100ms API
100ms REST API and SDK — programmable video/audio rooms, live streaming, and recording infrastructure for building real-time video experiences, enabling agents to create rooms, manage sessions, and control recording workflows.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
SOC2 Type II. HIPAA BAA available. GDPR compliant. JWT tokens with short expiry. Regional data residency options. End-to-end encryption available. Access Key + Secret required for token generation — protect secrets carefully.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You're building a real-time video product that needs agent-controlled room management, recording, and streaming with a developer-friendly API and good pricing.
Avoid When
You need a simple video call widget — Daily.co or Whereby are easier to embed without full infrastructure management.
Use Cases
- • Agents provisioning 100ms video rooms for on-demand virtual meetings and triggering recordings programmatically
- • AI interview platforms — agents creating video sessions with automatic recording for async AI-reviewed interviews
- • Live event management — agents creating and managing live streaming sessions with SFU-based quality optimization
- • Recording automation — agents starting/stopping 100ms cloud recordings and retrieving recording URLs after sessions end
- • Session analytics — agents querying 100ms room session data for participant counts, duration, and quality metrics
Not For
- • Simple screen recording — use Loom API for async video messaging without real-time infrastructure complexity
- • Podcast audio only — Riverside or Zencastr are better for audio-only recording without video overhead
- • High-scale broadcast — Mux or Agora have better infrastructure for 100K+ concurrent viewer livestreams
Interface
Authentication
Management tokens (JWT) generated from App Access Key and App Secret. Tokens are short-lived (24h default) and signed with HS256. Room tokens for client SDK auth are separate from management tokens.
Pricing
Generous free tier for development and small production. Recording stored on 100ms for limited time; agents should download recordings promptly. Livestreaming minutes priced separately.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Management tokens expire (24h default) — agents must generate fresh tokens or implement token refresh logic
- ⚠ Room tokens (for SDK clients) and management tokens are different — don't confuse the two in agent workflows
- ⚠ Recording files are stored temporarily on 100ms — agents must download recordings promptly before expiry
- ⚠ Region selection affects latency — choose room region closest to participants for optimal quality
- ⚠ Recording compositing (layouts) requires separate configuration — default recording captures individual streams
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-07.