LITE or FULL Mode?

Start with LITE mode if you already have a voice agent or an AI stack and want to keep running it. Start with FULL Mode if you want LiveAvatar’s managed agent to run the conversation, whether or not you have an agent today.

	LITE mode (bring your own agent)	FULL Mode (managed agent)
You bring	Your own agent, or a hosted one on ElevenLabs, Cartesia, OpenAI Realtime or Gemini Live	An avatar, a voice and a context. Optionally your own LLM or voice
LiveAvatar runs	The avatar video	Speech recognition, the LLM, the voice and the avatar video
Cost	1 credit per minute	2 credits per minute
Start here	LITE mode overview	FULL Mode overview
Session token	Create LITE Session Token	Create FULL Session Token

You can move from FULL Mode to LITE mode later. The avatars, secrets and session endpoints are the same in both modes.

Getting Started

Bring Your Own Agent (LITE)

LITE Sessions

Core Concepts

Managed Agent (FULL)

FAQ

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