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LiveInterpret.AI vs LiveVoice: which live translation platform fits your church or event?

By Ondřej Plevka, builder of LiveInterpret.AI, so read with that bias declared. Base pricing, AI add-on rates and access details below were verified directly against livevoice.io on 2026-09-04; the 100-listener event scenario and hosting claim carry their own 2026-07-30 verification date. If you spot a stale number, tell us and we fix it.

Short answer: LiveVoice is an established Austrian human-plus-AI interpretation platform (150k+ events run, per our 2026-07-30 research) with per-day or monthly plans from €8/day, plus AI voice translation billed separately at €0.42/minute/language. LiveInterpret.AI bundles audio and captions into one flat language-minute price (≈€0.127/minute/language at our entry pack), never counts listeners, and includes whitelabel branding and browser-only locked-phone audio from €99/month. If you need real human interpreters in the loop, LiveVoice fits; for AI-only translation at a flat, predictable price, we do.

Side by side

LiveInterpret.AILiveVoice
Pricing modellanguage-minutes: packs €19–€299 (valid 12 months) or subscriptions €49/€99 per month, VAT includedLIGHT €8/day (€199/mo) · SMART €13/day (€324/mo) · PRO €26/day (€648/mo); annual saves 25%. Base price scales with participant capacity.
AI translation costincluded in the metered rate — no separate add-on€0.42/minute/language on top of the plan fee (live captions billed separately at €0.16/minute/language)
Cheapest way to try a real service30 free real minutes + unlimited free practice mode, no cardfree test plan, up to 3 concurrent participants
Translated audioyes — speech-to-speech in the browseryes — AI voice translation add-on, 70+ languages
How listeners join on a phonebrowser only, via QR code — audio keeps playing with the screen lockedLiveVoice's own how-it-works page directs mobile listeners to "download the app"; browser join is offered mainly for computers
Listenersunlimited, never pricedcapacity-tiered — plan price rises with maximum concurrent participants
Languages39, no per-plan caps on paid70+ for AI voice translation
EU hosting / GDPREU-hosted, GDPR-first, DPA published, audience pages tracking-freedescribed as an Austrian company with EU server locations in our 2026-07-30 research; we found no GDPR or data-residency statement on their public pages during our 2026-09-04 recheck — ask them for a DPA in writing
Whitelabel (your name/branding)logo/colors on all plans, custom domain from Premium €99/mobranding customization on SMART and higher (from €324/mo); no custom domain mentioned
Commitmentpacks = none; cancel subs anytime self-serveday-plans = none; monthly/annual plans are subscriptions

Where LiveVoice genuinely wins

LiveVoice has real scale and a real hybrid offering: 150,000+ events run as of our 2026-07-30 research, and — unlike us — actual human interpreters available in the workflow alongside AI, which matters for events where interpretation quality and accountability are non-negotiable. Their day-plans also make sense for a genuinely tiny one-off event: a small gathering under about 20 listeners for an hour or two can cost less on LiveVoice's €8/day LIGHT plan than committing to one of our packs, as long as the AI-minute add-on stays small. And their brand carries real recognition across the DACH market.

Where LiveInterpret.AI wins

LiveVoice's AI translation is a pay-as-you-go add-on stacked on top of a capacity-priced plan fee: €0.42 per minute per language, before the plan itself. Our metered rate works out to ≈€0.127 per minute per language at our entry pack (lower at higher tiers), audio and captions both included — more than three times cheaper on the AI-translation line alone, before LiveVoice's plan fee is added at all. We also never price by listener count: a packed Sunday or a sold-out event costs exactly what a quiet one does. Whitelabel branding is included from €99/month with a custom domain, versus LiveVoice's SMART tier and up (from €324/month) with no published custom domain option. And on a phone specifically, our audience never touches an app store: everything runs in the browser via QR code, audio included, even with the screen locked — LiveVoice's own instructions point mobile listeners to an app download first.

A worked example: a 2-hour event, 2 languages, 100 listeners

This is the clearest way to compare the two pricing shapes on a real number (LiveVoice figure verified 2026-07-30 against their capacity-based day pricing for 100 participants): LiveInterpret.AI costs a flat €49 Event pack (240 of 450 minutes used, 210 left over, valid 12 months). LiveVoice costs approximately €162.80 — a €62 capacity fee for ~100 participants on the LIGHT day-plan, plus 240 language-minutes of AI translation at €0.42/minute (€100.80). Add live captions on LiveVoice and the AI line grows further at €0.16/minute/language on top. Scale either example to your own attendee count and run time before you commit — that's the actual comparison, not the headline day-rate.

And a recurring one: the same service every Sunday

The event math above is the one-off case. Most churches book the same day every week, and LiveVoice doesn't publish a monthly total for that — their plans are priced per day. Here is what their own published day-rate and per-minute AI rate add up to for a 90-minute, two-language service every Sunday to roughly 100 attendees (capacity figures carry the 2026-07-30 verification date; the €0.42/minute/language AI rate was re-checked 2026-09-04):

Per SundayPer month (4 Sundays)
LiveVoice — LIGHT day plan, no branding€62 capacity fee + €75.60 AI (180 min × €0.42) = €137.60≈ €550.40
LiveVoice — SMART day plan, logo branding€99 capacity fee + €75.60 AI = €174.60≈ €698.40
LiveInterpret.AI — Premium sub, full whitelabel + custom domain€99/mo covers 1,000 min/mo; 720 min used, no overage€99.00

180 language-minutes/Sunday = 90 minutes × 2 languages; 720 minutes/month across 4 Sundays. LiveVoice's capacity fee is charged per day booked, per their published day-plan pricing — a weekly service books that day plan every week. This is our arithmetic on their public rates, not a quote from LiveVoice; ask them directly for a recurring-use quote before deciding, since they may price repeat bookings differently.

The fairest way to decide

If human interpreters are part of your plan, LiveVoice's hybrid model is a legitimate reason to choose them — we don't offer that and won't pretend to. If you want AI-only translation at a price you can compute yourself in advance, model your expected listeners, languages and run time on both, ask LiveVoice for the exact capacity-adjusted number in writing, and run a Thursday soundcheck on ours: practice mode is free and unlimited, and the first 30 real minutes cost nothing.

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FAQ

Is LiveVoice cheaper than LiveInterpret.AI?

It depends on your event size and how much you use the AI translation add-on. For a 2-hour, 2-language, 100-listener event, LiveInterpret.AI comes out flat at €49 (Event pack) versus roughly €162.80 on LiveVoice once their capacity fee and €0.42/minute/language AI add-on are both counted (2026-07-30 verification). For a genuinely tiny one-off event — under about 20 listeners, short run time — LiveVoice's €8/day LIGHT plan can be cheaper if the AI-minute add-on stays small. Model your own numbers rather than trust either headline price.

Does LiveVoice require an app?

Partially. LiveVoice's own how-it-works page (checked 2026-09-04) tells mobile listeners to "download the app," and offers browser join mainly for computers, though it also says people "can also join LiveVoice via web browser." LiveInterpret.AI is browser-only on every device, including phones, and keeps translated audio playing when the screen locks — something LiveVoice's own materials don't describe for mobile browser users.

Is LiveVoice GDPR/EU-appropriate?

Our 2026-07-30 research found LiveVoice described as an Austrian company with EU server locations; rechecking their current public pages on 2026-09-04 we couldn't find an explicit GDPR or data-residency statement — ask them directly for a DPA in writing before you decide. LiveInterpret.AI publishes a DPA, is EU-hosted, and keeps audience pages tracking-free.

What if we actually want human interpreters?

Then LiveVoice is worth a serious look — their core product is a human interpreter workflow with AI translation as an add-on, which is a different (and in some cases better-suited) product than ours. We are AI-only: no human interpreters in the loop, ever. If accountability for a sensitive or high-stakes message matters more than price or setup speed, professional human interpretation — through LiveVoice or otherwise — is the honest recommendation.

What does switching cost?

Nothing. Signup to a live event page takes about a minute, practice mode is free forever, and the first 30 real minutes are on us. There is no migration step — your sound desk feed and a QR poster are the whole setup, so you can run one service on both and compare before you move anything.

Author: Ondřej Plevka, CTO by day. He built this after his Prague congregation needed it, and has run it live every week since June 2026. Corrections welcome: prices re-verified monthly, page updated when LiveVoice's change.