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Comparison

LiveKit vs Stream

On the evidence we track, Stream leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

LiveKit full profile →Stream full profile →
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LiveKit53
★Stream80
Score
Vioscale score
LiveKit53 / 100medium · 71%
Stream80 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
Model
LiveKitcommercial
Streamfreemium
Price level
LiveKitlow
Streamhigh
Transparent
LiveKit✗
Stream✓
Integrations
Count
LiveKit2
Stream14
Security
Disclosure policy
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
Gdpr
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
Hipaa
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
Iso27001
LiveKit–
Stream✓
Soc2
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
Reliability
Sla pct
LiveKit–
Stream99.999
Status page
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for communication apis. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Channels
SMS
LiveKit-
Stream-
Voice
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
WhatsApp
LiveKit-
Stream-
RCS
LiveKit-
Stream-
Transactional email
LiveKit-
Stream-
Video / real-time
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
In-app chat
LiveKit-
Stream✓
Verify / OTP / 2FA
LiveKit-
Stream-
Messaging
Two-way messaging
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
Reach
Geographic coverage
LiveKitGlobal
StreamGlobal
Delivery
Email deliverability tools
LiveKit-
Stream-
Commercial
Published per-unit pricing
LiveKit✓
Stream✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

LiveKit

LiveKit is a platform for developing conversational AI applications with voice and video capabilities. It provides global real-time infrastructure and integrations for telephony, enabling developers to deploy voice agents across web, mobile, and phone interfaces.

Independently observed

Stream

Leader

A platform providing SDKs and APIs for adding chat messaging, video calling, activity feeds, and content moderation to applications, supporting billions of end users across a globally distributed infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

LiveKit

from $50/moHybridFree tier

Free tier (Build: $0/mo) or starting at $50/mo (Ship). Usage-based per-minute pricing for agent sessions, telephony, LLM, STT, and TTS.

  • BuildFree
    • Agent deployment
    • Agent observability
    • Inference credits
    • Global edge network
    • Telephony (1 free number)
    • +2 more
  • Ship$50/mo
    • Everything in Build
    • Team collaboration
    • Custom voices
    • Instant rollback to previous deployments
    • Email support
  • Scale$500/mo
    • Everything in Ship
    • Role-based access
    • Metrics export APIs
    • Region pinning
    • Security reports / HIPAA
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Scale
    • Volume pricing including inference
    • Shared Slack channel
    • SSO Support
    • Support SLA
as of verify ↗

Stream

Leader
from $499/moHybridFree tier

Free tier plus $499–$899/month plans with activity and API call overages. Free Maker program for companies under 5 team members and $10k MRR.

  • FreeFree
    • Flat & Timeline Feeds
    • Notification & Aggregated Feeds
    • Security & Compliance
    • Global Edge Network
  • Start$499/month billed annually, or $599/month
    • All Feeds API features
    • Ranked Feeds
    • Ticketed Support
    • Security & Compliance
    • Global Edge Network
  • Elevate$899/month billed annually, or $999/month
    • All Feeds API features
    • Ranked Feeds
    • Ticketed Support
    • Security & Compliance
    • Global Edge Network
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Activity-based pricing
    • 99.999% SLA
    • SAML/SSO
    • Private Dedicated Servers
    • 24/7 Support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
iOS
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
Android
LiveKit✓
Stream✓
CLI
LiveKit✗
Stream✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
LiveKit✓
Stream✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

LiveKit

2 total
  • OpenAI
  • SIP
Independently observed

Stream

Leader
14 total
  • Jenkins
  • GitHub
  • Slack
  • Postman
  • Xcode
  • Android Studio
  • React
  • React Native
  • Flutter
  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • Kotlin
  • Jetpack Compose
  • Expo
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.