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Looking for a Butter alternative?

Butter is shutting down in February 2026. Move your workshops and collaborative sessions to Digital Samba Free – with the features you love and stronger privacy.

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Butter is sunsetting. Your sessions need a new home.

Butter has announced that the product will be sunset and taken offline, meaning your existing rooms, workflows, and habits need a replacement soon. Digital Samba Free gives facilitators a stable, long-term video platform that feels familiar, yet is simpler, privacy-first, and fully hosted in Europe.

Digital Samba is free in so many ways

Free video calls, no forced sign-up, no bloat, and zero big brother stuff.

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Free video rooms

Run real workshops, coaching sessions, and meetings without a credit card or trial countdown.

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No account needed

Invite people with a simple link. Participants join directly from the browser with no sign-up friction – just like they’re used to in Butter.

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No bloat, no distractions

You get the core tools you rely on – high-quality video, screen sharing, chat, reactions, and breakout rooms – without an overloaded interface.

People are switching to Digital Samba as an alternative to Butter

Real feedback from recent users across Europe and beyond.

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Butter features, plus more

Digital Samba Free covers the key collaboration patterns Butter users rely on, while giving you a calmer UI and stronger data protection.

Reusable rooms

Set up a room once and reuse it for recurring workshops, stand‑ups, or cohorts – neatly organised by team or client.

Active participants

Use reactions, chat, hand‑raise, and breakouts to keep everyone involved instead of drifting into passive viewing.

Frictionless joining

Share one link. Participants join in the browser with no account, no surprise downloads, and no learning curve.

Privacy‑first

EU‑owned and EU‑hosted, with no trackers, profiling, or selling of meeting data.

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Digital Samba has what Butter had

Find a similar experience to Butter in Digital Samba.
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Butter
Service status
Very much alive.
Scheduled to sunset and shut down in 2026.
Join experience
Click a link to start a call in your browser – no account needed.
Click a link to join from the browser, desktop app, or mobile app. Guests don’t need an account.
Call quality
Excellent.
Excellent.
User experience
Simple, modern, and clean. Easy for first‑time participants.
Designed for workshops with many in‑room tools and panels. Can feel busy for simple sessions.
Data hosting
100% EU-hosted on EU-owned servers.
Danish company, video hosted via Agora on the global cloud.
GDPR compliant
Truly & fully compliant.
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Session limits
Unlimited.
Up to 60 minutes with max 20 participants on the free plan
Team members
Unlimited team members.
Up to 5 members per workspace.
AI features
AI transcripts/captions/summaries are part of the feature set, with limits based on minutes.
Summary; AI‑based recaps are available, but history is limited to 7 days on free.
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Use without an account
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Audio & video
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Screen sharing
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Breakout rooms
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Whiteboard
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Polls & Q&A
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Cloud recordings
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Waiting room/lobby
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