The Top LiveKit Alternative

Telnyx doesn’t replace how you build agents. It upgrades what they run on. Keep your LiveKit setup and power it with native telephony, consolidated AI, and predictable pricing for real-time voice.

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Voice support must change

Speed defines experience

When voice feels slow or laggy, customers are more likely to hang up or give up.

81%

Quit when voice feels slow

From answers to action

Customers want phone systems that resolve requests, not just answer questions.

74%

Prefer systems that complete tasks

Trust starts with privacy

Customers feel more comfortable with automated support when conversations stay private and secure.

63%

Prioritize privacy in their automated phone systems

Conversation drives choice

Free-flowing support makes customers more likely to choose a business.

74%

value conversational support

Owned infrastructure makes the difference

By owning and operating our own infrastructure, Telnyx minimizes latency and enhances call quality of AI Agents in ways that LiveKit cannot match. By running AI processing and media handling on a privately owned global IP network, Telnyx avoids the delays and congestion of the public internet, keeping traffic anchored near end users, and delivering sub-200ms round-trip times for real-time voice AI. This level of control ensures consistent, high-quality interactions at scale while eliminating the dependency on third-party networks that introduce variability and slow down conversations.

COMPARISON

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Native telephony built into the platform. Calls run on Telnyx’s owned network with one-click integration and no external carrier dependencies.

Relies on third-party carriers through SIP integrations. Telephony lives outside the core stack.

Engineered for scale

Benefits of Telnyx infrastructure

These benefits come from owning the network, the compute, and the AI stack end-to-end.

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    Lower cost at scale

    Aggregated pricing for STT, TTS, and inference through a single provider helps teams reduce AI spend without sacrificing performance.

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    Lower latency by design

    AI models and telephony run on the same network, minimizing hops and delivering faster, more natural real time conversations.

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    One platform, flexible choices

    Access multiple STT, TTS, and LLM models through the Telnyx Mission Control Portal, without rebuilding workflows or managing complex vendor stacks.

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    Future ready by default

    Adopt new models and capabilities as they emerge, without re-architecting your voice infrastructure or disrupting production systems.

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    Open ecosystem, built to integrate

    Connect 30+ native integrations across CRM, support, scheduling, engineering, and payments to power end-to-end workflows.

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    Built for agent first design

    Design around autonomous agents instead of brittle workflows, enabling voice experiences that scale naturally with how people actually communicate.

Pricing comparison

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Pay-as-you-go self-service or volume-based pricing contracts.

Tiered plans that range from $0/month (with limitations) to custom enterprise contracts.

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Telnyx conversational AI pricing

As the full-stack conversational AI platform, Telnyx delivers lower costs and faster performance while giving you complete control over your voice and AI stack.

1,000
5 minutes

Est. Cost Breakdown

Conversational AI base
$0.0000($0.000/min)
LLM monthly cost
$125.00($0.025/min)
TTS monthly cost
$0.00
Telephony monthly cost
$400.00($0.080/min)
Total monthly cost*$525.00($0.105/min)

*Telephony charged separately

Additional pricing: SIP Trunking and Voice API

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Pricing above includes orchestration, real-time speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and open-source LLMs. Costs for premium models or voice engines are added at the provider rate if selected. Global telephony pricing is added separately. All prices are in USD and subject to change.

*The estimated costs shown here are only an estimate: It will not completely reflect real-world call patterns, model behavior, or production-level traffic.

Better voice infrastructure starts with Telnyx.

No rebuilds. Just lower latency, simpler operations, and predictable costs.

Resources
  • LiveKit Agents

    Learn how to integrate Telnyx inference into a LiveKit voice assistant and run a real-time programmable agent using Telnyx APIs.

  • Telnyx integrations

    Connect Telnyx to your tools and workflows with over 30 integrations across sales, customer support, scheduling, engineering, ecommerce, and more.

  • Telnyx & LiveKit: SIP Trunk Configuration

    Learn how to configure Telnyx SIP trunks with LiveKit to enable real-time voice in programmable applications.

  • GDPR Voice AI isn’t a model problem: it’s a network problem

    Understand why data residency regulations like GDPR in voice AI depends on network design, not just model location.