We design, build, and scale apps on LiveKit — video chat, live streaming, recording, and SIP — on LiveKit Cloud or self-hosted on your infra. First plan in 2–3 weeks, from $3K. The same team has run LiveKit rooms at 2,000 concurrent users in production.
Whether you have picked LiveKit and need a team to build it, or you are deciding between LiveKit Cloud and self-hosting, we have shipped both — across EdTech, streaming, telehealth, and IoT.
Proprietary CPaaS (Agora, Twilio, Vonage, Daily) bills per minute and owns your media path. LiveKit is open source: run it managed on LiveKit Cloud, or self-host on your own infra. Either way you keep the SDK, the data, and the option to move.
We build on whichever fits — LiveKit Cloud to ship fast, self-hosted when cost, data residency, or control demand it — and migrate between them without a rewrite. See the math in LiveKit vs Agora: a cost analysis.
LiveKit is open source and deceptively simple to start — and full of decisions once you go to production. Here is how we build it so it holds up under load.
We map rooms, expected concurrency, regions, and whether LiveKit Cloud or self-hosted fits. The deployment topology is decided before a line of media code.
We build the room model, publish/subscribe, and simulcast and SVC layers so weak networks drop resolution instead of freezing — plus active-speaker, screen-share, and data channels.
We wire the LiveKit SDKs into your stack — JS/React, Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, React Native, or Unity — with token auth minted by the server SDK.
Recording and export via egress to your storage, RTMP/WHIP ingress for broadcast-in, and a LiveKit SIP bridge when phone or intercom is in scope.
Distributed SFU across nodes with Redis routing, autoscaling, Grafana/Prometheus dashboards, load tests to your concurrency target, and HIPAA/SOC 2 patterns where required.
The result holds sub-300 ms glass-to-glass and scales from one room to hundreds of nodes on one config — the architecture does not change as you grow.
LiveKit is the open-source WebRTC SFU at the center. Around it we wire the media, clients, recording, telephony, and scaling that take it from a demo to production.
Scholarly runs live test-prep classes for up to 2,000 simultaneous students and 15,000+ users on a Kubernetes LiveKit deployment — whiteboards, quizzes, VOD.
Perspire.tv is a Twitch-style live fitness platform that scales to peak hours with no lag, plus a Coins-based creator economy.
Speed.Space records 1080p / 8 Mbps locally with multi-stream switching and role-based crew control — used on Netflix, EA, and HBO shoots.
Doorbell bridges any SIP intercom to a mobile video call via LiveKit’s SIP-to-WebRTC bridge, with DTMF remote door unlock.
EyeBuild streams 4K from solar-powered cameras with AI human and vehicle detection, on LiveKit + WebRTC + SIP.
Sports Broadcasting app streams real-time internet radio synced to the video feed at sub-second delay, scaling to thousands of listeners.
A proprietary SDK (Agora, Twilio, Vonage) is the fastest way to a prototype. LiveKit is the way to own your real-time stack — the SDK, the media path, the data, and the bill. Here is the split.
Already on a CPaaS and feeling the bill? The free architecture review below sizes the migration.
Full LiveKit app end to end: rooms, media, clients, egress, scaling, deploy. You get the product and the code.
Drop LiveKit video/audio into an existing product without disrupting what already ships.
A LiveKit app that drops calls, will not scale, or costs too much. We fix the topology, scaling, and media tuning — as we did for O-Time Bank.
Our LiveKit engineers join yours and build alongside you.
Ballpark starting figures, not quotes, for a LiveKit build. Each is a floor you build up from.
Two ways to work with us. Most clients start on time and materials. If you need one number signed off, we fix it once the scope is documented.
How most of our clients work
When you need one number signed off
LiveKit Cloud usage or your self-hosting infra is billed at provider/your cost — no per-minute markup from us. We forecast it in the estimate.
Before the build, we will help you choose the topology and catch the scaling traps early.
Competitor analysis, core feature definition, monetization modeling, and a full launch blueprint — delivered within 3 business days. Written by engineers who'll build what they plan.
An independent review of your system's technology choices, structural components, and workload fit — with a plain verdict on what's working, what's a liability, and exactly what to change to reach your goal. Delivered within 3 business days.
A full audit of your code with every issue documented, evidenced, and located — exact file, exact line. Plus a system architecture review and a prioritized fix roadmap. Not a consultant's opinion. A case file. Delivered within 3 business days.
A specialist review of your video or streaming product covering latency, media server architecture, WebRTC, playback reliability, real-time chat, and scalability. Every finding is specific, located, and fixable. Delivered within 3 business days.
We have shipped LiveKit across EdTech, streaming, telehealth, surveillance, and social — on Cloud and self-hosted, from pilots to 2,000-concurrent classes.
Real-time video and audio is the core of the business, not a recent add-on.
Scholarly runs live classes at 2,000 concurrent students on our LiveKit deployment; Perspire.tv streams at peak with zero lag.
LiveKit Cloud and self-hosted, and we migrate between them without a rewrite.
Rooms, simulcast/SVC, egress/ingress, SIP, scaling — built and tuned by us, with the exact versions named.
We revived O-Time Bank’s unstable build: geolocation lobby, matchmaking, and WebRTC stability restored.
Your code, your cloud, your data. Open SDK, no lock-in.
The questions teams ask before they build on LiveKit. The same answers power this page’s FAQ schema.
What is LiveKit development?
LiveKit Cloud or self-hosted - which should we use?
How does LiveKit scale?
Which platforms and SDKs do you support?
Can LiveKit record calls and stream in and out?
Can LiveKit connect to phone systems (SIP)?
How is LiveKit different from Agora, Twilio, or Daily?
Can you migrate us off a proprietary CPaaS to LiveKit?
Do you build AI voice agents on LiveKit?
What does a LiveKit build cost and how long does it take?
WebRTC architecture for production systems
Read the guide →CostLiveKit vs Agora: a cost analysis
Read the article →GuideWebRTC architecture guide for business (2026)
Read the article →Related serviceLiveKit AI agents development
See the service →Related serviceWebRTC architecture breakdown
See the service → ToolEstimate your build
Get instant quote →Tell us the rooms, the concurrency, and the platforms. We will pick the topology, name the stack, and give you a timeline and a number — in one call. Want an AI voice agent on top? See LiveKit AI agents. Not sure LiveKit is the right SFU? See WebRTC development.
You get a realistic estimate, technical recommendations and next steps. Free, no obligations.
