Agora Conversational AI Engine vs LiveKit Agents
How the two platforms compare on pricing, live demos, calls, integrations, and setup — highlighted where they differ.
Developer API
Agora Conversational AI Engine
Realtime conversational infrastructure for low-latency voice agents in apps, devices, phone experiences, and avatar interfaces.
Developer API
LiveKit Agents
Open-source framework and managed cloud runtime for building and deploying realtime voice agents.
Highlighted rows differ between these picks
| Attribute | Agora Conversational AI Engine | LiveKit Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Platform type | Developer API | Developer API |
| Pricing | Usage Based pricing Usage-based realtime media, conversational AI, model, and optional service costs | Usage Based pricing LiveKit Cloud usage plus selected models, telephony, and optional services |
| Test it | Open live demo | Free trial |
| Calls | — | Inbound, Outbound |
| Human handoff | Yes | Yes |
| Setup difficulty | Technical | Technical |
| Use cases | Custom Voice Apps Education Customer Support Interactive Entertainment | Custom Voice Apps Customer Support Telephony Agents Multimodal Assistants |
| Useful for |
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| Integrations | ||
| Agora RTC | — | |
| Speech providers | — | |
| LLMs | — | |
| TTS providers | — | |
| Virtual avatars | — | |
| Custom applications | — | |
| WebRTC | — | |
| SIP | — | |
| Twilio | — | |
| Telnyx | — | |
| +4 more across these tools — see each profile for the full list. | ||
Platform type
- Agora Conversational AI Engine
- Developer API
- LiveKit Agents
- Developer API
Pricing
- Agora Conversational AI Engine
Usage Based pricing
Usage-based realtime media, conversational AI, model, and optional service costs
- LiveKit Agents
Usage Based pricing
LiveKit Cloud usage plus selected models, telephony, and optional services
Test it
- Agora Conversational AI Engine
- Open live demo
- LiveKit Agents
- Free trial
Calls
- Agora Conversational AI Engine
- —
- LiveKit Agents
- Inbound, Outbound
Human handoff
- Agora Conversational AI Engine
- Yes
- LiveKit Agents
- Yes
Setup difficulty
- Agora Conversational AI Engine
- Technical
- LiveKit Agents
- Technical
Use cases
- Agora Conversational AI Engine
- Custom Voice AppsEducationCustomer SupportInteractive Entertainment
- LiveKit Agents
- Custom Voice AppsCustomer SupportTelephony AgentsMultimodal Assistants
Useful for
- Agora Conversational AI Engine
- • Realtime application developers
- • Global voice experiences
- • Multimodal and avatar agents
- • Provider-flexible architectures
- LiveKit Agents
- • Developer teams
- • Realtime multimodal apps
- • Bring-your-own model stacks
- • Cloud or self-hosted agents
Integrations
| Agora Conversational AI Engine | LiveKit Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| Agora RTC | — | |
| Speech providers | — | |
| LLMs | — | |
| TTS providers | — | |
| Virtual avatars | — | |
| Custom applications | — | |
| WebRTC | — | |
| SIP | — | |
| Twilio | — | |
| Telnyx | — |
+4 more across these tools — see each profile for the full list.
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