Does LiveKit have a free tier or trial?

Free-tier availability for LiveKit isn't confirmed in our tracker yet. Check the vendor pricing page for the current usage allowance.

Is LiveKit priced per seat or per usage?

LiveKit is priced hybrid: a fixed subscription from $50/month plus metered usage billed per minute. Your bill moves with consumption, not headcount.

How does LiveKit pricing compare to alternatives?

See side-by-side comparisons with Just need transcription on saaspricehub.io. Note that LiveKit bills on usage, so total cost depends on volume rather than seat count — normalise both tools to your expected monthly usage before comparing.

Has LiveKit changed its pricing recently?

No pricing changes recorded in the last 6 months of tracking.

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Voice Agents & Speech/AudioPublicPrices verified September 20, 2026

LiveKit

LiveKit · Voice Agents & Speech/Audio

Open-source real-time audio/video infrastructure. LiveKit powers WebRTC for voice, video, and AI agent applications. Cloud pricing: Free tier (100 max concurrent participants, 10K minutes/mo), Build $50/mo (500 participants, 150K minutes), Ship $500/mo (3K participants, 1.5M minutes), Enterprise custom. Self-hosted is fully free (Apache 2.0). LiveKit Agents framework powers voice AI at OpenAI (ChatGPT Advanced Voice), Character.ai, and many voice startups.

In other words, LiveKit is worth it for developers building real-time voice or video features into their products — voice AI agents, video conferencing, live streams. Self-hosted is a serious option (Apache 2.0). Cloud tiers scale predictably: Build ($50/mo) covers early product; Ship ($500/mo) scales to consumer-app volumes. Powers ChatGPT Voice which is a strong endorsement. Downside: it's plumbing — you still need to build the AI logic on top.

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Pricing summary

Starting price

$50/mo

Pricing model

Hybrid

Per user / per month

Key limit

Varies by plan

Depends on tier

Additional fees

Varies

2026-09-20 auto-check: TIER-NAME CORRECTION (no price movement). Price points $0 / $50 / $500 all confirmed unchanged, but the labels were off by one in our record: 'Build' is the FREE cloud tier, 'Ship' is $50/mo, and 'Scale' is $500/mo. We previously had Build=$50 and Ship=$500, with no Scale tier. Entry paid tier remains $50/mo, 0% delta. Sources agreeing: livekit.com/pricing.md, trtc.io/blog/details/livekit-pricing-2026, cekura.ai/blogs/livekit-pricing. Compliance features (HIPAA BAA, SOC 2 Type II, data residency) are Scale-tier minimum. Cloud is metered above allotments. Baseline snapshots written under the CORRECTED tier names so future history tracks the right plans.

Free trial

Not applicable

Pricing verified for United States.View full pricing details on LiveKit's website

Machine-readable pricing: pricing.md ↓

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Alternatives to consider

Just need transcription (no real-time voice)? AssemblyAI or Deepgram. Building a voice agent (not the transport)? Vapi or Retell abstract LiveKit for you. Building a video-conferencing product? Daily or 100ms compete.

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Plan	Monthly	Annual	Key limit
Self-hosted	Free	Free	free, Apache 2.0
Build	Free	Free	free cloud tier, 1,000 agent-session min + 5,000 WebRTC min + $2.50 inference credits/mo, no card required
ShipEntry tier	$50	$50	5,000 agent minutes included, then metered overage ($0.01/agent min)
Scale	$500	$500	50,000 agent minutes, HIPAA BAA + SOC 2 Type II + regional data residency
Enterprise	Custom	Custom	volume + dedicated infra

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Price history

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Common questions about LiveKit

Is LiveKit worth it?: LiveKit is worth it for developers building real-time voice or video features into their products — voice AI agents, video conferencing, live streams. 0).
What are the pricing tiers of LiveKit?: LiveKit has 5 plans: Self-hosted (free), Build (free), Ship ($50/mo), Scale ($500/mo), Enterprise (custom).
How is LiveKit priced — per usage or subscription?: LiveKit is priced hybrid. You pay a fixed subscription plus metered usage on top.

Frequently asked questions

About LiveKit pricing.

LiveKit charges $50/month fixed on its Ship tier, plus metered usage on top. The Ship tier includes 5,000 agent minutes included, then metered overage ($0.01/agent min). Real all-in cost may be higher depending on downstream models, telephony, or storage — see the full pricing breakdown on this page.