TRTC Live Billing Overview
Last updated:2026-03-17 15:22:35
This article introduces the pricing structure and related details of Tencent RTC Live.
Pricing Components
The pricing for Real-Time Interactive Live includes: Live Monthly Package Fees and Overage Fees beyond the Monthly Package. After purchasing a paid Live package, any usage exceeding the included resources will be charged on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Notes：
The Live features can only be fully enabled after purchasing a TRTC Live package. Usage beyond the included package resources is still allowed, but any excess will be charged on a pay-as-you-go fees.
Fee Type | Description |
The TRTC Live component can be used only after you purchase a Live monthly package. For package prices and features, refer to Live Monthly Packages below. | |
Pay-as-you-go fees | Out-of-plan excess MAU fees: Exceeding the quota incurs a charge of $0.015 USD per user per month. Audio and video duration fees: The usage generated by the live's video live component is billed according to the Billing of Video Live Component; the audio and video duration usage incurred during the use of live's voice room component is billed in accordance with the Audio and Video Duration. Additional Value-Added Fees: If you use TRTC basic features, there may also be on-cloud recording fees, on-cloud recording and recording delivery fees and relay fees. |
Notes on MAU Billing, Package Usage Offsets：
Calculation Method for MAU
: The calculation method for MAU is as follows: after calling the TUILogin.login operation and establishing a long connection with the Live backend, the MAU will increase by 1. That is, a single user logging into Live in a month counts as 1 MAU, and repeated logins by the same user do not accumulate MAU. Additionally, if the same user uses Chat, Call, Live, or Conference within the same application (SDKAppID), they will only be counted as one MAU. Please use the TUILogin.login operation reasonably according to your business scenario to avoid excessively high MAU.Live Packages Limited-time Promotion: For a limited time, the audio/video calling minutes included with a paid Live monthly subscription can now be used to offset usage generated by any Real-Time Communication (RTC) application (SDKAppID) under your Tencent Cloud account, rather than being restricted to the specific application associated with the purchase. The expiration date for this offer will be announced officially on our website.
Billing Details
TRTC Live features are offered at the application (SDKAppID) level. If you have multiple applications that need to use TRTC Live features, you need to purchase multiple TRTC Live monthly packages.
After the TRTC Live monthly package bound to your application expires, the features of the package will become unavailable. To avoid interrupting your business, we recommend you enable auto-renewal for your purchased monthly package in the TRTC Console (Select Application > Choose Product > Enable Auto-renewal).
You can subscribe to only one TRTC Live package for one application at a time. For example, for the application "test_trtc", if you have already subscribed to Live Lite, before the package expires, you cannot upgrade it to Live Standard or Pro. If you do need to upgrade your package, please submit a ticket.
TRTC Live packages must be purchased first before they can be used to deduct your usage. The validity period is from the day of purchase to the same day of the following month. For example, if you purchase a package on March 1, 2023, its validity period will be from March 1, 2023, to April 1, 2023.
For specific instructions on how to obtain the free trial edition or purchase the official edition, see Activate the Service (TUILiveKit).
You may refer to the TRTC Monthly Package Refund Instructions for the refund rules regarding the Live monthly packages.
For rules after Live enters overdue status, please refer to the TRTC Overdue and Suspension Policy.
Monthly Package Details
Note: Starter Plan
To help new users manage initial costs, we're offering a limited-time Starter Plan for our Live service.
Price: 39.9 USD for the first month.
Minutes: 10,000 free minutes and 50,000 package minutes for the first month, with pay-as-you-go available.
Features: Same as the Live Standard plan, with up to 1,000 Monthly Active Users (MAU) for the first month.
Purchase Conditions:
This offer is exclusively for new users who have not previously purchased any official Live packages (Lite, Standard or Pro Plan).
Each account is limited to one purchase.
Item | Free Trial | Lite | Standard | Pro | |
Price | | As low as 0 USD for 14 days | 299 USD/month | 599 USD/month | 899 USD/month |
10,000 minutes/month | 10,000 minutes/month | 10,000 minutes/month | 10,000 minutes/month | ||
| - | 100,000 minutes/month | 300,000 minutes/month | 450,000 minutes/month | |
| 100/month | 10,000/month | 10,000/month | 10,000/month | |
| Pay-as-you-go upon Exhaustion (within the validity of the package) | Services become unavailable after exhaustion. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Live Features | Max Live Rooms | 10 | 30 | 100 | 500 |
| Max Viewers in a Room | 100 | 500 | 5000 | Unlimited |
| Single-room Multi-Guest | Up to 16 Multi-Guests per Room | Standard or Pro Only | Up to 10 Multi-Guests per Room | Up to 16 Multi-Guests per Room |
| Cross-room Multi-Guest/PK | Up to 9-Room Simultaneous PK | - | Up to 2-Room Simultaneous PK | Up to 9-Room Simultaneous PK |
| Max Input Resolution | 2K/4K | 1080P | 1080P | 2K/4K |
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Live Preview | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |
| Live Feed | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |
| Follow | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |
| In-Room Search | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |
| Chat and Emoji Chat in Live Room | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Floating Window | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Face Beautification | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gift System | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |
| Audience List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PC Live Streaming Assistant | ✓ | ✓ （Time-Limited Freebie） | ✓ （Time-Limited Freebie） | ✓ |
| RTMP Entry/Input Online Media Stream | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| QUIC Weak Network Optimization | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |
| AI Noise Suppression | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| - | - | - | ||
On-cloud Recording | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| On-Cloud Mix-Transcoding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Supported Platforms | | iOS, Android, Web, Flutter, Electron | iOS, Android, Flutter; Web, Electron（Time-Limited Freebie） | iOS, Android, Flutter; Web, Electron（Time-Limited Freebie） | iOS, Android, Web, Flutter, Electron |
Technical Support | | - | Response time: 5 days/12 h P1 - 2 h P2 - 6 h P3 - 12 h | Response time: 7 days/24 h P1 - 1 h P2 - 4 h P3 - 9 h | Response time: 7 days/24 h P1 - 1 h P2 - 4 h P3 - 9 h |
| | - | Ticket and email support | Ticket and email support | Ticket and email support |
| | - | Telegram group | Telegram group | Telegram group |
Note:
1.
Free resources
: The free resources of a package can be used to deduct your live durations and quota of free monthly active users (MAU). If you use the trial edition, services will become unavailable for your application after you use up the package. If you use Lite, Standard or Pro, after you use up the package, your additional usage will be charged at pay-as-you-go rates.2.
Free minutes
: Each Tencent Cloud account will get 10,000 free minutes per usage cycle (a usage cycle is one month) after it buys a TRTC Live package. The free minutes can deduct usage of both TRTC Live features and TRTC basic features such as on-cloud recording and on-cloud mixtranscoding. To learn more, refer to Free Minutes.3. Monthly package
duration
: It can be used to deduct the audio and video duration generated when Live is used. For details on the deduction rules, see Billing Explanation for Subscription Package Duration. It is valid for one month and will expire at the end of each usage cycle.4. TRTC general
features
: In addition to Live dedicated features, you can also use the general features provided by TRTC. The corresponding usage will be generated during the use. For the billing standards, see Billing of On-Cloud Recording and Recording Delivery and Billing of MixTranscoding.Was this page helpful?
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