Liveblocks

What it is for

Liveblocks is a realtime collab kit for people and agents: rooms sync presence and storage, Comments drop a thread on the canvas, and credits pay for minutes, comments, and files. Use it when the job is rooms you start at $0 (hard caps) or Pro at $30, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Liveblocks docs Comments thread (mentions, reactions, reply box) — not a pricing card. The thread chrome is ops of Comments.

Key features

• Sync — presence + Storage so two people (or agents) edit the same room without a merge step (pricing Realtime collaboration minutes / Storage). One room. Solo sessions cost $0 minutes. Storage updates are $1/1M on Pro after credits.
• Comments — threads, mentions, and reactions you drop on a document or canvas (Comments docs; cover). A thread, not a sync row. $0.01 per comment created on Pro after credits. Free includes 200.
• Notifications — collab events (mentions / replies) plus custom events you fire from code (pricing). A ping, not a thread. Collab notifications are unlimited; custom events are $0.005 each (Free includes 200).
• LiveFile — files and comment attachments stored with the room (pricing File storage). A blob, not a comment. $0.15/GB; Free includes 512 MB.
• LiveText — a collaborative text primitive they position as a Yjs alternative (Introducing LiveText). A text CRDT, not a comment thread. AI copilots sit on Comments / Sync, not as a sixth meter.

The dashboard usage page is ops. Credits (and the $30 Pro bundle) are the meter. The SDK is install. Self-host is an Enterprise add-on.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from liveblocks.io/pricing. Cloud is credits against published meters. Credits reset; they do not roll.

• Free — $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.
• Pro — $30/month or $25/month billed yearly. $30 credits. Same PAYG rates after credits: minutes $0.002, comments $0.01, storage updates $1/1M, stored data $0.15/GB, custom notifications $0.005, files $0.15/GB. Branding off. 3 seats. 30-day history.
• Team — from $600/month ($500 yearly) with $600 credits, then tiers $900 / $1,500 / $2,250 / $3,750. 10 seats then $10/seat. SSO, SOC 2, private Slack. 50 connections/room. 90-day history. HIPAA BAA add-on $350/month yearly.
• Enterprise — custom credits, multi-region, Management API, SCIM, 100 connections/room.

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Limitations / costs

• Free pauses at each meter cap and keeps the Liveblocks watermark.
• Credits do not roll. Pro is $30 plus PAYG after the bundle.
• A collab kit, not a support inbox. For an agent-facing helpdesk see Chatwoot. For fan-out product notifications see Novu.

Alternatives

• Novu — notification workflows + Inbox when you do not need a realtime room.
• Chatwoot — an open-source support inbox when the job is conversations with customers.
• Convex — a reactive TypeScript backend when you will store the document yourself.

Official tutorial

Official Liveblocks channel video: Introducing LiveText, an alternative to Yjs (oEmbed author: Liveblocks). First-party primitive launch; Comments walkthrough lives in the docs used as the cover.

Written path: liveblocks.io/pricing plus the Comments thread docs screenshot.

Website

https://liveblocks.io

Repository

https://github.com/liveblocks/liveblocks

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Liveblocks Comments thread. Dollars checked on liveblocks.io/pricing (Free $0 hard caps; Pro $30/$25 yr; Team from $600). Tutorial oEmbed author: Liveblocks.

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.