# Vonage Video API pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Free Trial). Among the 7 video api we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** vonage.com
**Free tier:** No
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** JavaScript, iOS SDK, Android SDK, React Native, Vonage Communications APIs
**Best for:** enterprise video conferencing; telehealth; large-scale broadcast; regulated industries

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free Trial | $0 | — | flat | 100,000 free minutes for new customers (75,000 video session minutes + 25,000 advanced feature minutes). One-time trial credit, NOT a monthly recurring free tier. | vonage.com |
| Pay as You Go | Quote-only | — | custom | Base rate: $0.0041/participant-minute (up to 25 active publishers). Tiered: 26–35 publishers $0.01865/participant-minute; 36+ publishers $0.02275/participant-minute. Auto 5% discount on minutes above 100K/month. Archiving: $0.0125/min (individual), $0.025/min (SD composed), $0.035/min (HD), $0.045/min (FHD). Live streaming creation: $0.07/min (SD), $0.10/min (HD), $0.125/min (FHD). | vonage.com |

**Key features:** Tiered publisher-count pricing model; SOC 2 Type II + ISO 27001/PCI-DSS/HIPAA/HITRUST; Regional media routing for GDPR data residency; Auto 5% volume discount above 100K participant-minutes/month.

**Plan limits:** 100,000 free trial minutes (new customers only, one-time, not monthly recurring); Price tier jumps at 26 and 36 simultaneous publishers; Regional media zones: US, EU, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-15
Provenance: Direct pricing page (vonage.com/communications-apis/video/pricing/) returned HTTP 403; numbers corroborated via Vonage API Support articles and WebSearch: 100K free trial minutes (75K video + 25K advanced) for new customers; base $0.0041/participant-min up to 25 publishers; 26–35 publishers $0.01865; 36+ publishers $0.02275. Archiving and live-streaming rates are standard published Vonage/OpenTok numbers. Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA with BAA, GDPR per Vonage resources.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/video-api/vonage-video/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Vonage Video API's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-15 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/video-api/vonage-video/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl