Pick ElevenLabs if
podcast, product, and localization teams who need controllable multilingual speech.
Read the ElevenLabs pageElevenLabs vs LiveKit
Our take
Pick ElevenLabs if podcast, product, and localization teams who need controllable multilingual speech. 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 a second deploy and email support. Skip ElevenLabs if users who only want chat, or teams that cannot send scripts to a US-hosted voice API.
Best for
ElevenLabs TTS, voice cloning, or dubbing
LiveKit A voice or video agent with rooms, phones, and traces
Free plan
ElevenLabs $0 · , 10,000 credits
LiveKit $0 · you host the media server and the agent process
Lowest paid
ElevenLabs Starter $6/mo
LiveKit Ship $50/mo
Next step up
ElevenLabs Creator $22/mo
LiveKit Scale $500/mo
Coding agent
ElevenLabs Agents / dubbing / image-video
LiveKit Voice Agents
Runs where
ElevenLabs Hosted
LiveKit Hosted
Watch out
ElevenLabs Credits are not minutes
LiveKit Build $0 is not free tokens
Last checked
ElevenLabs 2026-10-19 · elevenlabs.io/pricing
LiveKit 2026-10-22 · livekit.io/pricing
Which one, then?
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 a second deploy and email support.
Read the LiveKit page