specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Vonage Video API
providerId: vonage-video
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Video
- WebRTC
- Live Streaming
- Real-Time Communications
- CPaaS
- Plans
description: >-
  Vonage Video API uses usage-based, per-minute pricing. Core real-time video
  is billed per participant-minute, with separate per-minute meters for
  archiving (recording), live streaming broadcasts (creation and HLS viewing),
  the Experience Composer render service, Audio Connector, SIP interconnect,
  and live captions. New accounts start with a free trial credit; volume and
  Enterprise pricing is negotiated with Vonage. Representative published rates
  are listed below; exact amounts vary by region and contract and are not fully
  reconciled in this artifact.
notes: >-
  Rates below are representative of Vonage's published Video API pricing page
  and should be reconciled against the live pricing page; some meters (SIP
  interconnect, Audio Connector, live captions, Experience Composer) are not
  fully published and are marked unknown.
sources:
- https://www.vonage.com/communications-apis/video/pricing/
- https://api.support.vonage.com/hc/en-us/sections/6646174769436-Video-API
- https://developer.vonage.com/en/video/overview
plans:
- id: vonage-video-pay-as-you-go
  name: Pay-as-you-go
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Per-minute metered usage across video sessions, archiving, broadcasts,
    and advanced services with no monthly minimum.
  entries:
  - label: Participant Minutes
    name: participant_minutes
    type: usage
    metric: participant_minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.0041 per participant per minute (sessions up to 25 active publishers)
    userMultiplied: true
  - label: Individual Stream Archiving
    name: archive_individual
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.0125 per recorded minute
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Composed Archiving (SD)
    name: archive_composed_sd
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.025 per recorded minute
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Composed Archiving (HD)
    name: archive_composed_hd
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.035 per recorded minute
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Composed Archiving (FHD)
    name: archive_composed_fhd
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.045 per recorded minute
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Broadcast Creation (SD)
    name: broadcast_sd
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.07 per minute of content created (HLS-only, RTMP-only, or HLS+RTMP)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Broadcast Creation (HD)
    name: broadcast_hd
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.10 per minute of content created
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Broadcast Creation (FHD)
    name: broadcast_fhd
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.125 per minute of content created
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: HLS Viewer Minutes (up to HD)
    name: hls_viewer_hd
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.0015 per minute viewed per HLS viewer
    userMultiplied: true
  - label: HLS Viewer Minutes (up to FHD)
    name: hls_viewer_fhd
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.003 per minute viewed per HLS viewer
    userMultiplied: true
  - label: Experience Composer (Render)
    name: experience_composer
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: per-minute, see provider pricing page (unknown)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Audio Connector
    name: audio_connector
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: per-minute, see provider pricing page (unknown)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: SIP Interconnect
    name: sip_interconnect
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: per-minute plus PSTN termination, see provider pricing page (unknown)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Live Captions
    name: live_captions
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: per-minute, see provider pricing page (unknown)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Sessions
  - name: Archives
  - name: Broadcasts
  - name: SIP
  - name: Experience Composer
  - name: Live Captions
- id: vonage-video-volume-discount
  name: Volume Discount
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Automatic monthly volume discount on participant minutes above a
    threshold; additional discounts negotiated for higher volumes.
  entries:
  - label: Participant Minute Volume Discount
    name: volume_discount
    type: usage
    metric: participant_minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 5% automatic discount on additional participant minutes above 100,000/month
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Participant Minutes
- id: vonage-video-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Volume commitments, custom regional/media options, dedicated support,
    HIPAA/compliance options, and negotiated rates. Contact Vonage sales.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Custom Volume Pricing
  - name: Dedicated Support
  - name: Compliance Options
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com