How do Zoom and Whereby compare? And what does Dyte Video SDK offer?
Zoom and Whereby are video SDKs that help add live experiences to products. Zoom offers better reliability and scalability, while Whereby has easier integration and UI customization.
Dyte changes that. Dyte is a modern live video sdk that offers live video, audio calls, streaming, collaborative features, and more in a single lightweight SDK.
But that said, we pit Zoom vs Whereby to bring out their pros and cons. Let’s dive in.
Zoom Video SDK is the classic Zoom Client without its shell. The SDK provides video, audio, screen sharing, chat, data streams, and more, as a service. You can build with all of these features or pick and choose. The Video SDK also offers server-side APIs and webhooks.
Whereby SDK is a high-level, basic live video SDK that helps developers to embed meetings into their app. It offers a UI builder that lets you create basic custom live screens. It also offers open APIs that make it easy to embed the basic live video in your app.
Development is tough & restrictive
Development is moderately tough
Easy integration with open APIs
No UI support
Drag and drop UI builder
Highly customisable UI Kit
Limited to host and participant only
Limited to host & participant roles
Create custom roles that are specific to your use-case
Only Whiteboard
Available
In-built or built your own
Not available
Not available
In-built
Not available
Not available
In-built
Basic
Elementary
Managed by the SDK
HD
HD
Full HD
Not available
Available
Prebuilt with video call
Manual configuration needed
Not available
Available
Not available
Not available
Single line integration
Not available
Not available
In-built
Not available
Not available
In-built
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Ease of development
Development is tough & restrictive
Development is moderately tough
Easy integration with open APIs
UI Support
No UI Support
Drag and drop UI builder
Highly customizable UI Kit
Roles/Permissions
Limited to host and participant only
Limited to host & participant roles
Custom roles that are specific to your use-case
Plugins
Only Whiteboard
Available
In-built or build your own
Polls
Not available
Not available
In-built
Breakout Rooms
Not available
Available
In-built
Error Handling
Basic
Elementary
Managed by the SDK
Video Quality
HD
HD
Full HD
Media Player
Not available
Available
Prebuilt with video call
Composite Recording
Manual configuration needed
Not available
Available
AI/ML Middleware
Not available
Not available
Single line integration
HLS Streaming
Not available
Not available
In-built
Support for Multiple Audio I/O
Not available
Not available
In-built
10,000 free minutes
2000 free minutes
10,000 free minutes
$0.0035 per user per minute
$9.99/ month for 2,000 viewer minutes then $4/1,000 minutes
$0.004 per user per minute
$0.0035 per user per minute
Same as video
$0.001 per user per minute
Extra cost
$0.019 per minute
$0.015 per minute
Plans upto $1900/month
Only in enterprise plan
Free
$0.004 per user per minute
$0.01 per minute
Flat $0.010 per minute
No separate charges
Only in enterprise plan
No separate charges
Not available
Not available
Available
Features
Free
Video
Audio
Support
Recording
HIPAA
Volume Discounts
Dyte is the top choice for businesses looking to enhance customer experiences and collaboration.
Build tailor-made live experiences in your app that satiate your user's needs. Use Dyte's UI kit for a low code experience building or start from scratch with its core SDKs.
Stop worrying about hard coding the edge cases that can disrupt a video call while building live in your product — and let Dyte take care of it.
Make live calls between users more immersive with collaborative features like screen share, chat, polls, emojis, et al. offered out-of-box with Dyte.
Whether you need to get a few basic queries answered, or need technical heavylifting, we’re here for you.
7 times
faster development
2 weeks
time required to go-live
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