Meeto vs Daily Prebuilt
Meeto vs Daily Prebuilt: embeddable video calls compared
Meeto's widget is free on every plan, with no minute meter and no server: a public key locked to your domains starts calls from the page. Daily Prebuilt bills per participant minute after 10,000 free a month, and rooms or tokens created through its API need a server. Meeto Pro, $6.99 a month for the key owner, removes the 60-minute limit and holds up to 25 people per call.
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Meeto vs Daily Prebuilt: the facts side by side
| Question | Meeto | Daily Prebuilt |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | The widget is free on every plan with no minute meter; on a Free account each call holds 10 people for 60 minutes | 10,000 participant minutes a month[1][2] |
| Pricing model | No usage billing. Pro at $6.99/month for the key owner raises calls to 25 people and removes the 60-minute limit for up to 2 calls at a time | Pay as you go: $0.004 per participant minute after the free minutes, no base subscription[3][4][5] |
| Ways to embed | Script tag, <meeto-room> Web Component, JavaScript, React, Vue and Angular packages, WordPress plugin; Meeto's own call screen with your accent colour and language | A Daily Prebuilt iframe created by the daily-js library[6] |
| Backend needed | No: a public key (mk_live_…) locked to your domains creates instant or named rooms from the page; an optional secret key lets your server create rooms and choose the host | Yes for rooms or meeting tokens created through the REST API, whose key must stay out of the browser[7] |
Prices are in USD for monthly billing unless a row says otherwise. Plans change: each Daily Prebuilt figure links to the page it came from, so you can check it before you decide.
Why people switch from Daily Prebuilt to Meeto
A call button or an inline call goes on your site today, from a snippet, without a server.
Support, sales and consultation calls run at a flat cost instead of a per-minute bill.
WordPress sites get a plugin, and iOS and Android apps get the same widget without building a call screen.
What do 10,000 participant minutes cover?
Daily counts a participant minute for each person in a call, each minute. Two people talking for half an hour use 60 minutes; four people in a one-hour call use 240. Daily's free 10,000 minutes a month therefore cover about 166 half-hour calls between two people, or 41 one-hour calls of four. Past the allowance, a one-hour call between two people costs $0.48 at the list price.
Meeto does not meter the widget, so there is no monthly allowance to run out of. On a Free Meeto account each widget call holds up to 10 people for 60 minutes; on Pro ($6.99 a month for the key owner) calls hold up to 25 people with no time limit, for up to 2 calls at a time.
Try it before you commit: the widget playground runs a live Meeto call on this site, and the JavaScript SDK guide shows the events your page can listen to.
Sources
Meeto facts come from the pricing and limits, security and developer pages, reviewed November 3, 2026. Each Daily Prebuilt fact below is quoted from Daily's own page on the date shown.
Daily's own pages, quoted7
- daily.co/pricing/video-sdk — “10,000 free minutes every month. Flexible, usage-based pricing.”Checked November 3, 2026
- daily.co/pricing/video-sdk — “We provide 10,000 free participant minutes and support to every customer.”Checked November 3, 2026
- daily.co/pricing/video-sdk — “A participant minute refers to a minute for each participant on a call.”Checked November 3, 2026
- daily.co/pricing/video-sdk — “After you have used your free 10,000 participant minutes for the month, you will be billed $0.004 for each additional participant minute.”Checked November 3, 2026
- daily.co/pricing/video-sdk — “Daily Video is pay-as-you-go, so after your 10,000 free participant minutes for the month, there is no hard cap that stops your calls.”Checked November 3, 2026
- docs.daily.co/reference/daily-js/factory-methods/create-frame — “Creates a DailyCall instance with an embedded Daily Prebuilt iframe appended to the DOM.”Checked November 3, 2026
- docs.daily.co/guides/create-and-manage-rooms-with-the-rest-api — “Never use the API key in client-side web browser code”Checked November 3, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Is Daily free?
Daily gives every account 10,000 free participant minutes a month; after that each participant minute costs $0.004, with no hard cap. Meeto's widget has no minute allowance to run out of: it is free on every plan.
Can I customise the Meeto call screen?
Yes. You choose an inline call or a floating call button and its position, tint the screen with an accent colour, set its language, and control the call from your page through events and commands (join, leave, microphone, camera).
Do I need a server to embed Meeto or Daily?
Meeto works from the page alone: the public key is locked to the domains you register. A server is only needed if you want to create rooms in advance or decide who becomes the host. Daily asks you to keep its REST API key on a server for rooms and tokens created through the API.
Try it on your next call
Start a meeting and send the link. Guests join from the browser.
- 60-minute meetings on the free plan
- Guests join without an account
Put it to work
Open your Meeto account to set it up, or explore the working product first.