About
Stream provides APIs and SDKs for building real-time chat messaging, video and audio calling, activity feeds, AI moderation, and Vision Agents. The platform includes shared infrastructure, prebuilt UI components, low-level clients, backend SDKs, webhooks, and integrations across web and mobile stacks.
The free offering includes a perpetual Build plan with 1,000 MAU and 100 concurrent connections, no credit card required, plus a separate Maker program that provides $100 monthly free credit for eligible small teams and low-revenue companies. Paid plans add higher MAU, concurrency, storage, channel, and API limits.
- 1,000 MAU free plan
- 100 concurrent connections included
- No credit card required
- $100 monthly Maker credit
- Chat, video, feeds, moderation APIs
- SDKs for web and mobile clients
- Global edge infrastructure
Free Tier Value
This free tier includes 1,000 monthly active users and 100 concurrent connections, while the cheapest paid plan starts at $399/month for 10,000 MAU and 500 concurrent connections. Using the published overage rates, the free allowance is worth about $159.60/month in avoided usage charges, and it does not require a credit card. The offer is perpetual but capped, so it lands well below the paid plans while still being genuinely usable for small projects.
What's included in the free tier
- Access to all Chat features on the free plan.
- 1,000 monthly active users included.
- 100 concurrent connections included.
- No credit card required.
- Community support included.
See Stream pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Start
- MAU
- 10,000 / mo
- Concurrent connections
- 500
- Robust Chat features
- Advanced Moderation & Filters
- Global EDGE Network
- Offline Support
- Data Export
Elevate
- MAU
- 10,000 / mo
- Concurrent connections
- 500
- Start Chat features plus more
- Multi Tenancy/Teams
- Advanced Search
- HIPAA
- Message Translations
Enterprise
- MAU
- 1,000,000+ / mo
- Concurrent connections
- 750,000+
- AI Moderation
- 99.999% SLA
- Dedicated Servers
- Shared Slack Channel
- Onboarding Services
- Migration Guarantee
- 24/7 Support
- SAML/SSO
Pricing extracted from Stream's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
