LiveKit Agents vs Retell AI

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-28

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Retell AI clearly leads this matchup, with an overall score of 52 versus LiveKit Agents' 18, and a stronger showing across all three assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity). Retell AI also shows up far more often overall, named in 63 of 76 answers compared to 31 of 76 for LiveKit Agents. Head-to-head, Retell AI was named more often in 17 questions, LiveKit Agents in just 2, with 6 ties. LiveKit Agents does hold its own on specific topics like open-source frameworks and developer-focused platforms, appearing in all 3 answers each time, but Retell AI's lead is broad and consistent.

Head to head

metric	LiveKit Agents	Retell AI
score	18	52
questions won	18	22

By assistant

LiveKit Agents

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	14	20% of answers	#4.5
Claude	31	65% of answers	#7.2
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	9	15% of answers	#2.7

Retell AI

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	69	85% of answers	#2.4
Claude	43	85% of answers	#8.4
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	51	70% of answers	#3.1

Where they differ

Only LiveKit Agents gets named for

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