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Paid plans start at $50/mo. There's also a free plan.
LiveKit has a free Build plan and paid Cloud plans from $50 per month for Ship; Scale is $500 per month, while Enterprise pricing is custom. Build includes 1,000 agent session minutes and five concurrent sessions, but production usage can add charges for sessions, models, recordings, observability and telephony. Ship and Scale charge $0.01 per minute above their included session-minute allowances. The pricing page lists monthly prices only; annual rates are not published.
01Every plan, line by line
| Plan | Billed annually | Billed monthly | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build | — | $0 | Starting a voice or video agent |
| Ship | — | $50 | Shipping agents to real users |
| Scale | — | $500 | Scaling apps and global reach |
| Enterprise | — | Quote | Teams needing custom support |
Add-ons and overages
- Agent session overage: $0.01/min on Ship and Scale.
- Voice isolation overage: $0.0012/min on Ship and Scale.
- Private links: $50 each plus $0.10/GB bandwidth; Scale limit is 3 per project per region.
- Inference credits beyond included amounts are billed at model prices; Scale includes discounted model prices.
- Audio turn detection: $0.50 per 1,000 requests where charged.
- Adaptive interruption: $1.20 per 1,000 requests where charged.
- Agent recordings: $0.005/min over included amounts on Ship and Scale.
- Observability events: $0.00003 per entry over included amounts on Ship and Scale.
- Text simulations: $0.02/turn; audio simulations: $0.05/turn.
- US local numbers: $1.00/month per number after the included number; toll-free numbers: $2.00/month per number on Ship and Scale.
- US local inbound minutes: $0.01/min over included amounts on Ship and Scale; toll-free inbound minutes: $0.02/min on Ship and Scale.
- Third-party SIP minutes: $0.004/min over Ship allowance; $0.003/min over Scale allowance.
- Twilio and WhatsApp connectors: Ship $0.004/min; Scale $0.003/min.
- WebRTC minutes: Ship $0.0005/min over allowance; Scale $0.0004/min over allowance.
- Other model usage has per-minute prices listed in the pricing calculator; rates vary by model and plan.
02What the plan grid doesn't tell you
Session-minute overages
Ship includes 5,000 minutes and Scale 50,000; both charge $0.01 per minute above that allowance.
Inference beyond credits
Ship includes $5 in inference credits and Scale $50; extra usage is billed at model-specific rates that vary by model and plan.
Telephony and SIP
Over included amounts, US inbound is $0.01/minute and toll-free inbound $0.02/minute on Ship and Scale. SIP and connector minutes have separate rates.
Other metered usage
Over allowances, recordings cost $0.005/minute and observability $0.00003/entry. Text simulations cost $0.02/turn; audio simulations cost $0.05/turn.
03Which plan should you buy?
| If you are… | Get | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Testing an agent | Build | Free, with 1,000 session minutes, five concurrent sessions, one deployment, and $2.50 in inference credits. |
| Launching with real users | Ship | Costs $50/month and includes 5,000 session minutes, 20 concurrent sessions, two deployments, and $5 in inference credits. |
| Scaling usage and reach | Scale | Costs $500/month and includes 50,000 session minutes, up to 600 concurrent sessions, four deployments, and $50 in inference credits. |
04Is LiveKit worth the money?
LiveKit pairs an open-source agent framework with a hosted real-time platform. Build offers a no-charge entry point, but its 1,000 session minutes, five concurrent sessions and one deployment are clear limits. Ship at $50/month includes more capacity, not unlimited use: model and telephony charges can sit on top. Scale raises included limits but still meters overages. Compare Cloud pricing with self-hosting only after accounting for infrastructure and engineering costs, which are not published here.
LiveKit pricing FAQ
Is LiveKit free or paid?
Both. Build costs $0 per month and includes 1,000 agent session minutes, five concurrent sessions, one deployment, $2.50 in inference credits and one free US local number. Ship starts at $50/month and Scale at $500/month; Enterprise pricing is custom. The pricing page lists monthly prices, not annual rates.
How much does LiveKit Inference cost?
LiveKit does not publish one flat inference rate. Build includes $2.50 in inference credits, Ship $5, and Scale $50; usage beyond credits is billed at model prices that vary by model and plan. Scale includes discounted model prices. Audio turn detection and adaptive interruption may also be charged separately where applicable.
Can LiveKit be self-hosted?
LiveKit describes its agent framework as open-source, but the pricing information here does not specify self-hosting steps, infrastructure requirements or a self-hosted price. Build, Ship and Scale are LiveKit Cloud plans. Treat Cloud pricing and any self-hosting costs as separate questions; infrastructure costs are not published in this pricing information.
Does ChatGPT use LiveKit?
The published LiveKit pricing and product information does not say whether ChatGPT uses LiveKit, so we cannot confirm that relationship. LiveKit lets developers customize model choices and offers access to language, speech-to-text and text-to-speech models. Those features do not establish ChatGPT as a user or integration.