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Voiceflint vs LiveKit Cloud (DIY)
LiveKit Cloud is the infrastructure Voiceflint runs on. Going direct means writing, deploying and operating the agent worker yourself on the $50 per month Ship plan. Voiceflint adds the model catalog, receipts, telephony, compliance guardrails and a dashboard for $0.01 per minute.
Where LiveKit Cloud (DIY) costs you
- You write, deploy and operate the agent code
- $50/month Ship plan for 20 concurrent, $500/month Scale for 600
- No receipts, cost model or model comparisons
- Disclosure, do-not-call, calling windows and retention are yours to build
Where LiveKit Cloud (DIY) is strong
- Best-in-class WebRTC and SIP infrastructure
- LiveKit Inference: dozens of models behind one key
- Full control over every line
Monthly cost, same models
Balanced stack (Deepgram Flux, GPT-5 mini, Inworld TTS-2 Flash) at $0.019/min in models; US phone calls; LiveKit Cloud (DIY) numbers from https://livekit.com/pricing on 2026-09-08.
| Minutes / month | Voiceflint | LiveKit Cloud (DIY) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $44 | $89 | $45 |
| 10,000 | $443 | $444 | $1 |
| 100,000 | $4,429 | $3,989 | -$441 |
You write, deploy and operate the agent code. Voiceflint: $0.010/min platform, models at list price plus a 15% managed-key fee ($0 with your keys), telephony $0.012/min.
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