I’m struggling to understand the total pricing for the Video SDK recording module. While the Video SDK pricing seems straightforward, I require guidance on the pricing specifics for the following estimated usage:
Roughly 5000 sessions per month
Each session lasting about 30 minutes
Each session hosting 3 users in total
Could someone assist me in clarifying the pricing for the recording feature as per the above criteria using Video SDK?
Currently (July 2025), these replies are only partially accurate.
After several conversations with Zoom support, I found that the Video SDK Pay As You Go (PAYG) plan requires the “Zoom Video SDK Recording” add-on to use cloud recording. This add-on costs $100/month and you can sign up at the bottom of the Developer Pricing page. The sign-up page says you get 30000 recording minutes free, with overages costing $0.015 per recording minute, as well as 1 TB of free storage.
The Video SDK Universal Credit plan allows you to use cloud recording right away, with the minutes/storage billed against your credits. However, unlike the PAYG plan, there is no free usage tier so estimate costs carefully.