Airmeet vs Digital Samba (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Digital Samba grades higher than Airmeet: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Airmeet grades higher on ease of use. Digital Samba grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Airmeet
Webinars and virtual events with networking features
Digital Samba
Embeddable video rooms and webinars, hosted in Europe
Which one is for you
Pick Airmeet if
- Fits if you run webinars where attendees need to talk to each other
- Works for teams planning larger virtual or hybrid conferences
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run small webinars, at $167 a month for 100 attendees
- Watch out: the price rises with attendee count
- Watch out: Events and Managed Events are quoted, with Managed Events brand conferences from $4,999
- Tight if you want 1080p or custom URLs, which are add-ons
- Skip it if you want a free plan
Pick Digital Samba if
- Fits if you are a developer who wants video inside your own product
- Makes sense if you want EU hosting for the call data
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a ready-made webinar tool, as it needs API or SDK work
- Pricey if you outgrow Start, because paid plans run on 12-month auto-renewing contracts
- Watch out: cloud recording at about €0.013 a minute, storage and transcription are billed on top
- Watch out: prices are in euros, and extra minutes cost €0.003 to €0.004 each
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAAirmeetWeak | 2.4GPADigital SambaFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$167 a month on yearly billing for 100 attendees ($199 monthly), which is the start of the category's dearest tenth. The middle is $45. | BStart is €0 with 10,000 minutes. The first paid plan, Create, is €99 a month, about the $100 dearer-quarter line for webinar tools. |
| Free plan and trial | DA free trial on the Events plan, with no length or card detail on record. No free plan. | BA free plan with 10,000 minutes, 100 participants and unlimited rooms. Recordings are capped at 15 minutes and deleted after a month. |
| Features | CLive, simulive and on-demand webinars, networking, booths, analytics and ticketing. The gaps: 1080p and custom event URLs are add-ons, and Premium has only 2 team members. | CEmbedding, white-label, recording and restreaming. Encryption disables Q&A, polls and notes, and recording and transcription are billed per minute. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You build events, landing pages and registration forms. | DNo store rating on record. Past an iframe embed it needs API or SDK work. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iOS and Android apps for attendees. No integrations listed. | BA browser app plus an API and SDK, with YouTube, Vimeo, LinkedIn, OBS and others. No native desktop app. |
| Best for | webinars with attendee networking | embedding video rooms and webinars in your own app |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Airmeet and Digital Samba. How we grade
Price against what you get
Airmeet starts at $167 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Digital Samba starts at about $110.60 a month and scores 2.0.
Airmeet scores higher, and starts $56.40 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other webinar and live streaming tools on the chart, 6 score higher than Airmeet for less, and 18 score higher than Digital Samba for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Digital Samba is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Airmeet also covers reports and ticketing.
- Digital Samba also covers whiteboard and video calls.
At a glance
| Airmeet | Digital Samba | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $167 per month for 100 attendees, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly) | €99 per month on a 12-month contract |
| Free plan | None | Start plan at €0: 10,000 participation minutes a month, up to 100 participants per session, 60 minutes of cloud recording a month. |
| Free trial | Free trial offered on the Events plan | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Airmeet | Digital Samba, S.L. |
| Price read from | airmeet.com | digitalsamba.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Airmeet
- Premium Webinars starts at 100 attendees and the price rises with attendee count.
- Events and Managed Events are quoted rather than priced online.
- 1080p streaming and custom event URLs are add-ons.
- Premium Webinars includes 2 team members.
Digital Samba
- Embedded is aimed at developers: anything beyond a basic iframe embed needs API or SDK work.
- All prices are in euros. Plans above Start run on 12-month contracts that renew automatically unless cancelled before the notice period.
- Cloud recording (about €0.0130 a minute on the Create plan), storage, transcription and restreaming are billed per minute on top of the plan fee.
- End-to-end encryption disables Q&A, polling, shared notes and saved whiteboards. The site lists a browser app only, with no native desktop app.
Key features
Airmeet
- Webinars
- Live, simulive and on-demand webinars with an immersive stage and instant replays.
- Networking
- Speed networking, a networking lounge and exhibition booths are listed.
- Analytics
- In-depth analytics with a report builder and team alerts on high-intent actions.
- Ticketing and sponsorship
- Monetization through ticketing and sponsorship is listed for Premium Webinars.
- Branding
- Customizable landing pages, registration forms and event themes.
- Mobile apps
- iOS and Android apps are listed for attendee access.
Digital Samba
- Embed through API and SDK
- Rooms are created and managed through an API, SDK and webhooks, and can be dropped into a site with an iframe. Session data such as attendance and duration is available through the API.
- White-label branding
- The webinar page describes your own colors, logo and a CNAME domain so attendees do not see Digital Samba.
- Audience engagement
- Q&A with upvoting, polls, quizzes, breakout rooms, chat, reactions and a shared whiteboard, with moderation controls for large audiences.
- Recording and restreaming
- Sessions can be recorded to the cloud and restreamed to YouTube, Vimeo, LinkedIn, Cloudflare or a custom RTMP address. Both are billed per minute on paid plans.
- Studio feeds over WHIP
- Feeds from OBS, vMix or FFmpeg can be sent into a session using WHIP URLs, for produced keynotes.
- EU hosting and privacy
- The vendor states that it hosts in Europe with European sub-processors and offers optional end-to-end encryption, which switches off Q&A, polling and shared notes.
Plans
Airmeet
Premium Webinars$167
per month for 100 attendees, billed yearly ($199 monthly)
2 team members; scalable to 10,000 attendees; live, simulive and on-demand webinars.
EventsCustom
5 team members; multi-track, in-person and hybrid events; quoted per event.
Managed EventsCustom
Airmeet's team runs the event end to end; brand conferences start at $4,999.
Digital Samba
Start€0
per month, 1-month term
10,000 participation minutes, 100 participants per session, unlimited rooms. Recordings capped at 15 minutes and deleted after a month.
Create€99
per month, 12-month contract
25,000 participation minutes, 5 concurrent sessions, 100 participants per session. Extra minutes cost €0.0040 each.
Launch€372
per month, 12-month contract
100,000 participation minutes, 10 concurrent sessions, 200 participants per session. Extra minutes cost €0.0037 each.
Grow€1,700
per month, 12-month contract
500,000 participation minutes, 25 concurrent sessions, 500 participants per session. Extra minutes cost €0.0034 each.
Scale€3,000
per month, 12-month contract
1,000,000 participation minutes, 100 concurrent sessions, 2,000 participants per session. Extra minutes cost €0.0030 each.
Thrive€14,000
per month, 12-month contract
5,000,000 participation minutes, unlimited concurrent sessions, 2,000 per session. A larger Expand tier is €26,000 a month.
Ways to pay less
Airmeet
- Annual discount
16% off with yearly billing
The pricing page shows $167 a month billed yearly against $199 billed monthly, labelled 16% off.
Digital Samba
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Airmeet or Digital Samba?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Digital Samba is cheaper to start with: about $110.60 a month, against $167 a month for Airmeet. Airmeet starts at $167 per month for 100 attendees, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly), and Digital Samba starts at €99 per month on a 12-month contract.
Which has a free plan, Airmeet or Digital Samba?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Digital Samba has a free plan. Airmeet does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Airmeet and Digital Samba run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Airmeet lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.