LiveKit vs Vercel AI SDK

Side-by-side comparison of LiveKit and Vercel AI SDK: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	LiveKit The open source framework and cloud platform for voice, video, and physical AI agents Visit	Vercel AI SDK TypeScript toolkit for building streaming AI chat apps with React and multiple LLM providers Visit
Category	AI infrastructure	AI infrastructure
Pricing	Freemium	Free
Starting price	USD 50/mo	Free
Free tier
Audience	Technical	Technical
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider		Multi-provider (100+ models via Vercel AI Gateway)
Founded	2021	2023
Headquarters	San Francisco, USA	US
Key strengths	·Open source agent framework ·Global real-time infrastructure with 19+ regions and 100ms latency ·Multi-provider inference gateway (LLM, STT, TTS) ·Telephony/SIP integration	·Multi-provider support ·Streaming responses ·Built-in fallbacks ·AI Gateway compatible