Pricing
Three ways to go LiveKit
Fully managed real-time infrastructure. The fastest path to production for developers and teams.
Real-time
Egress/Ingress
99.99% uptime
Millions of participants in a single session
Global distribution across 10 data centers
Aggregate analytics
Real-time session telemetry
Support SLAs
SOC2 Type II and GDPR compliance
50GB of free monthly bandwidth
LiveKit Cloud with extra bells and whistles. For teams scaling up or seeking more control.
Real-time
Egress/Ingress
All LiveKit Cloud features
Region pinning or exclusion
HIPAA compliance (including signed BAA)
SAML SSO
Role-based access
Multi-project organizations
LiveKit Cloud in your cloud. For teams seeking full control and/or additional compliance.
Mesh edge network architecture
Automatic failover system design
Millions of participants in a single session
Region pinning or exclusion
Build and deployment automation
Grafana observability stack
Support SLAs
LiveKit Open Source
Our open source real-time stack with all core features, available for free.
Features included across the board:
UI components
Create custom UI on mobile or web with pre-built component libraries.
Adaptive stream
Automatically optimize video based on network and UI state to save bandwidth.
Selective subscriptions
Build breakout rooms or spatial interfaces using dynamic subscriptions to streams.
Track-level permissions
Control which participants can publish or access individual media tracks.
File and stream import
Import and stream media directly from files, URLs, or studio software like OBS.
Server-side participants
Process, manipulate, and synthesize tracks on the backend with server-side WebRTC SDKs.
Auto-scaling real-time sessions
Open source SDKs
JWT-Based authentication
VP9 and AV1 multi-codec simulcast
Session recording and export
Multistream to YouTube, Twitch or TikTok
End-to-end encryption
Data channels and messages
And more!
Interested in support plans?
We offer customized plans including SLAs, shared Slack channels, and solutions engineers. Contact us to learn more.
Contact usA revolutionary pricing model
Pay for resource usage instead of every minute a user spends in your app.
Real-time
Real-time audio and video
$0.18
PER GB
Egress
Recording and composition
$0.02
PER MINUTE
Ingress
Stream and file ingestion
$0.02
PER MINUTE
Flexible to your use case
Transmit 240p video? Pay for 240p video.
Send just audio? Only pay for audio.
No lock-in
Self-host LiveKit at any time without changing a line of code.
Make your margins work
Finally build products where your real-time infra costs less than your revenue.
As you scale up, our price goes down.
The more data you transfer each month, the less we charge you for bandwidth. Discounts are automatically applied.
More affordable across every use case.
We only win when you win. Our resource-based pricing enables use cases that were prohibitively expensive with the per-minute model.
Conferencing
Livestreaming
Robotics
Audio-only
LiveKit
$182.25
Competition
$240.00
LiveKit
$2.20
Competition
$5.76
LiveKit
$0.11
Competition
$0.48
$182.25
$240.00
$2.20
$5.76
$0.11
$0.48
FAQ
Which LiveKit option is right for me?
What is LiveKit Cloud Plus?
Can I try LiveKit Cloud for free?
How does the LiveKit Cloud free tier work?
Can I try LiveKit Cloud without a credit card?
Why do you meter resources used instead of per minute?
I'm considering switching from another provider, how do I calculate how much I'll pay?
Can I get a get a lower price-per-gigabyte?
Do you provide discounts on Egress or Ingress?
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LiveKit Cloud is a cloud real-time platform and the fastest way to prototype and ship to production.