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ElevenLabs vs LiveKit

LiveKit is ahead on repeatable reliability, task completion, tool call accuracy and interruption handling, and ElevenLabs on infrastructure reliability, voice tone and clarity and response time.

Last updated Methodology by Luis Ojeda

Verdict

Which to pick

Pick ElevenLabs for calls that connect and stay up (0.81 points higher), how the agent sounds (0.11 higher) and fast replies (1.31s faster). Pick LiveKit for reliability across repeated runs (1.22 points higher), completing the caller's task (3.66 points higher), accurate tool calls (0.24 higher) and handling interruptions (0.01 higher).

Head to head

Every metric, side by side

Bars share one scale across all 8 platforms. The place next to each figure is its rank in the field.

Repeatable reliability

Share of the 82 scenarios that passed on all three runs.

ElevenLabs
69.51%3rd
LiveKit
70.73%2nd

LiveKit, 1.22 points higher

Task completion

Calls where the expected outcome was fully reached.

ElevenLabs
91.46%7th
LiveKit
95.12%3rd

LiveKit, 3.66 points higher

Infrastructure-clean calls

Calls with no connection, audio or platform failure.

ElevenLabs
100.00%1st
LiveKit
99.19%3rd

ElevenLabs, 0.81 points higher

Tool call accuracy

Mean score for calling the right tool with the right arguments.

ElevenLabs
4.43/56th
LiveKit
4.67/54th

LiveKit, 0.24 higher

Voice tone and clarity

Mean score for how clear and natural the agent sounds.

ElevenLabs
4.47/51st
LiveKit
4.36/52nd

ElevenLabs, 0.11 higher

Interruption handling

Mean score for yielding and recovering when the caller cuts in.

ElevenLabs
4.96/56th
LiveKit
4.97/53rd

LiveKit, 0.01 higher

Mean response time

Mean time for the agent to start replying after the caller stops.

ElevenLabs
1.27s1st
LiveKit
2.59s6th

ElevenLabs, 1.31s faster

246 calls per platform: 82 scenarios, 3 runs each.

On the calls

What each platform ran, and what we saw

ElevenLabs

Strength
Fastest response at 1.27s, highest Voice Tone + Clarity at 4.47/5, and 100% infrastructure-clean calls.
What can be improved
The agent narrated a tool call and continued with an invented result.
STT, LLM and TTS
  • scribe_realtime
  • qwen35-397b-a17b
  • eleven_flash_v2

LiveKit

Strength
Ranks second on repeatable reliability with 99.19% infrastructure-clean calls.
What can be improved
Consent was collected, but consent_id was omitted from the handoff tool.
STT, LLM and TTS
  • nova-3
  • openai/gpt-4.1
  • sonic-3

Frequently asked questions

Is ElevenLabs or LiveKit more reliable?

LiveKit is more reliable, by 1.22 points. ElevenLabs passed 69.51% of the 82 scenarios on all 3 runs and LiveKit passed 70.73%. A scenario only counts when every run of it passed.

Which responds faster, ElevenLabs or LiveKit?

ElevenLabs starts replying sooner, 1.31s faster. Mean response time is 1.27s for ElevenLabs and 2.59s for LiveKit.

Which completes more calls, ElevenLabs or LiveKit?

ElevenLabs reached the expected outcome on 91.46% of calls and LiveKit on 95.12%. LiveKit is ahead on task completion.

How were ElevenLabs and LiveKit tested?

Both ran the same Appointment and Medicare agents through the same 82 caller scenarios, 3 times each, with the same evaluators and mock tools. Only the platform and its speech and model components changed.