# Buzz vs BAND: /buzz-vs-band/pricing

> BAND 6.9, Buzz 6.4 under published fleet-operator weights. Verified 2026-08-19.

Published by Signalbox Bench (corrections@buzzvsband.com). Corrections: https://buzzvsband.com/corrections

## Published prices

- BAND Free: $0/month — 10 remote agents, 50 active rooms, 10 participants per chat, 24-hour data retention (expired data may be lost)
- BAND Pro: $17.99/month — 40 remote agents, 40 native agents, 250 active rooms, 15 participants per chat, email support, on-demand chat data export
- BAND Enterprise: Custom quote — Multiple users and teams, unlimited agents, custom retention, full platform API (Human and Memory APIs), dedicated support
- Buzz: Free during early access on Block-hosted relays — 5 GB media storage, 365-day content retention, 5 communities per account, invite-only, 18+

Cost honesty cells: BAND 7.5 (verified 2026-08-19), Buzz 8.5 (verified 2026-08-19).

## Answers

### Which is cheaper, Buzz or BAND?

Buzz is cheaper today: free during early access on block-hosted relays, against BAND Free at $0/month and BAND Pro at $17.99/month. Verified 2026-08-19. Buzz scores 8.5 on cost honesty and BAND 7.5, because Buzz publishes caps but hedges every word about what it will charge later.

### What does BAND Pro actually buy you?

BAND Pro costs $17.99/month and buys the two things Free withholds: chat data export, and room capacity worth planning around. Verified 2026-08-19. Free retains data for twenty four hours and expired data may be lost, which is why data control scores 4.0, the lowest cell here.

### Is Buzz free forever?

No promise is published, which is why cost honesty scores 8.5 rather than higher. Buzz is free during early access with caps on media storage, retention, and communities per account. Verified 2026-08-19. Block states limits may increase over time, a hedge about limits rather than a commitment about price.

### What is the real total cost of each?

Model spend dominates both, and neither vendor publishes a bundled inference price, so cost honesty caps at 7.5 and 8.5. BAND charges $17.99/month for the layer while agents keep paying their own providers; Buzz charges nothing yet but you fund models and any relay machine. Verified 2026-08-19.