LiveKit Agents vs Vapi
How the two platforms compare on pricing, live demos, calls, integrations, and setup — highlighted where they differ.
Developer API
LiveKit Agents
Open-source framework and managed cloud runtime for building and deploying realtime voice agents.
Developer API
Vapi
Developer-oriented voice agent platform for building phone agents with custom workflows and integrations.
Highlighted rows differ between these picks
| Attribute | LiveKit Agents | Vapi |
|---|---|---|
| Platform type | Developer API | Developer API |
| Pricing | Usage Based pricing LiveKit Cloud usage plus selected models, telephony, and optional services | $0.13-$0.33/min $0.05/min hosting + provider costs |
| Test it | Free trial | Free trial |
| Calls | Inbound, Outbound | Inbound, Outbound |
| Human handoff | Yes | Yes |
| Setup difficulty | Technical | Technical |
| Use cases | Custom Voice Apps Customer Support Telephony Agents Multimodal Assistants | Customer Support Appointment Scheduling Lead Qualification Outbound Calling |
| Useful for |
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| Integrations | ||
| Twilio | ||
| WebRTC | — | |
| SIP | — | |
| Telnyx | — | |
| Exotel | — | |
| OpenAI | — | |
| Deepgram | — | |
| Custom models | — | |
| Zapier | — | |
| Custom API | — | |
| +2 more across these tools — see each profile for the full list. | ||
Platform type
- LiveKit Agents
- Developer API
- Vapi
- Developer API
Pricing
- LiveKit Agents
Usage Based pricing
LiveKit Cloud usage plus selected models, telephony, and optional services
- Vapi
$0.13-$0.33/min
$0.05/min hosting + provider costs
Test it
- LiveKit Agents
- Free trial
- Vapi
- Free trial
Calls
- LiveKit Agents
- Inbound, Outbound
- Vapi
- Inbound, Outbound
Human handoff
- LiveKit Agents
- Yes
- Vapi
- Yes
Setup difficulty
- LiveKit Agents
- Technical
- Vapi
- Technical
Use cases
- LiveKit Agents
- Custom Voice AppsCustomer SupportTelephony AgentsMultimodal Assistants
- Vapi
- Customer SupportAppointment SchedulingLead QualificationOutbound Calling
Useful for
- LiveKit Agents
- • Developer teams
- • Realtime multimodal apps
- • Bring-your-own model stacks
- • Cloud or self-hosted agents
- Vapi
- • Developer teams
- • Custom call workflows
- • Voice AI prototypes
Integrations
| LiveKit Agents | Vapi | |
|---|---|---|
| Twilio | ||
| WebRTC | — | |
| SIP | — | |
| Telnyx | — | |
| Exotel | — | |
| OpenAI | — | |
| Deepgram | — | |
| Custom models | — | |
| Zapier | — | |
| Custom API | — |
+2 more across these tools — see each profile for the full list.
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