V100 vs Twilio Video
Twilio Video reached end-of-life in December 2024. V100 is the modern replacement -- Rust-native, sub-66ms signaling, and a complete video platform.
What you gain by migrating
Twilio Video was conferencing-only. V100 is a complete video platform.
| Feature | V100 | Twilio Video (EOL) |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Active, production-ready | End-of-life (Dec 2024) |
| Signaling latency | <66ms | ~200-400ms |
| P2P media cost | $0 | $0.004/min/participant |
| Video processing API | Built-in | No |
| Video rendering | Yes, <5s | No |
| Live transcription | Built-in | No |
| AI video editing | NL-powered editor | No |
| Auto-captioning | Yes, 20 languages | No |
| AI demo agents | Yes | No |
| AI avatars | HeyGen integration | No |
| HIPAA compliance | All plans | Enterprise only |
| Built with | Rust | Java |
Lower cost, more features
Twilio charged per-minute per-participant. V100 offers $0 P2P and a complete platform.
V100
- 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
Twilio Video (EOL)
- No longer accepting new customers
- Was $0.004/min/participant
- Video conferencing only
- No editing, transcription, or AI
- Twilio recommends migrating off
Migrate in 3 steps
Most teams migrate from Twilio Video to V100 in under a day.
Replace room creation
Swap Twilio's client.video.rooms.create() with V100's POST /v1/rooms/create. REST-native, no Twilio helper library needed.
Swap the Video SDK
Replace twilio-video.js with V100's WebRTC client. Standard WebRTC under the hood, sub-66ms signaling, $0 P2P media cost.
Upgrade to the full platform
Enable video processing, AI editing, live transcription, auto-captioning, and AI demo agents. Features Twilio never offered, now available with the same API key.
Don't just replace Twilio -- upgrade
Get a free API key and build with the complete video platform. No credit card required.