LiveKit Agents vs Pipecat
A side-by-side view built only from each listing. Prices change, so check the source links.
| LiveKit Agents | Pipecat | |
|---|---|---|
| Good at | Open-source framework and cloud for realtime voice and video AI agents. | Open-source Python framework for voice and multimodal conversational agents, maintained by Daily. |
| Pricing | Open-source framework free; LiveKit Cloud usage billed per minute Checked 2026-10-13 · source | Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs) Checked 2026-10-13 · source |
| Best for | voice agentsrealtime videoopen source | voice agentsopen source |
| Setup | pip install livekit-agents, then run the voice agent quickstart from docs.livekit.io. | pip install pipecat-ai, then run one of the examples in the repo's examples folder. |
| Links | Full listing · Official site | Full listing · Official site |
Pick LiveKit Agents if…
- you want it for realtime video (listed for LiveKit Agents, not Pipecat)
- this fits what you need: Open-source framework and cloud for realtime voice and video AI agents
- its pricing works for you: Open-source framework free; LiveKit Cloud usage billed per minute
Pick Pipecat if…
- this fits what you need: Open-source Python framework for voice and multimodal conversational agents, maintained by Daily
- its pricing works for you: Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs)