LiveKit

Where LiveKit fits

LiveKit (livekit.io) is listed in our directory under voice infrastructure: speech, realtime-media and open-source building blocks behind voice agents.

Voice infrastructure covers the building blocks underneath voice agents: speech recognition and synthesis models, realtime media transport and open-source agent frameworks. Most buyers meet these vendors through the platform they build on.

Questions to ask voice infrastructure

Generic evaluation questions for this category — put them to LiveKit and to its peers.

1. Which models and languages are available, and how are they priced (per character, minute or hour)?
2. What streaming latency does the vendor document for realtime use?
3. Is the component open source, hosted, or both, and what does self-hosting require?
4. How does it integrate with telephony and with the orchestration layer you use?
5. What usage limits, data-retention terms and model-training policies apply?