Our take
Pick 100ms if realtime / edtech / telehealth teams who will stay inside 10,000 free conferencing minutes (plus 300 free recording minutes) while they open a first Prebuilt room, then pay $0.004 / min after the bucket (audio-like $0.0012 / min on the same tile). Pick LiveKit if voice teams who will burn Build for $0 (1,000 agent minutes, $2.50 inference credits, 1 free number) and only open Ship at $50 when they need
Best for
100ms A joinable room you start inside the free bucket
LiveKit A voice or video agent with rooms, phones, and traces
Free plan
100ms No free plan
LiveKit $0 · you host the media server and the agent process
Lowest paid
100ms Conferencing overage $0.004
LiveKit Ship $50/mo
Next step up
100ms Recording $0.0135
LiveKit Scale $500/mo
Coding agent
100ms
LiveKit Voice Agents
Runs where
100ms Hosted
LiveKit Hosted
Watch out
100ms Free is a minute bucket, not unlimited rooms
LiveKit Build $0 is not free tokens
Last checked
100ms 2026-10-23 · 100ms.live/pricing
LiveKit 2026-10-22 · livekit.io/pricing
realtime / edtech / telehealth teams who will stay inside 10,000 free conferencing minutes (plus 300 free recording minutes) while they open a first Prebuilt room, then pay $0.004 / min after the bucket (audio-like $0.0012 / min on the same tile).
Read the 100ms pagevoice teams who will burn Build for $0 (1,000 agent minutes, $2.50 inference credits, 1 free number) and only open Ship at $50 when they need a second deploy and email support.
Read the LiveKit page
