100ms
Live video and audio SDKs for building calls, live streams and audio rooms into your app.
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Is 100ms free?
Free plan, plus paid plans
- Conferencing price:
- $0.004 per participant minute
- Free plan:
- 10,000 conferencing minutes/month
Checked on 100ms's site Nov 8, 2026
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About 100ms
100ms is a hosted video infrastructure service for developers who want calls, live streams or audio rooms inside their own product rather than sending users to Zoom. It provides client SDKs for web and mobile, a prebuilt UI that can be dropped in and customised, server-side recording, RTMP restreaming, live and post-call transcription, and AI summaries. The company aims at use cases such as telehealth, online tutoring, fitness classes, video KYC and virtual events, and publishes comparison pages against Twilio Video, Agora and Zoom's SDK. Pricing is usage-based: a monthly allowance of free conferencing and streaming minutes, then per-minute rates per participant or viewer, with a large discount for audio-only sessions and volume deals above a monthly spend. HIPAA compliance with a signed BAA is a paid add-on on the self-serve tier. Support packages with SLAs are sold separately. The service runs in 100ms's cloud; you integrate it through SDKs and REST APIs.
Best for: Product teams adding branded video calls or live classes to an app without running media servers.
100ms pricing (checked Nov 8, 2026)
Each line is quoted from 100ms's own site, with the page it came from.
| Plan or term | What it says | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 10,000 conferencing minutes/month | Nov 8, 2026 | 100ms.live |
| Conferencing price | $0.004 per participant minute | Nov 8, 2026 | 100ms.live |
| Audio-only discount | 75% off | Nov 8, 2026 | 100ms.live |
| HIPAA BAA | $500/month add-on on self-serve | Nov 8, 2026 | 100ms.live |
Pros and cons
What works
- Generous free monthly minutes for conferencing and streaming
- Prebuilt UI speeds up a first integration
- Recording, RTMP out and transcription in the same platform
- Cheaper rates for audio-only sessions
Why people leave
- HIPAA compliance costs extra on the self-serve tier
- Paid SLA support packages start at a high monthly minimum
- Cloud-only: no self-hosted media server option
100ms vs LiveKit, Daily and Agora
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| Attribute | 100ms | LiveKit | Daily | Agora |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan + paid | Open source | Free plan + paid | Free plan + paid |
| Verified price | $0.004 per participant minute | From $50/month | $0.004 per participant minute after free minutes | $0.59 per 1,000 RTC minutes |
| Free plan | 10,000 conferencing minutes/month | $0/month Build plan | Yes, 10,000 participant minutes/month | Yes |
| Open source | No | Yes | No | No |
| Self-hostable | No | Yes | No | No |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android, Self-hosted | Web, iOS, Android | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android |
Top 100ms alternatives
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LiveKit68.8Open-source media server you can self-host, with a managed cloud when you'd rather not run it.
- 2DaDaily64.8
Long-running WebRTC platform with HIPAA BAAs and a prebuilt call UI, plus Pipecat for voice AI.
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Agora61.8Very large global real-time network with low per-minute RTC rates and a big free monthly allowance.
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Mux57.5Developer video API for live streaming and on-demand playback, if you mostly used 100ms for HLS streams.
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Stream56.8Video calling, audio rooms and livestream SDKs alongside chat and feeds, from one vendor.
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100ms: common questions
What is 100ms?
100ms: Live video and audio SDKs for building calls, live streams and audio rooms into your app. Best for product teams adding branded video calls or live classes to an app without running media servers. Available for Web, iOS and Android.
Is 100ms free?
100ms has a free plan and paid plans. Free plan: 10,000 conferencing minutes/month (checked on 100ms's own site).
How much does 100ms cost?
100ms is free with paid plans. Free plan: 10,000 conferencing minutes/month; Conferencing price: $0.004 per participant minute; Audio-only discount: 75% off; HIPAA BAA: $500/month add-on on self-serve. Checked on 100ms's own site, November 2026.
Is 100ms open source?
No, 100ms is not open source. Open-source alternatives include LiveKit and Jitsi Meet.
What platforms does 100ms run on?
100ms is available for Web, iOS and Android.
What are the best alternatives to 100ms?
The highest-ranked 100ms alternatives right now are LiveKit, Daily and Agora. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.
100ms vs LiveKit: what's the difference?
100ms is free with paid plans; LiveKit is free and open source. Verified prices: 100ms $0.004 per participant minute, LiveKit From $50/month. LiveKit is open source and 100ms is not. Both run on Web, iOS and Android.