Our take
Pick Liveblocks if product teams who will stay on Free $0 (3,000 collab minutes, 200 comments, Liveblocks watermark, no card) while they drop Comments on a canvas, then buy Pro at $30/month ($30 credits, branding off) when they ship. Pick Polar if indie / small product teams who will stay on Starter Free $0 (5% + 50¢, no Polar monthly fee) while they sell a first SKU, then buy Pro at $20/month when sales pass the
realtime collab kit for people and agents
Best for
Liveblocks Rooms you start at $0 (hard caps) or Pro at $30
Polar Selling software you start on Starter at $0 (5% + 50¢)
Free plan
Liveblocks $0 · no card. Hard caps: 3,000 collab minutes, 200 comments, 3M storage updates, 1 GB realtime data, 512 MB files, 200 custom notification events. 10 projects. 3 seats. 10 connections/room. 24-hour version history. Liveblocks branding required. Feature pauses at the cap
Polar $0 · /month. 5% + 50¢ per transaction. Standard support. New orgs on or after 27 May 2026 start here
Lowest paid
Liveblocks Pro $30/mo yearly
Polar Payouts $2/mo
Next step up
Liveblocks
Polar Extras $15
Coding agent
Liveblocks Sync
Polar
Watch out
Liveblocks Free pauses at each meter cap
Polar Starter is 5% + 50¢
Last checked
Liveblocks 2026-10-22 · liveblocks.io/pricing
Polar 2026-10-22 · polar.sh/resources/pricing
product teams who will stay on Free $0 (3,000 collab minutes, 200 comments, Liveblocks watermark, no card) while they drop Comments on a canvas, then buy Pro at $30/month ($30 credits, branding off) when they ship.
Read the Liveblocks pageindie / small product teams who will stay on Starter Free $0 (5% + 50¢, no Polar monthly fee) while they sell a first SKU, then buy Pro at $20/month when sales pass the ~$1,379/month breakeven and they want 3.8% + 40¢.
Read the Polar page