Deepgram vs LiveKit Agents pricing
Voice agents: Deepgram from $0.075 vs LiveKit Agents from $0.01.
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Voice agent platforms: Deepgram vs LiveKit Agents
LiveKit Agents has the lower listed Voice agents price: $0.01 per minute (Agent session (platform only)) vs $0.075 for Deepgram (Voice Agent API, Standard), about 87% less.
Not apples to apples: Deepgram's rate is bundled models while LiveKit Agents's is platform fee only. Use the calculator below to add speech, LLM and telephony costs.
| Vendor | Product / tier | $/min |
|---|---|---|
| LiveKit Agents Visit site ↗ | Agent session (platform only) Platform fee only Agent hosting only. STT/LLM/TTS inference and telephony billed separately. | $0.01 |
| Deepgram Visit site ↗ | Voice Agent API, Standard Pay as you go Bundled models Bundled STT + LLM + TTS agent tier. | $0.075 |
What it costs at volume (lowest listed rate)
| Minutes | Deepgram | LiveKit Agents |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 min | $75.00 | $10.00 |
| 10,000 min | $750.00 | $100.00 |
| 100,000 min | $7,500.00 | $1,000.00 |
Cost-per-call calculator
Estimate what one call really costs. Prices come from today's table; LLM and telephony presets are per-minute rates published by Retell and Vapi. Everything is editable.
Cartesia's pricing page puts one minute of speech at 750–800 characters; Rime says about 1,000. The talk share is your own guess at how much of each call the agent is speaking.
FAQ
Is Deepgram or LiveKit Agents cheaper for voice agent platforms?
LiveKit Agents has the lower listed Voice agents price: $0.01 per minute (Agent session (platform only)) vs $0.075 for Deepgram (Voice Agent API, Standard), about 87% less. Prices checked Oct 28, 2026.
How often are these prices updated?
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