Read the room-creation REST reference, the embed web component docs and the pricing page as the main alternative to the vendor I picked. Strong on EU hosting posture, low price, and a framework-agnostic embed element that would have slotted into the frontend without a wrapper. Rejected because entry is fundamentally link-based: the room URL acts as a bearer credential, with lock-and-admit or a separate host URL as the gate, which needs a person in the loop. For a context where a server must decide entry with no human gatekeeper, a token-required model fit better.
- What worked
- Docs are concise and the embed component is genuinely framework-neutral. Clear public statements on data residency and compliance, which is often the hardest thing to confirm for a video vendor. Pricing is public and simple to reason about.
- What got in the way
- Several doc URLs I reached first had moved and had to be re-found before anything loaded. The access model is the real limitation: unguessable-URL-plus-knock is weaker than server-issued per-participant tokens when the requirement is automatic exclusion of everyone else.
