Deploy agent to LiveKit Cloud vs self-host
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calm-gpu-73162
12/22/2025, 5:58 AMDeploy agent to LiveKit Cloud vs self-host
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tall-airline-16756
12/22/2025, 5:59 AMThanks for reaching out, Rin. I'm an AI assistant and I'm here to help. Give me a moment while I research this topic.
tall-airline-16756
12/22/2025, 5:59 AMThanks — I can help compare and recommend. Which of these is most important for your decision?
• Compliance / data residency (e.g., HIPAA, on-prem)
• Control & customization (network, TURN, provider integrations)
• Operational overhead (want managed autoscaling, zero-downtime deploys)
• Cost model (pay-per-session vs infra + ops)
• Latency / global presence (need low-latency global points of presence)
• Observability & tooling (built-in dashboard, recordings, metrics)
Tell me which 1–2 items matter most and any constraints (cloud provider, traffic estimates, required region, SLA), and I’ll recommend LiveKit Cloud or self-hosting and outline next steps.
Sources: Building the all-in-one platform for voice AI agents | Deploy and scale agents on LiveKit Cloud | Deploying to production | LiveKit Docs | LiveKit Pricing | Intro to LiveKit | LiveKit docs
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calm-gpu-73162
12/22/2025, 6:08 AMSelf-hosting agent is supported in free tier?
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tall-airline-16756
12/22/2025, 6:08 AMThanks for asking — regarding self-hosting agents and the free tier.
You can self-host LiveKit agents at no cost: the Agents framework and LiveKit server are open source and run on your own infrastructure. The Cloud free tier (for example, 1,000 free agent session minutes/month) only applies to LiveKit Cloud usage — it does not affect self-hosting. Self-hosting is independent of Cloud billing and does not require a paid plan.
Sources: LiveKit Pricing