Demio

Run a small live webinar on self-managed video and collect registrations

NOT REALLY · consider alternatives
price $63/mo per seatsubscription / year $756estimated build time closest consolation build: one sittingreplaced by 0 people

A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Demio, run a small live webinar on self-managed video and collect registrations. The hard boundary is webinar media infrastructure, registration, engagement, replay hosting, analytics, and support, plus real-time media infrastructure and reliability.

Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability

What you give up

  • webinar media infrastructure, registration, engagement, replay hosting, analytics, and support
  • global low-latency media network
  • dial-in and telephony
  • large webinars
  • transcription, support, and compliance

Why people still pay

People still pay for Demio because video products survive because real-time media quality and global reliability are infrastructure businesses, not weekend interface projects. The recurring cost buys TURN capacity, codecs, browsers, packet loss, scaling, recording, consent, abuse, monitoring, and incident response, not just the visible interface.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • public server with strong bandwidth
  • domain and TLS
  • TURN server
  • Docker
  • explicit participant consent for recording
01
Use Docker Compose, Jitsi Meet, a small Next.js 15 control panel, PostgreSQL, and TURN.
02
Model rooms, signed invitations, participants, consent state, and optional recordings; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
03
Interface for this video meetings and webinars workflow: a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views.
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

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Phase 1, architecture and data

Use Docker Compose, Jitsi Meet, a small Next.js 15 control panel, PostgreSQL, and TURN. Model rooms, signed invitations, participants, consent state, and optional recordings; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.

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Phase 2, implement

For video meetings and webinars, register attendees and issue signed links for a small self-managed video room.

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Phase 3, implement

Show host controls, attendee join state, and explicit recording consent before any replay capture.

4

Phase 4, review and output

Publish a replay only after processing finishes and permission is recorded.

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Phase 5, recovery and acceptance

Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: An expired link cannot join; a failed recording must not create a playable replay or lose consent history. State the practical limit: webinar media infrastructure, registration, engagement, replay hosting, analytics, and support.

the pro prompt
Build me a focused video meetings and webinars workflow for the personal core of Demio. Requirements:

- Use Docker Compose, Jitsi Meet, a small Next.js 15 control panel, PostgreSQL, and TURN. Model rooms, signed invitations, participants, consent state, and optional recordings; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
- Paid product context: Run a small live webinar on self-managed video and collect registrations. Build only this DIY scope: Run a small live webinar on self-managed video, collect registrations, issue signed room links, and keep recordings only when every participant is clearly informed.
- For video meetings and webinars, register attendees and issue signed links for a small self-managed video room.
- Show host controls, attendee join state, and explicit recording consent before any replay capture.
- Publish a replay only after processing finishes and permission is recorded.
- Use a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views. Required input or access: public server with strong bandwidth; domain and TLS.
- Recovery: An expired link cannot join; a failed recording must not create a playable replay or lose consent history.
- Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: An expired link cannot join; a failed recording must not create a playable replay or lose consent history.
- Out of scope: webinar media infrastructure, registration, engagement, replay hosting, analytics, and support; global low-latency media network. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow.
- Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy AGENTS.md · generated from this app's build plan

prior art · use these instead of building, if you'd ratherJitsi MeetWidely deployed open-source video-conferencing platform.↗
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Demio pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
starter$63/user$45/user1 host; 50-attendee room; 3-hour sessions; 4 people on stage; 15 event adminsThe supplied snapshot said $59/month; the live Starter rate is $63 monthly or $45/month annually.
growth——150, 500, 1,000 or 3,000-attendee rooms; 8-hour sessions; 6 people on stage; 25 event adminsPrice changes dynamically by room size and billing period; current dollar values were not exposed in page text.
premium—$196/user150, 500, 1,000 or 3,000-attendee rooms; 10-hour sessions; 10 people on stage; 50 event adminsOfficial page displayed $196/host/month paid yearly, but did not expose which attendee-room selection produced it.
unlimited——Custom hosts, room size, service and contract termsReferenced in the current pricing FAQ; public price is not disclosed.

free tierno free tier; 14-day Growth trial is capped at 20 attendees and 1-hour sessions and includes HubSpot integration

billingmonthly + annual (30% lower); Premium and Unlimited plan changes require 30 days' notice

hidden costsConcurrent sessions require multiple paid host seats; Zapier setup services cost $150, concierge onboarding is paid, and the Boost add-on auto-converts after its 14-day trial at an undisclosed price.

pricing sources checked 2026-08-14 · pricing source ↗

Questions about Demio

Can you build your own Demio with AI?

A full replacement is not the recommended project. A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Demio, run a small live webinar on self-managed video and collect registrations. The hard boundary is webinar media infrastructure, registration, engagement, replay hosting, analytics, and support, plus real-time media infrastructure and reliability.

What does the Demio build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Run a small live webinar on self-managed video, collect registrations, issue signed room links, and keep recordings only when every participant is clearly informed. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: webinar media infrastructure, registration, engagement, replay hosting, analytics, and support; global low-latency media network; dial-in and telephony. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the Demio prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this Demio project take?

The catalogue estimate is closest consolation build: one sitting for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing Demio?

webinar media infrastructure, registration, engagement, replay hosting, analytics, and support; global low-latency media network; dial-in and telephony; large webinars; transcription, support, and compliance. People still pay for Demio because video products survive because real-time media quality and global reliability are infrastructure businesses, not weekend interface projects. The recurring cost buys TURN capacity, codecs, browsers, packet loss, scaling, recording, consent, abuse, monitoring, and incident response, not just the visible interface.

What price is this guide comparing against?

The recorded Starter plan is $63/mo per seat (monthly per user), checked 2026-08-14. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.

What can I use instead of building Demio?

The prior-art section lists Jitsi Meet as starting points. Review their current scope, license and maintenance before adopting one.

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