Pipecat
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Plans and prices
From Pipecat's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pipecat framework | Free | BSD-2-Clause · self-host anywhere · third-party AI and transport costs separate · free open-source framework |
| Pipecat Cloud agent-1x reserved | Free | 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB memory · always-on billing · per reserved agent-minute |
| Pipecat Cloud agent-1x active | $0.01 a month | 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB memory · voice agents · per active agent-minute |
| Pipecat Cloud | $0.01 a month | agent-1x: $0.01/min active, $0.0005/min reserved · agent-2x: $0.02/min active, $0.0010/min reserved · agent-3x: $0.03/min active, $0.0015/min reserved · Unlimited concurrency · 1:1 Daily WebRTC voice transport is free · Usage-based; agent hosting is priced per active or reserved minute. |
| Pipecat Cloud agent-2x active | $0.02 a month | 1 vCPU · 2 GB memory · voice and video agents · per active agent-minute |
| Pipecat Cloud agent-3x active | $0.03 a month | 1.5 vCPU · 3 GB memory · voice and video plus additional processing · per active agent-minute |
| Pipecat Cloud Enterprise | Priced on request | bundled inference available · enterprise support · custom enterprise pricing |
The facts
Each one read from Pipecat's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AWS Marketplace pricing
- AWS Marketplace lists Enterprise support at $5,000 per month and Healthcare Enterprise support at $5,500 per month, with usage charges extra.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Capabilities
- Its pipelines can coordinate voice, video, text, and images, with frame-level control over conversation steps.checked 8 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The Pipecat CLI installs through the pipecat-ai package and can scaffold a runnable project with pipecat init.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Client SDKs
- Official client SDKs are available for JavaScript, React, React Native, Swift, Kotlin, C++, and ESP32.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud compliance claim
- Pipecat Cloud is presented as supporting enterprise deployments with HIPAA and GDPR compliance claims.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud features
- Pipecat Cloud describes multi-region autoscaling, monitoring and telemetry, recordings, persistent storage for session transcriptions, and simulation and eval integrations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Cloud integrations
- Pipecat Cloud lists integrated PSTN and SIP telephony, Krisp noise cancellation, and bring-your-own-provider connections for more than 80 service providers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Conversation features
- The framework includes interruption handling, turn detection, smart context management, subagent handoffs, and Pipecat Flows.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Conversation handling
- Built-in capabilities include interruption handling, turn detection and context management.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Pipecat can run on self-managed infrastructure wherever Python runs or be deployed to Pipecat Cloud, which provides scaling and observability.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation covers the framework, client SDKs, cloud deployment, API reference, quickstart and learning guides.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Enterprise deployment
- Pipecat Enterprise offers Pipecat Cloud deployed in a customer's environment, including AWS, Azure, and GCP, with enterprise support.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Independent architecture caution
- Ry Walker Research says deployment at scale is a recurring community pain point and that teams without DevOps capacity may need Pipecat Cloud.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent review score
- Delv gives Pipecat a 4.3 score and describes it as a Daily-maintained open-source Python framework.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project documents uv add pipecat-ai and pip install pipecat-ai, with optional extras for service integrations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- LinkedIn describes 60-plus LLM and service integrations, multi-vendor telephony, function calling, cross-platform libraries and HTTP, WebSocket and WebRTC networking.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License
- The main Pipecat repository is licensed under BSD-2-Clause.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: audio synchronization bug
- A GitHub issue reported delayed or misaligned user audio in recordings; maintainers marked it fixed in a pull request on January 27, 2026.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: learning curve
- Delv warns that async Python, media streaming, frame processors and transport layers create a steep learning curve.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: operational burden
- Delv says users remain responsible for deployment, scaling and monitoring because Pipecat is a framework rather than a hosted product.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Pipecat's company size as 1,001–5,000 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- LinkedIn lists Pipecat as founded in 2024.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Maker
- Pipecat is maintained by Daily, whose website footer identifies the legal entity as Daily, Inc.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Limit: infrastructure cost
- Delv notes that self-hosting at scale requires infrastructure work and that telephony integrations can create costs when misconfigured.checked 15 Oct 2026
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