Ease of Development

Publish-subscribe events are handled by our SDKs

Low-level publish-subscribe events makes it complicated and consumes the majority of developer time

UI Support

Multiple SDK Overhead

None. A single SDK that supports video, voice, streaming, chat, polls, and more

Yes. Separate SDKs for video calling, streaming, chat, and more just to create a simple live video solution

Roles / Permissions

Create custom roles that are specific to your use-case

Limited to host & participant roles

Concurrent Streams & Active Speaker

200 and automatically switches to the people who are actively speaking

Limited to 17 streams, no inbuilt active speaker switching

Auto Reconnect

Yes

Not available

Support for Multiple Audio Inputs/Outputs

In-built

Manual configuration needed

HLS Streaming

In-built

Possible with a separate SDK

RTMP Streaming

Out-of-the-box, Stream to YouTube, LinkedIn, Meta (Facebook), etc.

Needs complicated configuration

Adaptive Bitrate

Auto

Manual configuration needed

Plugins

One-click add ons or build your own, e.g. YouTube, Remote browser, Whiteboard, Code Editor, Quiz, etc.

Only Whiteboard

Chat

In-built

Separate SDK for chat

Polls

In-built

Not available

Virtual Background, Live Transcription & ML Middleware

Single line integration

Complex integration

Breakout Rooms

In-built

In a separate Classroom SDK

Webhooks

Yes

Only for recording states

Error Handling

In-built

Does not support in-built disconnection handling. Extra coding needed to set it up.

Chat

Free

$14.50/1000 monthly peak DAU

Detailed Analytics

Free

Paid plans upto $1599/month

Interactive Whiteboard

Free

First 10,000 mins free, $1.40/1000 participant minutes