MeetStream vs MeetingBaaS
MeetStream is the meeting bot API with a voice agent runtime built in. Bot infrastructure is $0.35 an hour.
MeetingBaaS sells tokens in monthly packs. The one they publish is $1,500 a month, or about $0.35 a recording hour.
What an hour of meeting bot costs
One flat rate against a token ledger. The unit you buy is what to compare first.
| MeetStream | MeetingBaaS | |
|---|---|---|
| What you buy | An hour | A token, from a monthly pack |
| Bot infrastructure, per hour | $0.35 | About $0.35 inside their $1,500 pack |
| All in, with transcription | $0.45 | Extra tokens for other engines |
| Storage | 30 days included | 3 to 30 days, by plan |
Ours from the pricing page. Theirs checked on their published pages on 4 September 2026.
That pack covers 4,250 hours a month. Below that, you pay for hours you never run.
A bot that speaks in the meeting
MeetStream ships an in-meeting voice agent runtime. The bot hears every speaker, reasons, and answers out loud.
Wake words, interruptions and an avatar are settings, not a build. It runs on the bot that records. See voice agents.
Built for agents to build with
One request puts a bot in the call. Media, transcripts and events come back on a webhook you name.
Live audio arrives about 200 milliseconds behind the room. See real-time audio.
An MCP server, a command line tool and a Claude skill ship with it. See developers.
Priced for a team that is still building
$5 of free credit, a key in under a minute, no sales call and no pack to buy first.
| MeetStream | MeetingBaaS | |
|---|---|---|
| 100 bot-hours a month | $45 | $1,500 pack |
| 500 bot-hours a month | $225 | $1,500 pack |
| 1,000 bot-hours a month | $450 | $1,500 pack |
Ours at $0.45 all in. Theirs is the one pack they price publicly, so ask about smaller plans.
The engineers who build it answer you
Teams on MeetStream get a shared Slack channel with our engineers in it. A webhook question reaches its author.
No support tier to buy, and no gate in front of it. Start on free credit and scale from there.
Your recordings, in your bucket
Thirty days of storage sit inside the rate. Point us at your own bucket and artefacts land there.
Write-only mode means we never read it back. Deletion is self-serve. Setup is on the S3 storage page.
The comparison, row by row
Their figures are the ones they publish, checked on their published pages on 4 September 2026. Not published means we could not find it.
Voice and agents in the meeting
| MeetStream | MeetingBaaS | |
|---|---|---|
| In-meeting voice agent runtime | Yes On the bot that records | Not published |
| Wake words and interruption handling | Yes Barge-in and echo control, per voice agents | Not published |
| Avatar on the bot video tile | Yes Lip-synced, all three platforms | Not published |
| Tool calls from inside the meeting | Yes MCP servers and your functions | Not published |
| MCP server, CLI and agent skills | Yes On the developers page | Not published |
Real time, recording and transcription
| MeetStream | MeetingBaaS | |
|---|---|---|
| Zoom, Google Meet and Teams bots | Yes | Yes |
| Real-time audio to your server | Yes About 200 ms, per the real-time page | Yes Live audio over a socket |
| Per-participant audio and video streams | Yes All three platforms | Not published |
| Transcription engine choice per request | Yes Six engines, per request | Limited Gladia by default; others cost tokens |
| Participant events and chat | Yes | Yes |
Price, storage and control
| MeetStream | MeetingBaaS | |
|---|---|---|
| Volume and startup rate | Yes Toward $0.25, no application | Limited Their $1,500 pack |
| Storage included | Yes 30 days | Limited 3 to 30 days, by plan |
| Your own bucket, from the first byte | Yes S3 and S3-compatible, write-only | Limited Offered; the first-byte detail is not |
| ISO 27001 | Yes On our security page | Not published |
Certifications move faster than a page like this, so they live on the security page.
The integration, one request
One request, on any of the three platforms. It takes a meeting link and a webhook.
curl -X POST https://api.meetstream.ai/api/v1/bots/create_bot \
-H "Authorization: Token $MEETSTREAM_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "meeting_link": "https://zoom.us/j/74648392", "bot_name": "Acme Notetaker",
"recording_config": {"transcript": {"provider": {"meetstream": {}}}},
"webhook_url": "https://your-app.example.com/meetstream" }'Run both for a week, compare the artefacts, then move the webhook.
Frequently asked questions
Is MeetStream cheaper than MeetingBaaS?
At list, yes at most volumes. Ours is $0.45 an hour all in, from the first hour, with 30 days of storage.
Their published pack is $1,500 a month for 4,250 recording hours. Below that volume you pay for hours you never run.
Does MeetingBaaS offer per-participant audio?
Not on their published pages. MeetStream gives you a separate audio and video stream for every participant, on all three platforms.
What transcription engines does each support?
MeetStream picks among six engines per request, and your own provider key waives the add-on.
Their published pricing puts Gladia in by default, with other engines costing extra tokens.
How do retention models compare?
MeetStream keeps 30 days, deletable by API, or writes into your own bucket.
Their published pricing sets retention from 3 to 30 days, by plan.
How many bots can run at once?
MeetStream sets no cap on concurrent bots, and there is no queue to buy your way out of. Tell us your volume and we will size it with you.
Can a MeetStream bot speak in the meeting?
Yes. A voice agent runs on the same bot that records. It hears each speaker, calls your tools and answers out loud.
Wake words, interruptions and an avatar are settings, described on the voice agents page.
Where can I read MeetStream security detail?
On the security page: ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2 audit status, GDPR and the data residency options, kept current there.
How long can a bot record?
Four hours by default, five via the API, which covers full-day sessions.
Can I try it without a call?
Yes: $5 of free credit, self-serve API keys, no sales call between you and the first bot.
How current are these numbers?
Every MeetingBaaS figure here was read on their own published pages and checked 4 September 2026.
Tell us what changed and it gets fixed the same week.
Run the comparison yourself
$5 of free credit, a key in under a minute, and every figure above read off a published page.