Our take
Pick 100ms if realtime / edtech / telehealth teams who will stay inside 10,000 free conferencing minutes (plus 300 free recording minutes) while they open a first Prebuilt room, then pay $0.004 / min after the bucket (audio-like $0.0012 / min on the same tile). Pick Stream if chat / community teams who will stay on Build at $0 (1,000 MAU, 100 concurrent) while they open a first Message List, then buy Start at $399 /
Best for
100ms A joinable room you start inside the free bucket
Stream Messages you start inside the free bucket
Free plan
100ms No free plan
Stream No free plan
Lowest paid
100ms Conferencing overage $0.004
Stream Enterprise $1
Next step up
100ms Recording $0.0135
Stream Maker $100
Runs where
100ms Hosted
Stream Hosted
Watch out
100ms Free is a minute bucket, not unlimited rooms
Stream Build caps at 1,000 MAU and 100 concurrent
Last checked
100ms 2026-10-23 · 100ms.live/pricing
Stream 2026-10-23 · getstream.io/chat/pricing
realtime / edtech / telehealth teams who will stay inside 10,000 free conferencing minutes (plus 300 free recording minutes) while they open a first Prebuilt room, then pay $0.004 / min after the bucket (audio-like $0.0012 / min on the same tile).
Read the 100ms pagechat / community teams who will stay on Build at $0 (1,000 MAU, 100 concurrent) while they open a first Message List, then buy Start at $399 / month billed annually ($499 monthly) for 10,000 MAU.
Read the Stream page
