LiveKit Pricing

freemiumopen source · Apache 2.0last verified August 26, 2026official site ↗

Plan	Price	Notes
Open Sourceofficial source ↗	$0checked 2026-08-26	Apache 2.0 self-hosted WebRTC SFU with unlimited self-managed capacity
Buildofficial source ↗	$0checked 2026-08-26	Free prototyping allowance, 100 GB egress, managed cloud infrastructure
Shipofficial source ↗	USD 50/monthchecked 2026-08-26	Production cloud applications, included usage credits, standard support
Scaleofficial source ↗	USD 500/monthchecked 2026-08-26	Growth workloads, volume discounts, advanced metrics, HIPAA compliance
Enterpriseofficial source ↗	Customchecked 2026-08-26	Custom high-volume capacity, 99.99% uptime SLA, dedicated support engineers

structured from cited official pricing sources: “LiveKit is open source under Apache 2.0 for self-hosting. LiveKit Cloud offers a free Build tier, the Ship plan starting at $50/month, the Scale plan at $500/month, and custom Enterprise contracts with usage-based billing.”

Self-hosting cost

LiveKit is open source under the Apache 2.0 license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage. Any hosted, managed, or API plans remain separately priced.

Free & cheaper Agent Frameworks

same category, free plan or open-source license

Grok BotPer cursor.com/pricing, Grok Bot is included on Cursor Premium ($30/month), Super ($100/month), Ultra ($200/month), Teams (from $30/user/month) and Enterprise (custom); it is not included on Free or Plus.Latitudeopen sourceLatitude is an open-source AI agent observability and evaluation platform under the MIT license. It offers a free self-hosted edition and a free cloud Starter tier (20,000 credits/mo), alongside a Pro plan at $99/month for growing teams and custom Enterprise pricing.Judgevalopen sourceJudgeval is an open-source Python SDK (Apache-2.0) for AI agent evaluation and tracing. Judgment Labs offers hosted enterprise agent behavior monitoring and evaluation platform access via custom quotes.Mem0open sourceOpen-source core (Apache-2.0) with $0 self-hosting. Mem0 Cloud Free includes 10k memories and 1k retrieval calls/month. Starter is $19/mo for 50k memories and 5k retrievals. Pro ($99-$249/mo) unlocks Graph Memory (Mem0ᵍ), memory consolidation, and 500k memories with 50k retrievals. Enterprise provides custom pricing for VPC/on-premise deployment, SOC 2/HIPAA compliance, SAML SSO, and 24/7 SLA.

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FAQ

How much does LiveKit cost?

LiveKit is open source under Apache 2.0 for self-hosting. LiveKit Cloud offers a free Build tier, the Ship plan starting at $50/month, the Scale plan at $500/month, and custom Enterprise contracts with usage-based billing. Paid pricing starts at $50/month.

Does LiveKit have a free plan?

Yes — LiveKit has a free plan alongside its paid tiers.

Can you self-host LiveKit for free?

What are free or cheaper LiveKit alternatives?

Grok Bot, Latitude, Judgeval are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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