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LiveKit vs Vapi: startup credits compared

Side-by-side amounts, eligibility and access paths, both verified against the official program pages.

LiveKitUp to $23K in plan fees and credits for 12 months; $100K in Cloud credits for YC companiesVerified Nov 4, 2026Vapi7,500 free minutes a month for 12 months (applications on hold)Verified Nov 4, 2026

At a glance

FactLiveKitVapi
ValueUp to $23K in plan fees and credits for 12 months; $100K in Cloud credits for YC companies7,500 free minutes a month for 12 months (applications on hold)
TypeCredits + discountCredits
Duration1 year1 year
StagesPre-seed, Seed, BootstrappedPre-seed, Seed, Series A
RegionsGlobalGlobal
Max funding raised$5,000,000Not stated
Max company ageNot statedNot stated
Ways to get it
  • Apply directly — Up to $23K (Scale plan for a year + $17K in credits)
  • Y Combinator — $100K in LiveKit Cloud credits for 1 year ($25K for YC alumni)
  • Apply directly — 7,500 minutes a month for 12 months
Requirements
  • Voice, video or physical AI is core to your product
  • Fewer than 50 employees
  • Under $5M raised and pre-Series A; above $5M reviewed case by case
  • Live website with a publicly identifiable founding team
  • Incorporated or actively incorporating
  • Building for real end users; in production or launching within 6 months
  • Building voice AI products or features
  • Pre-seed to Series A with at least $250K (USD) raised
  • Launching to customers within 6 months
Not eligible
  • Projects that have run on LiveKit for a while, or already paying or contractually committed customers, may be declined
  • YC companies use the separate YC offer; the two cannot be combined
  • Agencies and consulting firms
VerificationVerified· Nov 4, 2026Partially verified· Nov 4, 2026

Which should you pick?

The two programs are not directly comparable on dollar value. Both accept the same range of funding stages. Note that only LiveKit is fully verified against its official page; double-check the other before relying on it. If you qualify for both, there is usually no reason not to apply to both; the programs are independent.

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