Daily pricing in 2026
Video and audio calling SDK and APIs plus Pipecat Cloud for voice AI agents. How Daily charges, its plans and the alternatives.
Billing
Pay as you use
Plans
Daily plans and prices
1 plan with a public price, in US dollars.
Free tier
$0No fixed fee · pay per use
- 10,000 participant minutes/month
- Email and Discord support
Video SDK usage: video calls $0.004 per participant minute (down to $0.0015 at volume), audio-only $0.00099; cloud recording $0.01349/min; RTMP streaming $0.015/min; realtime transcription $0.0059/min. Add-ons e.g. HIPAA $500/mo. Enterprise support and discounts via sales. Pipecat Cloud priced separately.
Prices from Daily's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026. Usage-based: the bill depends on volume, so these are starting points, not a quote. Taxes, seat minimums and promotions vary.
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FAQ
Daily pricing questions
How does Daily charge?
Daily is usage-based: you pay for what you use (transactions, messages, compute and so on) rather than a fixed subscription, so the bill depends on volume. Video SDK usage: video calls $0.004 per participant minute (down to $0.0015 at volume), audio-only $0.00099; cloud recording $0.01349/min; RTMP streaming $0.015/min; realtime transcription $0.0059/min. Add-ons e.g. HIPAA $500/mo. Enterprise support and discounts via sales. Pipecat Cloud priced separately. There is no fixed monthly fee on Free tier.
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