ElevenLabs Agents vs LiveKit Agents

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-21

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ElevenLabs Agents comes out ahead here, with an overall score of 26 versus 16 for LiveKit Agents, and a mention rate of 27 of 60 answers compared to 18 of 60. ElevenLabs Agents was named in every answer for questions like "best AI voice agents in 2026" and "best for developers," while LiveKit Agents' strongest showing came on open-source framework questions, also 3 of 3. Head-to-head, ElevenLabs Agents was named more often in 10 questions, LiveKit Agents in 3, with 7 ties. Neither is mentioned for call analytics, transcripts, or contact-centre questions.

Head to head

metric	ElevenLabs Agents	LiveKit Agents
score	26	16
questions won	15	12

By assistant

ElevenLabs Agents

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	31	40% of answers	#2.9
Claude	34	70% of answers	#8.0
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	16	25% of answers	#4.6

LiveKit Agents

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	15	20% of answers	#3.5
Claude	28	60% of answers	#8.4
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	6	10% of answers	#5.5

Where they differ

Only ElevenLabs Agents gets named for

What's the best AI receptionist for answering calls?
What's the best AI agent for outbound sales calls?
What's the best no-code tool to build a voice AI agent?
What's the best voice AI that connects to my CRM?
What's the best AI phone agent for a small business?

Only LiveKit Agents gets named for

What's the best open-source voice AI agent framework?
What's the best AI voice agent for booking appointments?

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