Why Developers are Using Daily as an Agora Alternative

We support larger, more interactive experiences without hidden costs for HD quality and features. Plus we have a proven track record of security and data privacy.

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100k

real-time active participants

millisecond median
first-hop latency

Why choose Daily

Industry-leading call quality

Get automatic bandwidth management that optimizes for real-world network conditions. Plus detailed metrics, event logs, and analytics for every session.

More dynamic large sessions

Daily supports more video publishers than any other platform. And with Daily’s VCS toolkit you can build a broadcast studio in the cloud for your recordings and real-time streams.

A track record of security

True, verifiable end-to-end encryption in peer-to-peer calls. The first and most complete WebRTC HIPAA compliant solution. Regional geofencing. From day one we’ve committed to security and data privacy, everywhere in the world.

Better pricing — quality comes standard

We don’t charge more for great quality. HD video, HD recording and session analytics are all included in our standard pricing. Enterprise SLAs support teams at scale. Plus learn about our automatic volume discounts.

Daily is best-in-class for video


Features
Subject to China (CCP) data access laws	Yes [0]	No
HD quality at every pricing tier	No	Yes
Cross-platform Adaptive HEVC	No	Yes
Session analytics	Requires Enterprise plan	Yes
Client event logs	No	Yes
Advanced analytics including WebRTC audio	Limited	Yes
True end-to-end encryption	No	Yes in peer-to-peer calls
Programmable HD compositing	No	Yes
"Broadcast studio" in the cloud	No	Yes
Peer-to-peer media routing mode	No	Yes
TURN support for clients behind firewalls	No	Yes
Component Library	No	Yes
Optional hosted component (embeddable video call UI)	No	Yes
Pricing
Transparent pricing that includes HD video	No	Yes
Group video call	$0.0039–$0.0089 additional cost for 2K video	$0.0015–$0.004 + automatic volume discounts
Audio call	$0.00099 per participant minute	$0.00099 + automatic volume discounts
Recording HD recording Full HD recording	$0.00149 $0.0059 $0.01349	$0.01349 for composited HD video
HIPAA	$2,900/month support plan add-on request	$200 add-on
Volume discounts	Up to 10% for 1–3M minutes/month	Up to 63% for 1–10M minutes/month

3x time saved

Time savings, building with Daily vs. Agora

Less code

Only 4 lines of screen share code vs. 300 with Agora

With Daily’s APIs you can

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@daily-co/daily-js"></script>
<script>
    callFrame = window.DailyIframe.createFrame();
    callFrame.join({ url: 'https://you.daily.co/hello' });
</script>

val call = CallClient(applicationContext)
call.addListener(object: CallClientListener {
    override fun onParticipantJoined(participant: Participant) {
    Log.d(TAG, "Participant ${participant.id} joined the call on Android!")
        showParticipant(participant)
        }
}
call.addListener(object: CallClientListener {
    override fun onCallStateUpdated(state: CallState) {
        showUIForCallState(state);
        }
}

const call = DailyIframe.createCallObject();
await call.setNetworkTopology({ topology: 'sfu' });
await call.setNetworkTopology({ topology: 'peer' });

curl --request POST \
--url https://api.staging.daily.co/v1/rooms/ROOM-NAME\
--header 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{"properties": {"enable_mesh_sfu":true,"enable_terse_logging":true,"enable_hidden_participants":true,"owner_only_broadcast":true,"experimental_optimize_large_calls":true}}'

const call = DailyIframe.createCallObject();
const roomURL = 'DAILY_ROOM_URL';
const token = 'DAILY_MEETING_TOKEN';
const rtmpURL = 'RTMP_URL';

await call.join({
    url: roomURL,
    token,
});

callFrame.startLiveStreaming({ rtmpUrl });

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