VOICE & AUDIO · ESSENTIAL
LiveKit
Open-source framework and cloud for building voice, video and physical AI agents.
What LiveKit does
Open-source framework and cloud for building voice, video and physical AI agents. Realtime infrastructure (WebRTC, telephony) plus the open-source Agents framework and LiveKit Cloud for deploying, observing and scaling voice agents. Billed with per-minute usage.
Good for
- Build phone/voice support or sales agents
- Add realtime voice AI to apps
- Run AI receptionists over telephony
Try this in 10 minutes
- Build phone/voice support or sales agents. Use the free plan: pick one real example from your own business and try just that.
- Add realtime voice AI to apps. Put the result next to how you do it today. Is it faster, cheaper or better?
- Run AI receptionists over telephony. Note what you had to fix by hand before you'd show it to a customer.
Mini-tasks based on common small-business uses for this tool.
Honest take
No red flags in our notes so far
- Infrastructure option if clients need custom voice agents beyond no-code tools.
Pricing
Build free $0/mo; Ship from $50/mo; Scale from $500/mo; usage e.g. agent session $0.01/min, telephony $0.01/min.
Prices as listed by the maker when we last checked (2026-10-18); usually in US dollars. Check the website for current prices.
Latest update
No major updates recorded since we added it.
Is LiveKit worth it? Quick answers
Is LiveKit worth it?
LiveKit is one of the tools we rate as essential to know about in the Voice & audio category. Infrastructure option if clients need custom voice agents beyond no-code tools. There is a free tier, so you can test it before paying.
How much does LiveKit cost?
Build free $0/mo; Ship from $50/mo; Scale from $500/mo; usage e.g. agent session $0.01/min, telephony $0.01/min.
What is LiveKit used for?
Open-source framework and cloud for building voice, video and physical AI agents. Typical uses: build phone/voice support or sales agents; add realtime voice AI to apps; run AI receptionists over telephony.