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Comparing Agora vs Twilio?
You are losing out big time.

Twilio Video is sunsetting. So, finding a reliable alternative is a P0, but Agora is not the perfect fit.
Compare Agora and Twilio Video, and learn how Dyte beats both.

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Overview

While Agora is a legacy video SDK provider, it doesn’t quite stand a chance as a strong replacement to Twilio Video. Especially with limited concurrent streams, inflexible customizations, and the absence of critical features like intelligent bandwidth switching or interactive features.

Moreover, Agora seems to have last improved the user experience over half a decade ago and it takes months to integrate.

Dyte is more than just their replacement. Over and above all the features of Twilio Video and Agora, you get interactive plugins, UI Kit, advanced analytics and much more with Dyte’s all-in-one video SDK.

Let’s compare features, pricing, advantages and disadvantages of Agora vs. Twilio’s, and evaluate why Dyte is better than them.

4 places (of many) where Agora falls short

Limited concurrent streams

Agora supports 17 concurrent streams same as Twilio, whereas Dyte supports 25. Agora does not natively support active speaker switching, which is in-built with Dyte.

Limited interactive features

Agora does not support interactive features such as Polls, Code Editor, DocSync, Video Streamer. Dyte has these in-built and allows you to build your own plugins.

Mediocre call quality

High-coding effort is required to achieve resilient quality across devices & network conditions due to lack of basic features like auto-reconnect.

Complex AI/ML middleware support

Limits executing AI/ML algorithms for media processing tasks like noise reduction or adding advanced features like custom filters, transcription services, etc.

COMPARING THE SDKs

Twilio vs. Agora vs. Dyte

Checkout this feature-to-feature comparison chart and you will understand why Agora SDK is NOT the right Twilio Video replacement.

Ease of development
Development is tough & restrictive
Easy integration with open APIs
Requires high coding effort
UI Support
Pre-built only (Zoom Meeting UI)
Highly customizable UI Kit
Limited UI support
SDK overhead
Single SDK but only supports video calls
A single SDK that supports everything
Multiple SDKs for calling, streaming and more
HLS Streaming
Not available
In-built
Separate Streaming SDK
RTMP Streaming
Available
In-built
Separate Streaming SDK
Plugins
Only Whiteboard
In-built or build your own
Only Whiteboard
Chat
Available
In-built
Separate SDK
Polls
Not available
In-built
Not available
Video Quality
HD
Full HD
Depends on what you pay
Error Handling
Basic
Managed by the SDK
Complex integration
Adaptive Bitrate
Limited to 3 roles - host, co-host, and user only
Create custom roles that are specific to your use-case
Limited to host and participant roles
Breakout Rooms
Not available
In-built
Separate Classroom SDK
AI/ML Middleware
Additional coding effort via another package
Single line integration
Complex integration
Webhooks
Not available
In-built
Manual configuration needed
Roles/Permissions
Not available
In-built
Manual configuration needed
Auto Reconnect
Only for a few states
Available
Only for recording states
Audio room
Only for a few states
Available
Only for recording states
Support for multiple audio I/O
Only for a few states
Available
Only for recording states
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Twilio Enterprise users are also eligible to receive credits upto $30,000

Free
Development is tough & restrictive
Easy integration with open APIs
10,000 free minutes
Video
Pre-built only (Zoom Meeting UI)
Highly customizable UI Kit
$0.0039 /user /minute
Audio
Single SDK but only supports video calls
A single SDK that supports everything
$0.00099 /user /minute
RTMP Out
Not available
In-built
$0.019 /minute
Chat
Available
In-built
Starting from $699 /month
Whiteboard
Only Whiteboard
In-built or build your own
$0.0014 /minute
Plugins
Available
In-built
Extra cost
Support
Not available
In-built
Plans upto $4900 /month
Analytics
HD
Full HD
$499 /month
Recording
Basic
Managed by the SDK
$0.0135 /minute
Storage
Limited to 3 roles - host, co-host, and user only
Create custom roles that are specific to your use-case
Extra cost
Volume Discounts
Not available
In-built
Not available
Claim upto $30,000 credits
WHY DYTE

What makes Dyte the best video sdk?

Dyte helps you integrate custom, secure, high-quality live video and voice to your web, mobile, and desktop applications in just a few lines of code.

Enterprise Compliance

Dyte’s SDK is HIPAA, GDPR and SOC-2 compliant with End-to-end encryption, robust infrastructure that safeguards your communications and ensures data privacy.

Crystal Clear Quality

Power real-time interactions with HD call quality. With adaptive bitrate so you don’t even have to worry about network conditions.

Seamlessly Scalability

With in-built adaptive bitrate, auto-bandwidth switching, and other load-balancing capabilities, you can scale effortlessly.

99.99% Uptime

Experience unparalleled reliability with 99.99% uptime SLA. Dyte’s robust infrastructure ensures your calls are always smooth and uninterrupted.

Advanced Analytics

Access detailed analytics to understand user
interaction and derive insights for an audio/video call
or a livestream.

Single SDK

With Dyte, you can add real time audio/video calls , live streaming, interactive features, and more with a single SDK.

Customers trust Dyte over Twilio or Agora SDK

Know why developers and product teams at leading organisations choose Dyte over Twilio Video or Agora SDK.

Achieved 7X faster dev with Dyte over Twilio
Dyte reduced our development timeline by 7X and speed up our go-to-market by almost by 12 months.
Sujit Karpe
Co-Founder and CTO
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We use Dyte, and they are literally one of the best partners on the planet.
Felix Lee
Co-Founder and CEO
Dyte's seamless integration has made it a breeze for our patients to connect with therapists and psychiatrists.
Gobikrishnan
Co-Founder and CEO
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