/custom invoicing; does not prove native usage-based rebilling automation or payment compliance.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)ISO 27001
Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.
No verified sourceBAA availability
No sufficiently scoped current claim or agreement was established. Absence of documentation is not a negative compliance finding.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)SIP
Current product and plan support for sip was not established by the reviewed official sources.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Warm transfer
Current product and plan support for warm Transfer was not established by the reviewed official sources.
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Current product and plan support for cold Transfer was not established by the reviewed official sources.
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Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.
No verified sourceMCP tools
Current product and plan support for mcp was not established by the reviewed official sources.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Webhooks
Outbound webhook notifications are advertised; payload/authentication details were not reviewed.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Calendar
Vendor advertises calendar/CRM sync, but connector ownership and implementation are not documented. Do not promote this to Native.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)CRM
Vendor advertises calendar/CRM sync, but connector ownership and implementation are not documented. Do not promote this to Native.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Bring your carrier
Current product and plan support for byo Telephony was not established by the reviewed official sources.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Bring your model
Selectable models or MCP management clients do not establish customer-hosted model support.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Bring your voice
Selectable built-in voices do not establish arbitrary customer TTS credentials or endpoints.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)HIPAA / BAA
No sufficiently scoped current claim or agreement was established. Absence of documentation is not a negative compliance finding.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)SOC 2
No sufficiently scoped current claim or agreement was established. Absence of documentation is not a negative compliance finding.
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DPA describes SCCs, processing roles and audit rights; not independent certification.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Languages
Current product and plan support for multilingual was not established by the reviewed official sources.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Voices
Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.
No verified sourceRealtime audio
Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.
No verified sourceVoice cloning
Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.
No verified sourceArchitecture & connections
Understand the moving parts.
STT
Provider options not established by current research
LLM
Runtime provider options not established by current research
TTS
Provider options not established by current research
TELEPHONY
Twilio · Retell / Vapi upstream
Integrations
Google Calendar · Microsoft Outlook · Cal.com · HubSpot sync · Stripe · Webhooks
Evidence you can inspect.
A documented feature, a supplier claim and an unanswered question are different kinds of evidence.
Evidence coverage details
- Strong-source resolved
- 17
- Vendor-claim only
- 22
- Conditional
- 3
- Other sourced outcomes
- 0
- Unknown after research
- 71
- Conflicting evidence
- 1
- Not applicable
- 0
- Not researched
- 0
Inspect detailed evidence, sources and research gaps
September 2026 remains the historical baseline. A new research date does not mean a feature launched that day. Unknown after research and not researched are separate states.
Official documentation establishes what the supplier documents. No paid calls, independent product benchmarks or compliance audits were performed in this research pass. Coverage measures research work, never product quality.
The operating decision.
Price structure
Monthly bundle
V3.3 evidence review · Starter private beta subscription; unresolved overage scope
Reviewed current public offer; retain original billing scope and units.
Human fallback
Unknown — no established fallback mode
No individually verified capability establishes this selection. Conditional support and vendor claims do not satisfy Strict Must-have.
Documented transfer is not a staffed human service. Verify who answers, when they answer and what happens if they do not.
Try it yourself
Unknown — no independently checked public demo entry is attached.
External signals
No dated external signal in this record. Missing evidence is not a negative review.
Underlying model context: the documented stack above does not establish an exact benchmark checkpoint or its deployed settings. Public model results cannot become a Hermes score.
Append-only price history
Every capture leaves a trace.
A new check creates a new snapshot. Deltas appear only for the same currency, unit, model and scope.
Tracked: $149 / month · Starter operator subscription; disputed overage rate
Tracked: $149 / month · V3.2 evidence review · Private beta; Starter
Tracked: $149 / month · V3.3 evidence review · Starter private beta subscription; unresolved overage scope
New research observations preserve earlier captures. “Evidence improved” records what we learned; it does not claim the market changed on that date. September 2026 is the historical baseline.
Price the actual workflow.
Complete cost cannot be established from this reference. Official overage rates conflict, messaging pass-through varies and beta account terms need confirmation. · A2P messaging pass-through and customer billing configuration vary
Carry the current source into your estimate, then enter the model, voice, carrier and fixed fees your configuration needs.
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Inspect the record.
Hermes operator pricingreviewed
Private-beta Starter is $149/month with three workspaces and 300 minutes; Business $399 with seven workspaces and 1,000 minutes; Agency $699 with ten workspaces and 1,650 minutes. This page lists $0.21/minute overage.
Inspect official source ↗Hermes integrationsunresolved
Hermes lists Retell/Vapi voice infrastructure, Twilio, calendars, its own CRM, HubSpot sync and outgoing webhooks. It explicitly says no BYOK. This page lists $0.24/minute overage, conflicting with its pricing page.
Inspect official source ↗Evidence describes documented scope, not a tested platform score. Unknown means a conclusion has not been established; API connectivity does not establish a native integration. Read our research methodology →
No verified affiliate enrollment or tracking link.
Partnership terms not verified.