Digital Samba

Digital Samba is useful when the video room must sit inside an existing website or learning workflow. Its free meeting product is simpler to approach, while Embedded requires technical ownership and careful planning around concurrent participants, minutes and contract length.

Virtual & Hybrid Events Audience Response & Polling Freemium

Digital Samba Free €0; Embedded paid plans from €99/month

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Tool Nutrition Label

Founded Not publicly confirmed

Headquarters Barcelona, Spain

Company Size Not publicly confirmed

Funding Not publicly confirmed

Pricing Model Free meeting product, or Embedded subscription with participation-minute allowances and usage extras

Free Trial Free meeting product and Embedded Start plan

Contract Embedded Create: one month; Launch and higher: 12 months, billed monthly; 30-day cancellation notice

Attendee Capacity Embedded large-meeting plans: 100–2,000 concurrent participants per session, with at most 100 active video broadcasters; account limits also apply

Mobile App Browser-based access; native attendee app availability Not publicly confirmed

Offline Capability Not verified

Data & Compliance Vendor states European hosting; confirm the contracted processing locations

Expertise Level Advanced

Event Types

Online workshopsTraining sessionsWebinarsVirtual interviews

Key Integrations

Digital Samba API and SDK (API)

Support Channels

Help centreDeveloper documentationSales contact

Best For

+ Teams embedding branded training or webinar rooms into their own product
+ Developers who need an API and SDK to control the meeting experience
+ Workshop organisers evaluating a browser meeting service with European hosting

Not For

− Nontechnical teams expecting an embedded deployment without development work
− Buyers treating a monthly Embedded rate as a monthly cancellation right on every plan
− Sessions that require all interaction features while end-to-end encryption is enabled

Key Capabilities

✓ Host video meetings directly in a browser

✓ Embed and customise a video room through the Embedded API and SDK

✓ Present screens and collaborate on a shared whiteboard

✓ Collect polls, quizzes and moderated audience questions

✓ Split a workshop into breakout discussions

✓ Use group chat, private messages and shared notes

✓ Record sessions under the chosen plan's recording and storage terms

Honest Limitations

Embedded needs implementation work

The API and SDK offer control over a branded room, but a team must build and maintain the surrounding registration, access and integration workflow.

Concurrency and minutes are separate limits

Monthly minutes, account concurrency and room capacity are separate limits. The listed plans also cap simultaneous video broadcasters at 100 per session. Hosts consume both participant places and minutes.

Encryption changes the feature set

The vendor says enabling end-to-end encryption disables Q&A, polling, shared notes and saving whiteboards.

Free and Embedded are different offers

Digital Samba Free keeps the vendor's branding, and its account and scheduling functionality is labelled beta. Do not apply Embedded capacity or white-label terms to that free product.

Pricing Breakdown

Plan	Price	Details
Digital Samba Free	€0	Separate browser meeting product. Its current maximum room size is Not publicly confirmed in the reviewed sources.
Embedded Start	€0/month	10,000 participation minutes and 100 concurrent participants. Free recording is limited to 60 minutes monthly and 15 minutes per session.
Embedded Create / Launch	€99 / €372 per month	Create: 25,000 minutes and 100 participants, one-month contract. Launch: 100,000 minutes and 200 participants, 12-month contract.
Embedded Grow / Scale	€1,700 / €3,000 per month	Grow: 500,000 minutes and 500 participants. Scale: 1,000,000 minutes and 2,000 participants. Both have 12-month terms; larger plans are available.

Cost at Common Event Sizes

100

attendees

Illustrative €372/month; €4,464 over 12 months

100 guests plus two hosts for 60 minutes use 6,120 participant-minutes and require 102 places: Launch, not Create. Assumes only the two hosts broadcast video; no recording, storage, tax or development cost included.

500

attendees

Illustrative €3,000/month; €36,000 over 12 months

500 guests plus two hosts for 60 minutes use 30,120 minutes and need 502 places, exceeding Grow's 500. Scale supplies 2,000 places. Assumes only the two hosts broadcast video; extras excluded.

1000

attendees

Illustrative €3,000/month; €36,000 over 12 months

1,000 guests plus two hosts for 60 minutes use 60,120 minutes within Scale's allowance. Assumes only the two hosts broadcast video, no other account usage and no extras.

Hidden Costs to Watch

! Paid Embedded recording, storage, transcription and some streaming features have additional usage charges.
! Overage rates depend on the plan; the lowest advertised minute rate is not an entry-plan price.
! Allow for development, taxes and the 30-day cancellation notice before an automatically renewed term.

Digital Samba offers two routes into a browser video session: its own free meeting product and an Embedded service for developers. The latter makes sense when your event already has a website, member portal or learning platform that should remain the attendee’s destination.

Model the event with hosts and simultaneous rooms included. A session can fit the monthly minute allowance and still exceed the concurrency cap, and enabling end-to-end encryption changes which interaction tools remain available.

Sources

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Questions to Ask the Vendor

1
Which limits count hosts, viewers, simultaneous rooms and active cameras in our exact configuration?
2
What is the full annual cost including recording, storage, transcription and minute overages?
3
Which features stop working when end-to-end encryption is enabled?
4
Which free account and scheduling features remain beta, and what production support applies?
5
Can you confirm hosting locations, cancellation dates and the support commitment for our event?

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