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Stop wasting developer bandwidth on dealing with individual streams & publish-subscribe code

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WHY DYTE OVER AGORA

Agora takes months to integrate,
launch in a few hours with Dyte

Here are reasons why you should consider Dyte over Agora

Custom experience without hassle

Branding, permissions, and custom UI/UX are all a breeze away with our UI Kit.

Build more than just video

Create interactive meetings with one-click plugins and built-in chat & polls.

Reduce development effort

Forget dealing with streams, edge-cases, and writing 1000s of lines of code.

Better call completion rates

Ensure your video always runs smoothly no matter the network conditions.

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Dyte vs Agora

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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
Robust end-to-end UI Kit that is easy to use and customize

Customizations: Colors, fonts, borders, spacing & more
Provides a static UI kit with limited customization options

Customizations: Only colors
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
500 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.
Video Quality
High & optimized by default
Medium (To achieve resilient audio-video quality across network and device conditions, high coding effort is required)
...and everything below
Multiple Screenshare
Live streaming
Host Controls
Whiteboard
Recording
Reactions
CC audio transcripts
Chat
Multiple Layouts
Custom roles
Native Mobile SDKs
Polls
HD & SD Quality
Multiple Screenshare
Live streaming
Host Controls
Whiteboard
Recording
Reactions
CC audio transcripts
Chat
Multiple Layouts
Custom roles
Native Mobile SDKs
Polls
HD & SD Quality
HLS livestream
Customizable UI Kit
Breakout rooms
Virtual Background
Auto bandwidth switching
- Webinar
RTMP Out
Middleware for ML Processing
Waiting Rooms
Awesome Plugins
Native video & audio Playback
Real-time Webhooks
Detailed call analytics
Auto-reconnect
Pinning
Remote screen control
HLS livestream
Customizable UI Kit
Breakout rooms
Virtual Background
Auto bandwidth switching
- Webinar
RTMP Out
Middleware for ML Processing
Waiting Rooms
Awesome Plugins
Native video & audio Playback
Real-time Webhooks
Detailed call analytics
Auto-reconnect
Pinning
Remote screen control

24*7 Support
Over Multiple Channels

Whether you need to get a few basic queries answered, or need technical heavylifting, we’re here for you.

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PRICING comparision

Pay only for Live Video

Value adds included to take your experience to the next level

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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

Dedicated Customer Support

Free dedicated 1:1 support directly via Slack or Live Chat

Paid dedicated support plans upto $4,900/month

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Get free product usage of 10,000 minutes refreshed every month with lower rates for video and audio, 24*7 proactive support, and more customization options.

Free Tier
Available
Available
Video
$0.004 per user per minute
$0.0039 per user per minute
Audio
$0.001 per user per minute
$0.0099 per user per minute
Chat
Free
Starting from $699/month
RTMP
Flat $0.010 per minute
Flat $0.019 per minute
White Board
Free
$0.0014 per minute
Support
Free
Plans upto $4900/month
Recording
Flat $0.010 per minute
Flat $0.0135 per minute
Analytics
Free
$499/month
HIPAA
$500/month
$2,900/month
Not Available
Available
Not Available

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