AI Infrastructure & MLOps Freemium

LiveKit

Open-source realtime framework for voice, video, and physical AI agents

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PricingFreemium
Starting price$50/mo
Free planYes
Free trialYes
APIYes
Open sourceYes
DeploymentHybrid
Last verifiedAugust 3, 2026
Overview

Tool overview

LiveKit is listed under AI Infrastructure & MLOps AI tools.

Summary

What is LiveKit?

LiveKit Agents is an Apache-2.0 framework for realtime voice, video, text, and physical AI agents. Python and Node.js programs join LiveKit rooms as participants, connect to major AI providers, handle interruptions and turn detection, and deploy to LiveKit Cloud or custom infrastructure.

Best fit

Best for

Developers building production realtime voice and multimodal agents

Audience

Who is it for?

Voice AI developersRealtime application teamsContact-center engineering groupsRobotics and interactive-media teams
Recommendation

Decision note

Accepted for Preview after independent V411 official-source research. Apply only after failures = 0, warnings = 0, unmapped = 0, and all proposed changes are reviewed.

Capabilities

Key features

Realtime voice, video, text, and vision agents

Python and Node.js SDKs with provider plugins

Turn detection, interruptions, tools, and multi-agent handoffs

Cloud deployment, observability, telephony, and self-hosting

Workflows

Use cases

Build customer-service voice agents

Add AI to telehealth sessions

Create realtime translation assistants

Power game NPCs and robotics interfaces

Strengths

Pros

  • Apache-2.0 open-source framework
  • Works with many model and speech providers
  • Supports cloud and self-hosted deployment
Considerations

Limitations

Latency and quality depend on selected providers and regions

Telephony, inference, and observability can add separate charges

Cost

Pricing details

Pricing modelFreemium
Starting price$50/mo
Free planYes
Free trialYes
Pricing context

Billing options

FreeMonthlyUsage-basedCustom enterprise
Pricing context

Pricing note

The open-source Agents framework is free. LiveKit Cloud Build is $0 per month, Ship is $50, Scale is $500, and Enterprise is custom. Agent sessions are metered, with 1,000 minutes included on Build and additional model, telephony, and observability charges depending on configuration.

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Compatibility

Supported languages

  • English
Connectivity

Integrations

Major LLM providers

STT and TTS providers

Telephony and SIP

Virtual avatars and realtime APIs

Specs

Technical details

PlatformsWeb
Multilingual supportUnknown
Login requiredUnknown
Open sourceYes
LicenseApache-2.0
DeploymentHybrid
CompanyLiveKit
Launch year2021
Models / versionsPython SDK Node.js SDK Agent Builder and LiveKit Inference
Editions / plansBuild Ship Scale Enterprise
Data confidenceHigh
Last verifiedAugust 3, 2026
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LiveKit Agents is an Apache-2.0 framework for realtime voice, video, text, and physical AI agents. Python and Node.js programs join LiveKit rooms as participants, connect to major AI providers, handle interruptions and turn detection, and deploy to LiveKit Cloud or custom infrastructure.
Developers building production realtime voice and multimodal agents
The listed pricing model for LiveKit is Freemium. Pricing can change, so users should verify the latest plan details on the official website.
Yes. The current profile indicates that a free trial is available.
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