# Liveblocks

> Hosted collab rooms; Free $0 pauses at the cap

**Category:** Comms  
**Pricing:** freemium  
**URL:** https://liveblocks.io  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/liveblocks/liveblocks  
**Added:** 2026-09-03

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## The Hook

Liveblocks is the hosted collab layer you rent when Socket.IO is the wrong job.

## What's Good

Free is $0, no credit card. Caps: 3,000 collab minutes, 200 comments, 1 GB realtime storage, 512 MB files, 10 connections/room, 3 dashboard seats. Watermark required. Presence, comments, Yjs, storage. Pair with /skills/liveblocks-best-practices for the cookbook — this page is the product Catch, not the skill.

## The Catch

Free pauses at the cap until the next cycle — not PAYG. Pro is $30/mo (credits + drop branding). Self-host is an Enterprise add-on, not the OSS path. Distinct from Socket.IO (you run the server) and Centrifugo (Go binary you operate).

## Verdict

Hosted collab with a real $0 Free. Caps pause the feature; Pro is $30; self-host is sales.