Stream
Unified platform for building real-time communication and community features
- Also known as
- stream
Available worldwide
What is Stream?
A platform providing SDKs and APIs for adding chat messaging, video calling, activity feeds, and content moderation to applications, supporting billions of end users across a globally distributed infrastructure.
Stream pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $499/mo. Free tier available. Activity and API call overages charged at published per-unit rates.
Free
Free- api_calls
- 125,000/mo
- activities
- 5,000/mo
- Flat & Timeline Feeds
- Notification & Aggregated Feeds
- Security & Compliance
- Global Edge Network
Robust Feeds
- api_calls
- 1,250,000/mo
- activities
- 50,000/mo
- Ranked Feeds
- Ticketed Support
Elevate
- api_calls
- 3,750,000/mo
- activities
- 150,000/mo
Enterprise
Contact salesCustom enterprise-grade service with activity-based pricing, scaling to hundreds of millions of users
- 99.999% SLA
- SAML/SSO
- Private Dedicated Servers
- 24/7 Support
Add-ons
- Image & File CDN Bandwidth$0.17 per GB
- Storage$0.07 per GB
- Image Resizing$5.80 per 1000 images
What Stream does
The capabilities that matter for communication apis, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- SMS
- -
- Voice
- ✓
- -
- RCS
- -
- Transactional email
- -
- Video / real-time
- ✓
- In-app chat
- ✓
- Verify / OTP / 2FA
- -
- Two-way messaging
- ✓
- Geographic coverage
- Global
- Email deliverability tools
- -
- Published per-unit pricing
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (15)
Independently observed- Jenkins
- GitHub
- Slack
- Postman
- Xcode
- Android Studio
- React
- React Native
- Flutter
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Expo
- Vercel AI SDK⇄•
Stream FAQ
Common questions about Stream, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Stream?
A platform providing SDKs and APIs for adding chat messaging, video calling, activity feeds, and content moderation to applications, supporting billions of end users across a globally distributed infrastructure. It is indexed under Communication APIs.
Is Stream free?
Stream offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $499 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Stream support?
Stream supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can Stream be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Stream, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What does Stream integrate with?
We have confirmed 13 integrations for Stream, including Jenkins, GitHub, Slack, Postman, Xcode, Android Studio, React and Flutter, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Stream have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Stream. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Stream not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Stream alternatives
Other communication apis we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- NovuOpen-source platform for sending notifications and enabling agent conversations across email, SMS, chat, push, and in-app messagingmedium · 73%
- DailyLow-latency infrastructure for building real-time voice, video, and AI conversationsmedium · 71%
- PlivoAI voice agents and omnichannel communications platform with usage-based pricinghigh · 75%
- SinchAPIs for SMS, voice, email, video, and verificationmedium · 72%
- InfobipConnect with customers across multiple messaging and communication platformslow · 48%
- AgoraReal-time communication infrastructure for voice, video, and messagingmedium · 72%
Compare Stream
Side by side against other communication apis, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Stream, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 100 | 0.16 | 15.7 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 85 | 0.12 | 9.8 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.05 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 34 | 0.05 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.04 | 1.1 | ✓ |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Chat: Yes · Video: Yes · Voice: Yes · Two way: Yes · Global coverage: global · Usage pricing transparent: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 14 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-04 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Hipaa | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Trust center | https://getstream.io/blog/content-compliance/ | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
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