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Replace Zoom Webinars / Riverside with Self-Hosted LiveKit / Jitsi Meet

Open-source WebRTC video conferencing and real-time AI voice/video infrastructure Stop paying Business Video ($20/host/mo + webinar add-on) ($240/mo for a 10-person team) and run LiveKit / Jitsi Meet on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings

+$2,826 / yr

vs Zoom Webinars / Riverside standard plan

Container RAM & vCPU

1024 MB RAM

2.0 vCPU • Migration: Easy

Recommended Cloud Box

$4.50/mo VPS

Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Zoom Webinars / Riverside (Business Video ($20/host/mo + webinar add-on)) vs LiveKit / Jitsi Meet on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size	Zoom Webinars / Riverside Cost	LiveKit / Jitsi Meet VPS	Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo)	$60.00/mo ($720/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$666 / year
5 Seats	$140.00/mo ($1,680/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,626 / year
10 Seats	$240.00/mo ($2,880/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$2,826 / year
25 Seats	$540.00/mo ($6,480/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$6,426 / year
50 Seats	$1,040.00/mo ($12,480/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$12,426 / year
100 Seats	$2,040.00/mo ($24,480/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$24,426 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: LiveKit / Jitsi Meet (Replaces Zoom Webinars / Riverside)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  livekit-jitsi:
    image: livekit/livekit-server:latest
    container_name: stack-livekit-jitsi
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "LIVEKIT_KEYS=APIKey:SecretKeyReplaceMe1234567890"
    volumes:
      - livekit_jitsi_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    container_name: stack-redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  livekit_jitsi_data:

  redis_data:

Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):

# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for LiveKit / Jitsi Meet
livekit-jitsi.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy livekit-jitsi:7880
}

Why Teams Switch to LiveKit / Jitsi Meet

✓Powers realtime voice/video rooms & AI voice agents
✓Ultra-low latency SFU written in Go
✓Zero per-minute SaaS markups

GitHub Repository livekit/livekit

Official Website livekit.io

Docker Image livekit/livekit-server:latest

Database Needed Built-in / SQLite + Redis

1-Click Cloud VPS Hosting

Deploy LiveKit / Jitsi Meet in 60 Seconds

Sized automatically for LiveKit / Jitsi Meet (1024MB container RAM + OS overhead).

Hetzner Cloud (CX22)

Includes €20 Free Cloud Credit

$4.50/mo →

DigitalOcean Droplet

Includes $200 60-Day Free Credit

$24.00/mo →

Railway.app Managed Container

Zero server maintenance

$5.00/mo →

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