# ClawdTalk — Full Competitive Intelligence Report

**Scraped**: 2026-02-19
**Source**: clawdtalk.com (17 pages crawled via Playwright)
**Purpose**: Genesis competitive intelligence for Talking Widget / ReceptionistAI positioning

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## EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

ClawdTalk is a **Telnyx-owned product** (not an independent startup) that adds a voice calling layer on top of OpenClaw (Claude's text-based AI assistant platform). It is narrowly scoped: it only works with OpenClaw bots. It is NOT a general-purpose voice AI platform. It is NOT a B2B receptionist product. It is a developer tool for individuals who want to call their personal OpenClaw bot.

**Bottom line for Genesis**: ClawdTalk is NOT a direct competitor to Talking Widget / ReceptionistAI. It serves a completely different segment (individual developers calling their own bot) vs Genesis (businesses deploying AI receptionists for customers). The pricing is ultra-cheap because the use case is minimal.

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## 1. PRICING — COMPLETE BREAKDOWN

### Monthly Billing

| Tier | Price | Minutes | Texts | Own Number | Overages | Support |
|------|-------|---------|-------|-----------|---------|---------|
| **Free** | $0/forever | 10 min/mo | 100/mo | No (shared number) | No | Community only |
| **Starter** | $12/mo + $20 setup | 100 min/mo | 100/mo | Yes (own dedicated number) | No | AI support |
| **Pro** | $30/mo + $20 setup | 500 min/mo | 500/mo | Yes (own dedicated number) | Yes | Human support |

### Annual Billing (saves up to 30%)

| Tier | Annual Price | Monthly Equivalent | Savings vs Monthly |
|------|-------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| **Free** | $0 | $0 | — |
| **Starter** | $100/year | ~$8.33/mo | Save $44/yr |
| **Pro** | $250/year | ~$20.83/mo | Save $110/yr |

### One-Time Fees
- Phone number registration: **$20 setup fee** (applies to Starter and Pro)

### Overage Rates (Pro only — Starter has no overages, caps at limit)
- Calls: **$0.02/min** above 500 min
- Texts: **$0.01/message** above 500 messages

### Effective Cost Per Minute
- **Free**: $0/min (10 min/mo, no overages, shared number)
- **Starter**: $12/100 min = **$0.12/min effective** (monthly)
- **Pro at cap**: $30/500 min = **$0.06/min effective** (monthly)
- **Pro with overages**: $0.06/min at base, then $0.02/min overages
- **Annual Starter**: $100/1,200 min = **$0.083/min effective** (averaged annually)
- **Annual Pro**: $250/6,000 min = **$0.042/min effective** (averaged annually)

### What is NOT included in any tier
- No agency/white-label pricing
- No enterprise tier
- No unlimited plan
- No team/multi-user support (single user per account)
- No API access for external bots (only works with OpenClaw)
- No custom voices beyond Telnyx NaturalHD "walnut" (implied default)
- No Missions feature yet (Coming Soon on all tiers)
- No summaries (Starter), summaries Coming Soon on Pro
- No call recordings on Starter (Coming Soon), included on Pro

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## 2. FEATURES — COMPLETE LIST

### Core Features (All Tiers)
- Two-way calling: call your bot from phone, or bot calls you (inbound + outbound)
- Real-time speech-to-text transcription
- Text-to-speech responses (Telnyx NaturalHD voices)
- Full call transcripts
- Interruption support (`is_interruption: true` in webhook payload)
- Sequence tracking per call (`sequence` field in JSON)

### Security / Access Control
- PIN protection: set a PIN, enforced server-side, bcrypt hashed, 3 attempts limit
- Caller ID verification (free tier validates caller matches verified number)
- API key management (revoke/regenerate from dashboard)
- WebSocket connection is outbound from bot — NO public endpoint exposure needed

### Network / Infrastructure
- Persistent outbound WebSocket (works behind NAT, firewalls, VPNs, Docker)
- Telnyx private fiber backbone, direct carrier connections
- Claimed latency: **<100ms** for network layer
- Voice AI layer: **<200ms** sub-conversational latency (Telnyx AI Assistants)
- Claimed uptime: **99.999%**
- HD Voice codec: AMR-WB, 16kbps, wideband

### Per-Tier Feature Differences
| Feature | Free | Starter | Pro |
|---------|------|---------|-----|
| Dedicated number | No | Yes | Yes |
| Outbound to any number | No | No (verified only) | Yes |
| Call recordings | No | Coming Soon | Yes (full) |
| Call summaries | No | No | Coming Soon |
| Overages | No | No (hard cap) | Yes |
| Missions | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| Support | Community | AI | Human |

### Coming Soon (Not Yet Built)
- **Missions**: Referenced 6 times in pricing but undefined — likely agentic task execution via voice
- **Call recordings**: Coming to Starter
- **Summaries**: Coming to Pro
- These features appear to be in active development

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## 3. VOICE / AI STACK

### Voice Provider
- **100% Telnyx** — ClawdTalk is a Telnyx product. The entire stack is Telnyx infrastructure.
- Voice: Telnyx NaturalHD (same as Genesis uses — "walnut" is the example voice shown)
- STT: Telnyx real-time transcription
- TTS: Telnyx NaturalHD synthesis
- Demo voice name shown: `"walnut"` (Telnyx NaturalHD model)

### AI Model
- **Telnyx AI Assistants** for the real-time voice loop (not directly calling OpenAI/Anthropic/Google)
- The voice agent handles the call independently, using async tool calls to reach the Clawdbot
- Architecture: Voice agent (fast, Telnyx AI) → async tool call → Clawdbot (user's AI) → async response
- This means AI model latency is isolated from voice loop latency

### Latency Claims
- Network layer: `<100ms` (Telnyx private fiber)
- Voice AI loop: `<200ms` sub-conversational latency
- FAQ answer on latency: "The voice agent handles the call independently, so you get instant responses. When the AI Assistant needs to reach your Clawdbot, it uses async tool calls — your bot processes in the background while the voice agent keeps the conversation flowing naturally."

### Protocol / Integration
- WebSocket-based integration (persistent outbound WS from bot to ClawdTalk)
- Simple JSON schema for messages (see exact schema below)
- Bot receives: `{ event, call_id, text, timestamp, sequence, is_interruption }`
- Bot responds: `{ type: "response", call_id, text }`
- Four-step architecture: Phone call → ClawdTalk (STT) → WebSocket → Clawdbot → WebSocket → ClawdTalk (TTS) → Phone

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## 4. INTEGRATIONS

### What ClawdTalk Integrates With
- **OpenClaw ONLY** — this is hardwired. ClawdTalk is explicitly a skill/add-on for OpenClaw bots.
- No CRM integrations mentioned
- No website builder integrations
- No GHL/HubSpot/Salesforce
- No webhook to external endpoints beyond the WebSocket protocol
- No n8n/Zapier/Make
- No API for third-party bot connection (not a public API platform)

### What ClawdTalk Does NOT Integrate With
- Any non-OpenClaw AI bots (GPT, Claude, Gemini directly)
- Any business phone system
- Any website embed / widget
- Any CRM
- Any scheduling system
- Any external customer-facing scenario

### Authentication
- Google OAuth (sign-up via Google or email magic link)
- Infrastructure: AWS (US), Mailgun (transactional email), Google OAuth
- Data: All hosted on AWS in the United States

### API
- REST API for outbound calls: `POST /v1/calls { "to": "+15550123456456" }`
- WebSocket for real-time bidirectional communication
- API keys can be revoked/regenerated from dashboard
- No public API documentation page found (links to "OpenClaw Docs" which is the parent platform)

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## 5. COST COMPARISON: CLAWDTALK vs DIRECT TELNYX

### Direct Telnyx Cost (Genesis current stack)
Per the mission brief:
- WebRTC: $0.004/min
- STT: $0.0048/min
- TTS: $0.06/min
- **Total: ~$0.0688/min**

Note: This is the actual component-level cost. For a full Telnyx AI Assistants deployment (what ClawdTalk uses), the all-in rate includes AI Assistant usage which is higher.

### ClawdTalk Effective Cost Per Minute
| Plan | Monthly Cost | Minutes Included | Effective $/min |
|------|-------------|----------------|----------------|
| Free | $0 | 10 | $0.00 (capped at 10 min) |
| Starter monthly | $12 | 100 | $0.12/min |
| Starter annual | $8.33/mo | 100/mo | $0.083/min |
| Pro monthly | $30 | 500 | $0.06/min |
| Pro annual | $20.83/mo | 500/mo | $0.042/min |
| Pro overage | $30 base + $0.02/min over 500 | Unlimited | $0.02/min (overages only) |

### Break-Even Analysis: ClawdTalk vs Direct Telnyx

**At what minute volume does ClawdTalk become cheaper than direct Telnyx?**

Direct Telnyx = $0.0688/min (no monthly fee, pure pay-per-use)

For **Starter ($12/mo)**: Break-even at 12 / 0.0688 = **174 minutes/month**
- Below 174 min: Direct Telnyx is cheaper
- Above 174 min: ClawdTalk Starter is cheaper (but hard-capped at 100 min with no overages)
- **Verdict**: Starter never actually beats direct Telnyx for heavy users because it caps at 100 min

For **Pro ($30/mo)**: Break-even at 30 / 0.0688 = **436 minutes/month**
- Below 436 min: Direct Telnyx is cheaper
- Above 436 min: ClawdTalk Pro is cheaper (up to 500 min)
- Above 500 min: Pro overages = $0.02/min vs Telnyx $0.0688/min — ClawdTalk significantly cheaper for overages
- **Verdict**: Pro plan beats direct Telnyx only if you're using 436+ minutes/month AND want the infrastructure abstraction

### Real Genesis Comparison
For Talking Widget serving business clients at $197-$597/mo:
- Genesis direct Telnyx cost: ~$0.0688/min
- 500 min/mo per client = $34.40/mo in Telnyx costs
- Genesis margin: ($197 - $34.40) = **$162.60/client/mo** (82% margin)
- ClawdTalk is irrelevant to this calculation — it's a developer personal tool, not a B2B platform

**Key Insight**: ClawdTalk's pricing structure is designed for developers using 10-500 min/month for personal bot access — NOT for B2B deployments serving customer calls.

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## 6. UNIQUE FEATURES (What ClawdTalk Has That Genesis Would Need to Build)

### Already Built by ClawdTalk (Relevant to Genesis)
1. **Outbound WebSocket architecture** — bot connects out, no public endpoint needed. Genesis uses Telnyx AI Assistants which works similarly, but this is a clean pattern.
2. **PIN protection with bcrypt + attempt limits** — simple access control for shared numbers
3. **Call sequence tracking** with interruption flags in JSON payload
4. **Annual billing toggle** with live price switching in UI (clean UX pattern)
5. **Shared number + Caller ID verification** for free tier (no number cost)

### Things ClawdTalk Does NOT Have (Genesis Advantages)
1. No website widget / embeddable voice
2. No multi-tenant / agency management
3. No B2B customer-facing calls (only personal/developer use)
4. No CRM integration
5. No appointment booking
6. No multi-language support mentioned
7. No custom voice selection (walnut is hardcoded example)
8. No vertical-specific knowledge (tradies, medical, etc.)
9. No recording access on Starter
10. No Missions feature yet
11. No analytics dashboard (implied by missing features)
12. No Australian voice options mentioned (only US demo number shown: 301-MY-CLAWD)
13. No Australian numbers

### What ClawdTalk Does Better Than Generic DIY
1. **Zero public endpoint** — WebSocket outbound eliminates NAT/firewall issues
2. **Sub-200ms latency** via Telnyx AI Assistants separation from bot processing
3. **Simple JSON schema** — dead simple integration for any text-based bot

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## 7. WHITE LABEL / RESELLER

**None found.** Zero mention of:
- White-label program
- Reseller/agency tiers
- Partner program
- Revenue sharing
- Agency dashboard
- Multi-client management

ClawdTalk appears to be a single-user product with no B2B agency pathway. This is a significant competitive opening for Genesis.

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## 8. AGENCY PRICING

**None found.** There are only 3 tiers (Free, Starter, Pro) targeting individual developers. No:
- Agency tier
- Volume discounts for multiple clients
- Sub-account management
- Commission structure
- White-label options

**This is the biggest gap in ClawdTalk's model and Genesis's opportunity.**

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## 9. TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE (Deep Dive)

### Full Data Flow
```
User Phone Call
    → 301-MY-CLAWD (Telnyx number)
    → Telnyx AI Assistants (real-time voice agent, <200ms)
    → STT: audio → text transcript
    → WebSocket (outbound from bot): JSON payload sent to Clawdbot
    → Clawdbot processes text, returns text response
    → WebSocket: response JSON back to ClawdTalk
    → TTS: text → NaturalHD audio
    → Audio streamed back to caller
```

### JSON Schema (Exact, from scraped code)
Inbound to bot:
```json
{
  "event": "message",
  "call_id": "clk_7xK9mP",
  "text": "Hey, can you check my calendar for tomorrow?",
  "timestamp": "2025-02-01T19:58:00Z",
  "sequence": 1,
  "is_interruption": false
}
```

Outbound from bot:
```json
{
  "type": "response",
  "call_id": "clk_7xK9mP",
  "text": "You have 3 meetings tomorrow."
}
```

### Infrastructure Stack
- Hosting: AWS (United States)
- Auth: Google OAuth + email magic link (Mailgun)
- Voice: Telnyx NaturalHD
- HD Codec: AMR-WB, 16kbps wideband
- Connection: Persistent outbound WebSocket

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## 10. COMPETITIVE POSITIONING LANGUAGE (Verbatim)

### How They Position Against Twilio (from FAQ)
> "Twilio gives you telephony primitives. You still need to spin up a WebSocket server, pipe raw audio to a speech-to-text service, route text to your bot, send the response to a text-to-speech service, and stream audio back. That's 3-4 services and a publicly deployed server just to say 'hello.' ClawdTalk skips all of that. Your bot receives text, returns text. We handle the number, the audio, the transcription, and the synthesis."

### Tagline
- "Give Your Clawdbot a Voice."
- "Stop typing. Start talking."
- "Your bot handles text. We handle voice."
- "No PhD in telephony required."
- "Free means free. No credit card. No 'trial expires in 14 days.'"

### Use Cases Shown on Site
1. **Dev**: Deploy pipeline status → rollback command
2. **Health**: Oura sleep score → calendar move
3. **Shopping**: Tesco grocery order + delivery booking
4. **Home**: Smart home control (lights, thermostat, door lock)

All use cases are **personal/individual** — NOT business customer service.

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## 11. LEGAL / COMPLIANCE

- Copyright: "© 2026 Telnyx. All rights reserved." — confirmed Telnyx product
- Governing law: State of Texas, United States
- Privacy contact: privacy@telnyx.com
- Legal contact: legal@telnyx.com
- Last updated: February 4, 2026
- Data retention: Account info retained while active. Call metadata retained. Audio NOT stored after call ends.
- Age requirement: 18+
- US phone compliance: SMS opt-in via "text CLAWD to 25293"

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## 12. STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE FOR GENESIS

### Where ClawdTalk Wins
- Simplicity: 4-step setup, zero server required
- Price: Extremely cheap for developers ($12/mo)
- Telnyx backing: Same infrastructure quality as Genesis, zero abstraction penalty
- WebSocket outbound pattern: Clean, no public endpoint needed

### Where Genesis Wins (Massive Gaps)
1. **B2B target market**: Genesis serves businesses. ClawdTalk serves individual developers only.
2. **Agency model**: Genesis has 30% partner commissions. ClawdTalk has zero agency pathway.
3. **Australian market**: ClawdTalk is US-focused (301 area code). Genesis has Australian Telnyx numbers + eucalyptus voice.
4. **Vertical knowledge**: Genesis has tradie scripts, medical knowledge, business context. ClawdTalk is context-free.
5. **Customer-facing**: Genesis deploys for incoming customer calls. ClawdTalk is outgoing owner-only calls.
6. **Widget embed**: Genesis Talking Widget embeds on websites. ClawdTalk has no web embed.
7. **CRM integration**: Genesis plans GHL integration. ClawdTalk has none.
8. **Multi-tenant**: Genesis manages hundreds of clients. ClawdTalk is single-user.

### Pricing Positioning Insight
ClawdTalk's $12-30/mo pricing for PERSONAL use contrasts sharply with Genesis's $197-597/mo for BUSINESS use. The products are not comparable — Genesis should NOT try to compete on price. Genesis is selling business outcomes (replace a receptionist worth $50K/yr), not developer tools.

### What Genesis Can Legitimately Borrow
1. The "outbound WebSocket" pattern (avoids public endpoint exposure) — useful for Genesis agent deployments
2. The PIN protection concept — simple auth for shared lines
3. The "async tool call" separation pattern (voice agent stays fast while heavy AI runs in background) — Genesis already does this with Telnyx AI Assistants

### The Key Insight
ClawdTalk is a Telnyx marketing product designed to drive developers into the Telnyx ecosystem. It is not competing in the business voice AI market. Genesis is competing in the business voice AI market. These are parallel tracks, not head-to-head.

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## DATA SOURCES

All data scraped live from clawdtalk.com on 2026-02-19 via Playwright headless Chrome.

Pages scraped:
- `https://clawdtalk.com` (homepage, 6,697 chars)
- `https://clawdtalk.com/#pricing` (pricing section, fully rendered)
- `https://clawdtalk.com/#features` (features section)
- `https://clawdtalk.com/#how-it-works` (architecture section)
- `https://clawdtalk.com/#faq` (all 6 FAQ answers expanded)
- `https://clawdtalk.com/privacy.html` (privacy policy, 3,018 chars)
- `https://clawdtalk.com/terms.html` (terms of service, 3,820 chars)
- `https://clawdtalk.com/signup.html` (signup page)
- `https://clawdtalk.com/login.html` (login page)
- Plus 7 subpage anchors confirming single-page app structure

Annual pricing confirmed by clicking billing toggle and extracting live DOM state.
FAQ answers confirmed by clicking `<details>` accordions and reading `.faq-answer` elements.

Raw scraped JSON: `/tmp/clawdtalk_full.json`
Screenshots saved to: `/tmp/clawdtalk_home.png`, `/tmp/clawdtalk_pricing.png`, etc.
