Livepeer
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Livepeer, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Livepeer's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Sandbox | — | 1,000 transcoding minutes · 60 storage minutes · 5,000 delivery minutes · 30 concurrent viewers |
| Growth | — | 50,000 concurrent viewers · $100 minimum spend |
| Enterprise | — | Unlimited concurrent viewers · $2,500 monthly spend |
The facts
Each one read from Livepeer's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Compute access
- The primer says developers can access GPU compute through simple API calls.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Coordination
- The protocol matches workloads to available GPUs and handles orchestrator discovery, job routing, payment settlement, and quality-of-service checks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The Livepeer ecosystem page lists applications including Daydream, Frameworks, Streamplace, Blue Claw, Livepeer Studio, Flipsuite, and Embody.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Network
- The network coordinates independent GPU operators to support real-time video AI workloads, including generative video, object detection, and style transfer.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Network roles
- Orchestrators provide GPU compute, while delegators stake LPT toward orchestrators without running hardware.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable requirement
- The primer says LPT is required to perform AI inference work on the network.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Livepeer is an open, permissionless video infrastructure network for generating, transforming, and interpreting video with GPU-powered AI inference.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security and participation
- Livepeer is built on Ethereum for network coordination, with permissionless participation and LPT staking used to help secure the network.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The documentation directs developers looking to build on Livepeer to ask in the Livepeer Discord for guidance from the team and community.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Tool integrations
- Daydream says it can share output with TouchDesigner, OBS, Resolume, Unity, and Ableton Live via Spout, Syphon, and NDI.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Who it serves
- Livepeer describes developers building real-time AI video applications and GPU providers contributing compute as its main participants.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Workloads
- Orchestrators process video transcoding and AI inference jobs and can earn ETH fees plus LPT rewards.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2017checked 19 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Self-hosted platform
- Daydream Scope runs locally or in the cloud and provides a node-based workflow for interactive video pipelines using text, video, or live camera inputs.checked 12 Oct 2026
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