Whereby Embedded

Embeddable video rooms via iframe

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What it is

Video calling delivered as a room URL you drop into an iframe, with an optional React SDK and web component for tighter control. Rooms, layouts, branding, recording and breakout features arrive pre-built, so there is no WebRTC code to write. Whereby operates all the media infrastructure.

Why it earns a slot

One embedded iframe and you have branded video on the page — genuinely the lowest-effort option in this whole category. For a content site running a subscriber Q and A or an author interview, that is the entire integration.

Know before you commit

The iframe is the product, so deep UI customisation and bespoke video layouts are limited next to an SDK like Daily or LiveKit. Participant-minute billing means viewers drive the bill, not the number of events you run.

Getting started

npm i @whereby.com/browser-sdk

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Pricing snapshot

Explore free: up to 2,000 participant-minutes/mo. Build $9.99/mo including 2,000 minutes, then $0.004 per participant-minute. Recording $0.01/min; transcription from $0.0065 per unmuted participant-minute; HIPAA add-on $16.99/mo. Enterprise custom

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Evaluate Whereby Embedded (https://whereby.com/information/embedded) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Embeddable video rooms via iframe. Video calling delivered as a room URL you drop into an iframe, with an optional React SDK and web component for tighter control. Rooms, layouts, branding, recording and breakout features arrive pre-built, so there is no WebRTC code to write. Whereby operates all the media infrastructure.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): One embedded iframe and you have branded video on the page — genuinely the lowest-effort option in this whole category. For a content site running a subscriber Q and A or an author interview, that is the entire integration.
Watch out for: The iframe is the product, so deep UI customisation and bespoke video layouts are limited next to an SDK like Daily or LiveKit. Participant-minute billing means viewers drive the bill, not the number of events you run.
Pricing: Explore free: up to 2,000 participant-minutes/mo. Build $9.99/mo including 2,000 minutes, then $0.004 per participant-minute. Recording $0.01/min; transcription from $0.0065 per unmuted participant-minute; HIPAA add-on $16.99/mo. Enterprise custom
Setup: npm i @whereby.com/browser-sdk
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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