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V100 vs Daily.co

Both are developer-friendly WebRTC APIs. V100 adds video processing, AI editing, transcription, and AI agents on top of conferencing.

Side-by-side capabilities

Daily is a great conferencing API. V100 is a complete video platform.

FeatureV100Daily.co
Signaling latency<66msLow (WebRTC-based)
Developer experienceREST-first, 96 endpointsREST + JS SDK
P2P media cost$0$0.004/min/participant
Video processing APIBuilt-inNo
Video renderingYes, <5sNo
Live transcriptionBuilt-inThird-party integration
AI video editingNL-powered editorNo
Auto-captioningYes, 20 languagesNo
AI demo agentsYesNo
AI avatarsHeyGen integrationNo
RecordingBuilt-inCloud recording
HIPAA complianceAll plansScale plan
Built withRustC++ / WebRTC

The real cost comparison

Daily charges per-minute. V100 offers $0 P2P plus a complete video platform.

V100

$0 P2P media
  • Free tier available, no credit card required
  • All-in-one: conferencing, editing, transcription, AI
  • Sub-66ms signaling latency
  • No per-minute fees for P2P
  • HIPAA compliance on all plans

Daily.co

$0.004 /min/participant
  • Video conferencing only
  • No video processing or editing
  • No built-in transcription
  • No AI agents or avatar support
  • HIPAA on Scale plan ($149+/mo)

Switch in 3 steps

Most teams migrate from Daily.co to V100 in a single sprint.

1

Replace room creation

Swap Daily's POST /rooms with V100's POST /v1/rooms/create. Same REST pattern, same room concept, richer response payload.

2

Update the embed

Replace Daily's prebuilt UI or call object with V100's WebRTC client. Standard WebRTC, sub-66ms signaling, $0 P2P media.

3

Enable the full platform

Turn on video processing, AI editing, live transcription, auto-captioning, and AI demo agents. All from the same API key.

Video calls are just the beginning

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