The Digital Samba Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Digital Samba in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Digital Samba
The Insider’s Guide
Embeddable video rooms and webinars, hosted in Europe
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among webinar and live streaming tools, read from Digital Samba’s own pages.
Made by Digital Samba, S.L. · checked Nov 12, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Digital Samba’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Digital Samba’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.4
GPA, above 24 of the 34 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade
Digital Samba is a browser-based video conferencing platform from Barcelona that is sold two ways: a free video calling tool, and Digital Samba Embedded, an API and SDK for putting video rooms and webinars inside your own website or app. Embedded is billed by monthly participation minutes, and the vendor says webinars can reach 2,000 attendees.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Digital Samba, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Past an iframe embed it needs API or SDK work.
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Best for embedding video rooms and webinars in your own app
Digital Samba's Embedded product puts video rooms and webinars inside your own website or app through an API and SDK, with a free Start plan of 10,000 minutes.
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Paid plans start at about $110.60 a month
As its pricing page puts it: €99 per month on a 12-month contract.
- 3
There is a free plan
Start plan at €0: 10,000 participation minutes a month, up to 100 participants per session, 60 minutes of cloud recording a month.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
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.
- 6
White-label branding
The webinar page describes your own colors, logo and a CNAME domain so attendees do not see Digital Samba.
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Audience engagement
Q&A with upvoting, polls, quizzes, breakout rooms, chat, reactions and a shared whiteboard, with moderation controls for large audiences.
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A 2.4 GPA, above 24 of 34
That is against the other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace Digital Samba you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Digital Samba at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from €99 per month on a 12-month contract
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Digital Samba, S.L., since 2003
- Category
- Webinars & Live Streaming
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for embedding video rooms and webinars in your own app
Digital Samba's Embedded product puts video rooms and webinars inside your own website or app through an API and SDK, with a free Start plan of 10,000 minutes. Anything past a basic embed needs developer work, and the paid plans run on 12-month contracts in euros.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B | Start 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 | B | A free plan with 10,000 minutes, 100 participants and unlimited rooms. Recordings are capped at 15 minutes and deleted after a month. |
| Features | C | Embedding, white-label, recording and restreaming. Encryption disables Q&A, polls and notes, and recording and transcription are billed per minute. |
| Ease of use | D | No store rating on record. Past an iframe embed it needs API or SDK work. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | A browser app plus an API and SDK, with YouTube, Vimeo, LinkedIn, OBS and others. No native desktop app. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Digital Samba is for
- Fits if you are a developer who wants video inside your own product
- Makes sense if you want EU hosting for the call data
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- Software teams adding webinars or video rooms to their own product
- European organizations that want data kept in the EU
- Anyone who needs a free browser video call tool with no sign-up
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
~$110.60
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Digital Samba has a free plan. Paid plans start at €99 per month on a 12-month contract.
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.
The free plan
Start plan at €0: 10,000 participation minutes a month, up to 100 participants per session, 60 minutes of cloud recording a month.
Read from digitalsamba.com on Nov 12, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Embeddable video rooms and webinars, hosted in Europe. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: end-to-end encrypted, public API, whiteboard, video calls, webinars.
Embedding, white-label, recording and restreaming.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- YouTube
- Vimeo
- Cloudflare
- OBS
- vMix
- FFmpeg
Digital Samba is made by Digital Samba, S.L., and has been around since 2003.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
24/34
Other webinar and live streaming tools it is graded above
Digital Samba's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 24 of the 34 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 7.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 32 of 34) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $110.60 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 23 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 18 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 35 webinar and live streaming tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Digital Samba’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 25 of 34
- BFree plan and trialAbove 32 of 34
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 34
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 34
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 10 of 34
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 30 webinar and live streaming tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Digital Samba is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Digital Samba you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 24 of the 34 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade. It costs $1,327.23 a year.
What you could not
- Live video to hundreds of people at once.
- Video calls.
- An endless canvas that stays smooth with hundreds of things on it.
- It plugs into other products, YouTube, Vimeo and LinkedIn among them, and has an API.
- End-to-end encryption done properly.
- Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.
What this rests on. Digital Samba’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Livestorm, BigMarker, ClickMeeting, Airmeet and Zoom Webinars
The 5 tools Digital Samba is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 1.8GPA
Livestorm
Free plan · from $1,200/yr
Browser-based webinars, live or on demand, priced per attendee.
- Digital Samba is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Digital Samba also covers whiteboard and video calls.
- Livestorm also covers multistreaming.
- 1.8GPA
BigMarker
Paid
Marketing webinars and virtual, hybrid and in-person events.
- Digital Samba has a free plan. BigMarker does not.
- Digital Samba is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Digital Samba also covers whiteboard and video calls.
- 2.6GPA
ClickMeeting
Free trial · from $39/mo
Webinars and online meetings with paid events and automation.
- Digital Samba has a free plan. ClickMeeting does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only ClickMeeting lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Digital Samba is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- 1.8GPA
Airmeet
Free trial · from $167/mo
Webinars and virtual events with networking features.
- Digital Samba has a free plan. Airmeet does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Airmeet lists iOS and Android apps.
- Digital Samba is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- 2.2GPA
Zoom Webinars
From $83.33/mo
Zoom's own webinar product, licensed per host by audience size.
- Digital Samba has a free plan. Zoom Webinars does not.
- Only Zoom Webinars lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- Digital Samba is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Digital Samba free?
Digital Samba has a free plan. Start plan at €0: 10,000 participation minutes a month, up to 100 participants per session, 60 minutes of cloud recording a month.
How much does Digital Samba cost?
Digital Samba lists 6 plans. Start: €0 per month, 1-month term.
What platforms does Digital Samba work on?
Digital Samba is available on Web.
Does Digital Samba have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Digital Samba is listed for Web.
Does Digital Samba have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Digital Samba is listed for Web.
Is Digital Samba open source?
Digital Samba is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Is Digital Samba end-to-end encrypted?
Digital Samba describes itself as end-to-end encrypted on its own site.
Does Digital Samba have an API?
Yes. Digital Samba offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Digital Samba integrate with?
Digital Samba's listing names YouTube, Vimeo, LinkedIn, Cloudflare, OBS, vMix and FFmpeg.
Who makes Digital Samba?
Digital Samba is made by Digital Samba, S.L. It dates from 2003.
What are the alternatives to Digital Samba?
The closest alternatives to Digital Samba in our directory are Livestorm, BigMarker, ClickMeeting, Airmeet and Zoom Webinars.
How does Digital Samba compare with other webinar and live streaming tools?
Digital Samba's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 24 of the 34 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 7.
Is Digital Samba good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Digital Samba B for value for money. Its paid plans start at about $110.60 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 23 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Digital Samba?
To replace Digital Samba you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Digital Samba’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 13, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Digital Samba's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Digital Samba, S.L. Prices change, so check digitalsamba.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
5,038
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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categories
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Digital Samba, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/digital-samba
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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