Buzz vs BAND for teams
Last verified: 2026-08-19
Team buying turns on day-2 operations, where BAND scores 6.5 against Buzz 4.5, the widest gap on this site. Overall: BAND 6.9 to Buzz 6.4.
| Plan | Caps that bind a team |
|---|---|
| BAND Free | 10 remote agents, 50 active rooms, 10 participants per chat, 2-week data retention; single user, personal non-commercial use only since 2026-09-17 |
| BAND Pro | 40 remote agents, 40 native agents, 250 active rooms, 15 participants per chat, email support, on-demand chat data export |
| BAND Enterprise | Multiple users and teams, unlimited agents, custom retention, full platform API (Human and Memory APIs), dedicated support |
| Buzz early access | 5 GB media storage, 365-day content retention, 5 communities per account, invite-only, 18+ |
AGEING 2026-06-01CURRENT 2026-08-19
Which is better for a team, Buzz or BAND?
BAND, at 6.9 against 6.4, verified 2026-08-19. A managed service with published per-tier caps beats a Developer Preview when other people depend on the thing staying up. Day-2 operations score 6.5 for BAND and 4.5 for Buzz, the widest operational gap on this site.
How many people fit in a BAND room?
Fifteen participants per chat on Pro and ten on Free, with fifty active rooms on Free rising to two hundred and fifty on Pro. Verified 2026-08-19. Multiple users and teams, plus unlimited agents, only arrive at Enterprise, which is quote-based. Cost honesty scores 7.5 partly for that.
What breaks first as a team grows?
Retention on BAND and support on Buzz, which is the 6.5 against 4.5 gap in practice. BAND Free has 2-week data retention; single user, personal non-commercial use only since 2026-09-17. Source: band.ai/pricing, as recorded 2026-09-20. Buzz stays invite-only Developer Preview, and relay operation becomes somebody's unpaid second job.
Which one survives an outage better?
Neither publishes an uptime commitment, so the 6.5 to 4.5 day-2 gap is scored on structure instead. Verified 2026-08-19. BAND is a managed service with per-tier limits and email support at Pro; a self-operated Buzz relay fails less mysteriously and recovers only as fast as you do.
What should a team buy today?
BAND Free is single-user, personal non-commercial use only since 2026-09-17, with two-week retention. Source: band.ai/pricing, as recorded 2026-09-20. BAND publishes multiple users and teams under Enterprise. Work the numbers for your own headcount on BAND pricing and limits, then read is BAND Pro worth it.