Best Video API · FREE
Best free Video API (2026)
7 video api that offer a genuine free plan, ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: 100ms at $0/mo.
- Qualifying: 100ms, Agora, api.video, Bitmovin, Daily, Mux, Vonage Video API.
- Data current through: 2026-09-03. STALE marks a row with at least one plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 1 of 7 rows below is marked.
Comparison
| # | Video API | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100ms | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | telehealth | 100ms.live |
| 2 | Agora STALE · 2026-06-15 | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | real-time communications | agora.io |
| 3 | api.video | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | VOD platforms | api.video |
| 4 | Bitmovin | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | broadcast-grade encoding | bitmovin.com |
| 5 | Daily | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | telehealth | daily.co |
| 6 | Mux | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | VOD platforms | mux.com |
| 7 | Vonage Video API | $0/mo | No | Yes | Yes | enterprise video conferencing | vonage.com |