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Agileworks Group uses Digital Samba Embedded to deliver secure, scalable video communication to their clients. They are a collective of four specialised technology companies serving fast-growing organisations.

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Video calls – built to be integrated, with a modern API and SDK.

npm install @digitalsamba/embedded-sdk

import DigitalSambaEmbedded from '@digitalsamba/embedded-sdk';
const sambaFrame = DigitalSambaEmbedded.createControl({ url: YOUR_ROOM_URL });
sambaFrame.load();

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What makes Digital Samba different?

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Solid & dependable

Backed by two decades of real-time video expertise, with a battle-tested infrastructure, proactive monitoring, and enterprise-grade uptime you can rely on.

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Privacy-first

Engineered and hosted entirely in Europe, Digital Samba keeps your data under EU jurisdiction — protected by GDPR, and never shared or sold.

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Built for growth

Host large interactive webinars with over 1,000 participants and effortlessly manage multiple breakout rooms from a single session.

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Completely white-label

Deliver a meeting under your own domain, logo, and colour scheme. Keep your brand front and centre.

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Human support

Receive direct assistance from experienced engineers and support specialists who collaborate closely with your team to ensure a smooth and successful integration.

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Developer-ready foundation

A modern API and SDK offering ready-to-use video-conferencing features. Combine and customise components to fit your product — no extra complexity required.

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No hidden cloud dependencies

Digital Samba runs 100% on EU-owned infrastructure with no AWS, no GCP, no US processors anywhere in the chain — eliminating CLOUD Act exposure entirely.

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Constantly evolving

New features and improvements released continuously - from AI transcriptions to interactive moderation tools - keeping your platform ahead of the curve.

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Digital Samba Embedded vs. 100ms

Digital Samba Embedded
100ms
Product type
Embedded audio-video API & SDK with a fully prebuilt conferencing layer. Provides a rich set of out-of-the-box features, UI and meeting logic that can be integrated with minimal effort.
Low-level audio-video SDK focused on custom implementations. Provides media primitives and APIs, with a basic prebuilt option available.
Integration & customisation
Flexible through API, SDK and configuration options, enabling custom behaviour, branding and user experience without rebuilding core components or meeting flows.
Full flexibility through a low-level SDK, requiring most interface elements, behaviours and meeting logic to be built and maintained by your development team.
White labelling
Full white labelling with control over branding, colours and UI, plus CNAME domain support to remove all references to Digital Samba.
You build the UI yourself, giving you full branding control. No documentation indicating support for custom-domain mapping (CNAME).
Deployment
Fully managed embedded platform hosted on EU-owned infrastructure.
Fully managed embedded platform hosted on Amazon AWS and Google Cloud.
GDPR compliance
Truly & fully GDPR-compliant. EU-owned company using only EU-owned subprocessors.
HIPAA compliant. GDPR compliance not stated in documentation. Data processed by US-owned subprocessors. comptab-infoalt7-icon
End-to-end encryption (E2EE)
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Stability
Managed stability with fixed, production-ready defaults.
Configurable defaults; stability can be affected by implementation choices.
Scalability
Supports 100 broadcasters in sessions of up to 100 participants, and 15 broadcasters in sessions of up to 2,000 participants.
Supports up to 1,600 participants in sessions with one broadcaster, and up to 1,000 participants in sessions with 10 broadcasters.
Session duration
No time limit on session duration.
Maximum session duration is 12 hours.
Room lifecycle
Full room lifecycle management: create, disable and delete rooms through dashboard or API.
Supports creation and disabling of rooms, but rooms cannot be deleted. Workspaces provide separation between environments.
Releases & roadmap
Agile, customer-informed roadmap with new releases every two weeks. Priorities adapt quickly to customer feedback.
Publishes server-side API changelogs. Release cadence varies from a few days to a few months.
Customer support
Partner-style support with free onboarding and integration assistance from real engineers. Private Slack channel available.
Priority responses, dedicated contacts and integration assistance require higher-tier paid plans.
Recording & storage
Built-in EU cloud recording billed at €0.003 per stored hour, with no storage limit. Accessible via dashboard or API and includes recording bookmarks. No external bucket setup required.
Offers multiple recording modes. External storage requires manual setup (AWS S3, GCP, Alibaba OSS); otherwise recordings are stored for 15 days in 100ms-managed storage and accessed via pre-signed URLs.
Analytics & monitoring
Detailed usage analytics available via API and dashboard.
Event-based analytics via API with 30-day retention. No usage-analytics dashboard at present. comptab-infoalt7-icon
Waiting room / lobby
Available out of the box.
Not built in; must be implemented manually with roles, API and templates.
Hand raise
Available out of the box.
Must be implemented manually using roles, custom events and UI logic.
Breakout rooms
Available out of the box.
Implemented via role changes, not true sub-rooms; requires custom logic for assignment and UI. Only one room can be recorded at a time.
Whiteboard
Available out of the box.
Beta feature requiring activation; limited persistence and functionality.
Polls / voting
Available out of the box.
API support only; no built-in UI, requiring full custom implementation.
Q&A module
Available out of the box.
Not available.
Shared notes
Available out of the box.
Not available.
Live captions
Available out of the box.
English-only, in beta, and available only for HLS viewers (not WebRTC).
AI transcriptions
Available out of the box.
Generated from recorded sessions; recording must be enabled.
AI summaries
Available out of the box.
Generated after the recording is processed; English only and requires recording to be enabled.

Disclaimer: Information about 100ms  is based on publicly available documentation and sources as of November 2025. While we strive to provide accurate and fair comparisons, we recommend contacting the provider directly to verify specific features, technical specifications, or compliance practices relevant to your use case.

Hear it from those who made the switch

saber-maram-4 We couldn't be happier

 

"Our platform was in production, so we were a little concerned about the effect of a switch. But the DS team made themselves available to support the entire transition. It felt like they were part of the WebConnect team. When it comes to quality, we have no complaints, and Digital Samba is superior to tools like Teams or Zoom. We couldn't be happier."

Saber Maram
CEO, WebConnect World

jordan-fleming-4 Samba is really easy to integrate

 

"We made the switch to Digital Samba. Samba is really easy to integrate, and you get direct access to their team, which is a huge plus. They helped us work through the integration. In retrospect, we should have gone with a customisable prebuilt solution from the start."

Jordan Fleming
CEO, smrtStudio Global

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