# LiveKit vs Telnyx

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** LiveKit

| Attribute | LiveKit | Telnyx |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 68.3 (69% (medium)) | 61.8 (72% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Communication APIs.","source":"https://livekit.io","question":"What is LiveKit?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"LiveKit offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $50 per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://livekit.io","question":"Is LiveKit free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to LiveKit. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://livekit.io","question":"What platforms does LiveKit support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for LiveKit, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://livekit.io","question":"Can LiveKit be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for LiveKit. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as LiveKit not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://livekit.io","question":"What security certifications does LiveKit have?","confidence":0.48}]` | `[{"answer":"A communications carrier and API platform that provides integrated voice, messaging, video, and AI services with owned infrastructure including edge compute, GPUs, and private networks for building conversational agents. It is indexed under Communication APIs.","source":"https://telnyx.com/pricing/branded-calling","question":"What is Telnyx?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Telnyx offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.02. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://telnyx.com/pricing/branded-calling","question":"Is Telnyx free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Telnyx supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://telnyx.com/pricing/branded-calling","question":"What platforms does Telnyx support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Telnyx can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://telnyx.com/pricing/branded-calling","question":"Can Telnyx be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 36 integrations for Telnyx, including Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Webex, Deepgram, Speechmatics, NVIDIA Parakeet and Telnyx STT, plus 28 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://telnyx.com/pricing/branded-calling","question":"What does Telnyx integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Telnyx. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Telnyx not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://telnyx.com","question":"What security certifications does Telnyx have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Telnyx is available in Australia and the United States. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://telnyx.com/pricing/branded-calling","question":"Where is Telnyx available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Telnyx is a licensed telecommunications carrier offering infrastructure and APIs for real-time AI agents, voice communications, messaging, email, and identity verification. All capabilities run on Telnyx's proprietary private network and edge computing infrastructure with transparent, usage-based pricing. |
| features.capabilities | `{"video":true,"voice":true,"two_way":true,"global_coverage":"global","usage_pricing_transparent":true}` | `{"rcs":true,"sms":true,"email":true,"video":true,"voice":true,"two_way":true,"whatsapp":true,"verify_otp":true,"global_coverage":"global","deliverability_tools":true,"usage_pricing_transparent":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 30 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"SIP"}]` | `[{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Zoom"},{"name":"Google Meet"},{"name":"Webex"},{"name":"Deepgram"},{"name":"Speechmatics"},{"name":"NVIDIA Parakeet"},{"name":"Telnyx STT"},{"name":"Telnyx Ultra TTS"},{"name":"Qwen3TTS"},{"name":"Inworld"},{"name":"Rime"},{"name":"Resemble"},{"name":"Murf"},{"name":"Fish Audio"},{"name":"Azure Neural HD"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Kimi"},{"name":"GLM-5.2"},{"name":"GPT-5.6 Luna"},{"name":"GPT-5.6 Sol"},{"name":"Salesforce","native":true,"category":"crm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Zoom Phone","native":true,"category":"communication","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"3CX","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"FreePBX","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Asterisk","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Twilio","native":true,"category":"communications","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Plivo","native":true,"category":"communications","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Vonage","native":true,"category":"communications","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Talkdesk","native":true,"category":"contact_center","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"UJET","native":true,"category":"contact_center","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Genesys","native":true,"category":"contact_center","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Dialogflow","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Vercel AI SDK","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"LangChain","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Pipecat","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Calendly","native":true,"category":"scheduling","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"LiveKit","native":true,"category":"video_realtime","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","GB","AU","CA","IN"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Build","summary":"$0/mo","features":["Agent deployment","Agent observability","Inference credits","Global edge network","Telephony (1 free number)","Session metrics and analytics","Community support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Start with agent deployment, observability, inference credits, and global edge network","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Ship","summary":"$50/mo","features":["Everything in Build","Team collaboration","Custom voices","Instant rollback to previous deployments","Email support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Everything in Build plus team collaboration and custom voices","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"$500/mo","features":["Everything in Ship","Role-based access","Metrics export APIs","Region pinning","Security reports / HIPAA","Inference discounts"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Everything in Ship plus role-based access, metrics export APIs, and security reports","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Everything in Scale","Volume pricing including inference","Shared Slack channel","SSO Support","Support SLA"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier (Build: $0/mo) or starting at $50/mo (Ship). Usage-based per-minute pricing for agent sessions, telephony, LLM, STT, and TTS.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://livekit.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T14:26:53.897Z","startingPrice":{"amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Pay as you go","summary":"$0 minimum; all services available","features":["All products at published rates"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD","description":"Voice AI Agent"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"character"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.000003,"currency":"USD","description":"Text to Speech"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0015,"currency":"USD","description":"Speech to Text"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.002,"currency":"USD","description":"Voice API"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"message"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.004,"currency":"USD","description":"SMS/MMS"}],"description":"Access all products and services at published usage rates with no minimum spend.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Committed","summary":"From $500/month with volume discounts","features":["Discounted usage rates","Higher usage limits"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"Minimum monthly commitment"}],"description":"Volume discount pricing with higher usage limits in exchange for monthly commitment.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"From $5,000/month; custom terms and support","features":["Custom rates","Dedicated support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5000,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"Minimum monthly commitment (starting)"}],"description":"Custom contracts with volume-based rates, dedicated support, and tailored terms.","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Usage-based from $0; committed plans from $500/month; Enterprise custom pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://telnyx.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-18T12:35:09.814Z","startingPrice":{"amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | high |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":500,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://telnyx.com/security |

## Capabilities (Communication APIs)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T22:11:32.889Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*