Agora vs Amazon Chime SDK

How do Agora and Amazon Chime SDK compare? And what does Video SDK offer?

Agora

Agora Live Video SDK aims to add live video calls live streams inside applications easier. The SDK is very low-level that allows enterprise development teams to control every aspect of the live video experience.

AWS Chime

Amazon Chime is an SDK designed to facilitate the integration of video conferencing, audio calls, and texting into your applications. The Amazon Chime SDK offers essential live video features and incorporates AWS' user management capabilities to enhance the overall functionality.

How Video SDK make a difference

While considering a video SDK, AWS Chime and Agora are indeed viable options. Agora stands out with its extensive reach, large developer base, and seamless integration capabilities, while AWS Chime benefits from AWS' robust cloud infrastructure and enterprise offerings.

However, for agile startups, both options may be too bulky and expensive, lacking some essential features to justify the cost.

In contrast, Video SDK provides a game-changing alternative. With a single SDK, It offers comprehensive video and voice calls, live streams, and collaborative features, easily integrated into your app in just a few minutes.

While comparing AWS Chime and Agora, consider Video SDK as a worthy alternative for a more cost-effective and feature-rich solution to meet your needs.

Features comparison : Agora vs AWS Chime vs Video SDK

Agora
AWS Chime
Video SDK

No. of participants (Including hosts)

55 participants only

Up to 50 participants

Up to millions of viewers

Ease of SDK Integration

Avg. integration takes 3+ months

Requires high coding effort

Avg. integration takes only 2 weeks

Adpative audio/video quality

Not available

Available

Available

Works behind the Firewall, Private Network

No

No

Yes

Role Management, Permissions, Policy and Templates

Not available

Limited

Available

Automatic video and audio track degrade due to bandwidth in-consistency

Not available

Not available

Available

Dynamic Layout for Studio and RTMP Live Streaming

Not available

Not available

Available

Build collaborative features like chat, poll, Q & A, whiteboard etc.

Not available

Not available

Available

Virtual Background, Live Transcription & ML Middleware

Complex integration

Not available

Available

Webhooks

Only for cloud recording use-cases

Not available

Available

Pricing Model

Usage based

Usage based

Usage based

Interactive Live Streaming

Yes

Separate SDK

Yes

Cloud Recording

Yes

Yes

Yes

Interactive Whiteboard

Yes

No

Yes

Multi-platform

Yes

No

Yes

Interactive Participant Support

Limited support

Up to 250

Up to 5,000

Mobile browser support

Limited

Limited

90%

Automatic audio / video degrade, re-connectivity

No

Yes

Yes

Audio & Video powered by AI

No

No

Yes

Independent of Open Source Dependency

No

No

Yes

Customised RTMP, Cloud Recording, HLS

No

No

Yes

API for building specific features such as collaborative games, polls etc

No

No

Yes

API to build social features such as merging rooms, battles, coins, gifts sending etc

No

No

Yes

Full HD recording

Yes

Yes

Yes

Open source templates

No

No

Yes

Full Custom roles

Limited

Limited

Yes

HLS Streaming

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cost-effective

No

No

Yes

Prebuilt SDK

No

No

Yes

Fully customizable UI

Yes

No

Yes

Metaverse platform support

No

No

Yes

Session analytics

Yes

Paid

Yes

Data Tracks

No

No

Yes

Cost comparison : Agora vs AWS Chime vs Video SDK

Agora
AWS Chime
Video SDK

Volume Discount

No

Yes

Yes

Video Conferencing

  • Video SD: $3.99
  • Video HD: $3.99
  • Video Full HD: $8.99
  • Video 2K: $15.99
  • Video 2K+: $35.99
  • $1.7 per 1,000 minutes
  • Video SD: $2.00
  • Video HD: $3.00
  • Video Full HD: $7.00
  • Video 2K: $7.00
  • Video 2K+: $7.00

Analytics

  • Standard Plan: $449/month
  • Premium Plan: $999/month
  • Enterprise Plan $1599/month

$0.023 per minute

Free

Separate pricing for video and audio

Yes

Yes

Yes

Free 10,000 minutes every month

Yes

No

Yes

Minimum price for video calls

$0.0039 per participant minute

$0.0017 per participant minute

$0.002 per participant minute

Minimum price for audio-only calls

$0.00099 per participant minute

$0.0017 per participant minute

$0.0006 per participant min

Advanced Firewall Control

No

No

Free

Cloud recording pricing

  • Voice: $1.49
  • SD: $5.99
  • HD: $5.99
  • Full HD: $13.49
  • 2K: $23.99
  • 2K+: $53.99
  • $12.5 per 1,000 minutes
  • $15 per 1,000 minutes, No limit on participants

RTMP pricing

  • H.264 Full HD Output Video: $15.99 per 1000 mins
  • H.265 HD Output Video: $19.99 per 1000 mins
  • H.265 Full HD Output Video: $39.99 per 1000 mins

NA

  • $15 per 1,000 minutes

ILS pricing

Aggregated resolution based per participant pricing

NA

  • $0.001 per participant minute (Also supports Full HD)

Storage pricing

Extra cost

  • $0.023 per GB
  • $3 per 1000 minutes per month

Support comparison : Agora vs AWS Chime vs Video SDK

Agora
AWS Chime
Video SDK

Support

Paid

Paid

Yes

Cost

  • Standard Plan: $1200/month
  • Premium Plan: $2900/month
  • Enterprise Plan: $4900/month
  • Plans upto $5,500 per month

Free

Access to Testing

No

No

All paid accounts get access to testing support from Video SDK.

Access to TAM / CS Engineer

  • Premium plan: Access to CS engineer, Code Review
  • Enterprise plan: Everything in the Premium plan plus access to SA Engineer & Live Developer Consultation and Training.

No

Dedicated CS & Solution Engineers

SLAs

  • Standard Plan: P1 – 4 Business hours P2 – 16 business hours P3 – 24 business hours
  • Premium Plan: P1 – 3 hours(24/7) P2 – 8 business hours P3 – 16 business hours
  • Enterprise Plan: P1 – 2 hours (24/7) P2 – 5 business hours P3 – 9 business hours

No

Inexpensive SLA with 99.9% uptime

SUCCESS STORY

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Ankur Chandra-Engineering Manager at Fynd
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“I still remember when I was trying out the product and connected over discord with Arjun Kava, and he immediately responded. It is one of the things that we found less often. The team is super enthusiastic to make the product as next big thing. Easy integration is the beauty of it. Few lines of code and it's done.”

Ankur Chandra ,

Engineering Manager at Fynd

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