The price anchor
| Bloom Meeting | Riverside | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | $15–29/mo |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $288 |
| 5-year total | $49 | $1,440 |
| 10-year total | $49 | $2,880 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing ($15–29/mo, ~$288/yr); the Bloom Meeting column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
Bloom Meeting costs less than three months of Riverside Standard — after that, every remote session, caption pass and auto-cut episode is free, forever.
- After 1 year: Bloom Meeting has cost you $49 total — Riverside has cost $288.
- After 3 years: Bloom Meeting is still $49 — the subscription is at $864.
- After 5 years: Bloom Meeting is still $49 — the subscription is at $1,440.
What you get for $49 once
- Guests join from a browser link. Create a meeting and send one link — up to 4 guests plus the host, nothing to install on their end.
- Everyone records locally. The live call is only for conversation. Each participant records in studio quality on their own machine — 8 Mbps VP9 video plus separate lossless-leaning Opus audio — so a bad connection never ruins the take.
- Per-person synced tracks. Server-stamped start times and per-recorder clock offsets land in the take folder, so every track lines up on a timeline in post.
- Tracks collect automatically. Guest recordings chunk-upload to the relay during the call; ending the meeting gathers every participant's files into one auto-titled take folder.
- Go Live — RTMP streaming. Broadcast the composited meeting grid (speaker labels, solo/split/grid layouts) to Twitch or any RTMP server while you record.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $49 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Do my guests have to install anything?
No. Guests open a browser link — up to 4 guests plus the host. Only the host runs the desktop app.
What happens if the connection is bad during the call?
Nothing, to the recording. The live call only carries the conversation — each participant records locally on their own machine, so the tracks are studio quality even if the call stutters.
How do I get my guests' recordings?
They upload in chunks to the relay server during the call. When you end the meeting, every participant's tracks collect into one take folder with per-recorder sync offsets, ready to line up in post.
Can it edit the episode for me?
Yes — Dynamic Edit transcribes each participant locally with Whisper and auto-cuts the episode: full-screen on the active speaker, split view on crosstalk. You can override any segment, then it renders 1080p via ffmpeg with offset-aligned audio.
Bloom Meeting — $49, one time
Or get Bloom Meeting plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.