Vapi vs LiveKit Agents pricing
Voice agents: Vapi from $0.05 vs LiveKit Agents from $0.01.
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Voice agent platforms: Vapi vs LiveKit Agents
LiveKit Agents has the lower listed Voice agents price: $0.01 per minute (Agent session (platform only)) vs $0.05 for Vapi (Vapi hosting fee (platform only)), about 80% less.
| 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 |
| Vapi Try Vapi ↗ | Vapi hosting fee (platform only) Pay as you go Platform fee only Platform fee only. STT, LLM, TTS and telephony are passed through at cost on top. | $0.05 |
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What it costs at volume (lowest listed rate)
| Minutes | Vapi | LiveKit Agents |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 min | $50.00 | $10.00 |
| 10,000 min | $500.00 | $100.00 |
| 100,000 min | $5,000.00 | $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 Vapi 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 $0.05 for Vapi (Vapi hosting fee (platform only)), about 80% less. Prices checked Oct 28, 2026.
How often are these prices updated?
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