Our take
Pick Daily if realtime / voice-AI teams who will stay on 10,000 free participant-minutes / month while they open a first Prebuilt room, then pay $0.004 per video participant-minute (volume from $0.0015*) once the free bucket is gone. 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 / month billed annually ($499
Best for
Daily Calls you embed with a public per-minute tile
Stream Messages you start inside the free bucket
Free plan
Daily $0 · 10,000 free participant-minutes / month. Sign up free. No extra charge for HD
Stream No free plan
Lowest paid
Daily Audio-only $0.00099
Stream Enterprise $1
Next step up
Daily Video calls from $0.004
Stream Maker $100
Runs where
Daily Local or hosted
Stream Hosted
Watch out
Daily Free minutes are 10,000 / month, then $0.004 / video participant-minute
Stream Build caps at 1,000 MAU and 100 concurrent
Last checked
Daily 2026-10-23 · daily.co/pricing/video-sdk
Stream 2026-10-23 · getstream.io/chat/pricing
realtime / voice-AI teams who will stay on 10,000 free participant-minutes / month while they open a first Prebuilt room, then pay $0.004 per video participant-minute (volume from $0.0015*) once the free bucket is gone.
Read the Daily 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
