Understanding Hiyve Pricing

Hiyve offers two simple pricing models depending on what you need. If you want a complete meeting platform with AI features, Rooms, whiteboards, recordings, and collaboration tools, you can choose the Hiyve Business plan.

If you are a developer building your own product and want to use Hiyve’s real-time communication technology under the hood, you can use the Hiyve.dev SDK and pay only for the usage you generate.

This article walks through both pricing options so you can decide which one fits your workflow or product.

Hiyve Business: One Simple Plan for Teams and Individuals

Hiyve’s Business plan is designed for anyone who wants to run meetings, collaborate in Rooms, and use all the built-in AI tools. The pricing is straightforward: $16 per user per month, with a 7-day free trial so you can explore everything before committing.

There are no hidden fees and no feature restrictions. Every user on the Business plan gets the full platform.

What’s Included

The Business plan gives you access to the complete Hiyve experience:

Video and audio calling
Instant Meetings for quick sessions
Persistent Rooms for organized, ongoing work
Cloud recordings with 20 GB of included storage
Extra storage available for $10 per 30 GB per month
AI transcripts and summaries
Whiteboard, Notes, Chat, File Sharing
Up to 50 participants in group Rooms
Custom branding
Admin controls and team expansion
Email support
Optional live streaming (available on request)

The goal is to give every team the same high-quality tools without requiring multiple add-ons or tier upgrades.

If you run lessons, coaching sessions, workshops, sales calls, or recurring team meetings, the Business plan ensures everything lives in one place and stays organized over time.

Hiyve.dev (SDK): Usage-Based Pricing for Builders

If you are building your own product or platform and want to use Hiyve’s underlying audio, video, recording, and streaming technology, the Hiyve.dev SDK offers a usage-based pricing model. This lets you pay only for what your application consumes.

This model is ideal for developers creating custom apps, telehealth platforms, educational tools, collaboration products, or any experience that requires real-time communication.

Hiyve.dev Pricing Breakdown

Video & Audio:
$0.003 per user per minute
Supports high-quality, low-latency audio and video in your app.

Recording:
$0.01 per user per minute
Record cloud-synchronized audio and video streams from each participant.

Composition:
$0.01 per minute
Combine multiple recorded streams into a single playback file.

Live Streaming:
$0.003 per viewer per minute
$0.003 for ingestion
Broadcast your session live using customizable HLS streams.

Storage:
$0.05 per GB per month
First 10 GB are included for free.

In-App Chat:
$99 per 10,000 monthly active users
$0.01 per additional MAU
Gives your product scalable real-time chat.

The SDK is fully modular, so you only pay for the features your application uses.

Which Pricing Option Should You Choose?

If you want a ready-to-use meeting platform with AI intelligence, persistent Rooms, collaboration tools, and recordings built in, the Hiyve Business plan is the best choice. Everything is included for a flat monthly rate.

If you are developing your own application and need audio, video, recording, streaming, or chat infrastructure, the Hiyve.dev SDK gives you the flexibility to scale based on usage.

Many companies use both: the Business plan for internal meetings and the SDK to power their customer-facing product.

Summary

Hiyve offers simple, transparent pricing for two different types of users. The Business plan provides an all-in-one meeting and collaboration platform for $16 per user per month. The Hiyve.dev SDK offers flexible, usage-based pricing for developers who want to build with Hiyve’s real-time communication technology.

Both options are designed to be predictable, scalable, and easy to understand so you can focus on your work or building your product without worrying about complex billing.