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Amazon Chime SDK vs Daily

A head-to-head comparison of Amazon Chime SDK and Daily, And what features and value does Video SDK offer?
AWS Chime

Amazon Chime

is a set of real-time communication components provided by AWS that enables developers to integrate audio calling, video calling, and chat features into their applications. Amazon Chime SDK provides seamless online meetings and interactive live-streaming experiences in web and mobile apps.
Daily

Daily

allows developers to create real-time video and audio calls that operate directly in the web browser. The SDK simplifies the process of handling common backend video call functionalities across various platforms, providing sensible defaults for a smoother development experience.
How Video SDK make a difference?
When it comes to SDKs, AWS Chime and Daily are popular choices. Daily stands out for its wide reach, developer community, and seamless integrations, while Chime benefits from AWS' robust cloud infrastructure and enterprise support.
However, both options might not be ideal for agile startups due to their bulkiness and lack of certain features.
Here's where Video SDK comes in. With Video SDK's single SDK, you get comprehensive video/voice calls, live streams, and collaborative features, all easily integrated into your app in just a few minutes.
This page compares AWS Chime and Daily, but don't forget to consider Video SDK as a worthy alternative for your needs.

Features Comparison : AWS Chime vs Daily vs Video SDK

AWS Chime
Daily
VideoSDK
No. of Participants (Including Hosts)
Upto 250 participants
Up to 100,000 real-time active participants
VideoSDK supports upto Million Participants
Ease of SDK Integration
Requires high coding effort
Easy integration
VideoSDK requires less than 2 weeks for

SDK integration

Adpative Audio/Video Quality
Yes
Yes
VideoSDK provides best adaptive audio/video quality.
Works behind the Firewall/Private-Network
Need Manual Configuration
Yes
Yes
Role Management, Permissions, Policy and Templates
Limited Access
Custom roles available
VideoSDK offers Role management, Permissions, Policy and Templates
Automatic video and audio track degrade due to bandwidth in-consistency
Yes
Yes
Available
Dynamic Layout for Studio and RTMP Live Streaming
Not available
Inbuilt Compositing Toolkit
Available (No need for manual config.)
Build collaborative features like chat, poll, Q & A, whiteboard etc.
Available
Available
VideoSDK offers a range of collaborative features
Virtual Background, Live Transcription & ML Middleware
Available
Available
Easy Integration
Webhooks
Available for Advance Usecase
Available
Available
Pricing Model
Usage-Based
Usage-based
Pay-as-You-Go

Plan

Interactive Live Streaming
Separate SDK
Supported
VideoSDK supports

Interactive Live Streaming

Cloud Recording
Available
Available
VideoSDK offers Cloud Recording Capabilities
Interactive Whiteboard
No
Available
VideoSDK provides Interactive Whiteboard Feature
Multi-platform
Limited
Yes
VideoSDK compatible with Multi-Platforms for greater reach
Interactive Participant Support
Support upto 250 participants
Limited support
Upto 5,000
Mobile Browser Support
Limited (Not Supported in Linux browser compatibility and mobile frameworks)
Limited (84% Browsers Supported)
Video support 91% mobile browsers
Automatic Audio/Video Degrade, Re-connectivity
Yes
720p only
VideoSDK supports Reconnectivity with Audio/Video Quality adjustments..
Audio & Video powered by AI
Yes
No
Yes
Independent of Open Source Dependency
No
No
VideoSDK is not dependent on open source.
Customised RTMP, Cloud Recording, HLS
Yes
Available
Yes
API for Specific Features (Collaborative Games, Polls, etc.)
Yes
Limited
Yes
API for Social Features (Merging Rooms, Battles, Coins, Gifts Sending etc.)
No
No
Yes
Full HD Recording
Supports FHD recording
Available
VideoSDK supports full HD recording
Open Source Templates
No
Limited use
VideoSDK rely on open source templates
Full Custom roles
No
Supported
VideoSDK offer support for full custom roles
HLS Streaming
Yes
Yes
VideoSDK supports HLS streaming
Cost-effective
No
Yes
VideoSDK is Cost Effective
Prebuilt SDK
Yes
Available
VideoSDK provides Prebuilt SDKs for easier integration
Fully Customizable UI
Yes
Yes
VideoSDK allows for Limited customizable UI
Metaverse Platform Support
No
No
VideoSDK support Metaverse platform
Session Analytics
Paid
Available
VideoSDK offer session analytics option
Data Tracks
Yes
Yes
VideoSDK offer track data option

Price Comparison : AWS Chime vs Daily vs Video SDK

AWS Chime
Daily
VideoSDK
Volume Discount
No
Available
VideoSDK offer the

Volume Discount

Video Conferencing
  • Basic plan: Free
  • Plus plan: $2.50 per user per month
  • Pro plan: $15 per user per month
  • $4 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
Paid
$500/month for 5 seats
VideoSDK offer Free Analytics with Dashboard
Separate Pricing for Video and Audio
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free 10,000 Minutes Every Month
No
Yes
Yes
Minimum Price for Video Calls
$0.0017 per attendee per minute
$4 per 1,000 participant minutes
$0.002 per participant minutes
Minimum Price for Audio-only Calls
$0.002 per minute
$1 per 1,000 participant minutes
$0.0006 per participant minutes
Advanced Firewall Control
No
$500/month
VideoSDK offer Free Firewall Control
Compliance & Privacy
Yes
Daily provides robust support for Only HIPAA compliance, although it comes with associated charges.
Provide Compliance Standards and Privacy Regulations:
  • HIPPA Complaint
  • GDPR Complaint
  • Data Localization
  • SOC2 : Type 2
  • ISO:27001
  • VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing)
  • CERT-in (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team)
Cloud Recording Pricing
  • HD (720p): $0.01 per minute.
  • Full HD (1080p): $0.0125 per minute.
  • Active Speaker Video and Audio: $0.0034 per minute.
  • Audio Stream: $0.0017 per minute.
  • Individual Video/Content Share Streams: $0.0017 per minute.
  • $13.49 per 1,000 recorded minute.
  • Video SD: $15.00 1,000 minutes (No limit on participants)
  • Video HD: $15.00 1,000 minutes (No limit on participants)
RTMP Pricing
  • HD (720p): $0.09 per minute
  • Full HD (1080p): $0.125 per minute
  • $15 per 1,000 encoded minute
  • $15 per 1,000 minutes
ILS Pricing
  • HD (720p): $0.09 per minute
  • Full HD (1080p): $0.125 per minute
$30 per 1,000 HLS duration minute
  • $0.001 per participant minute (Support Full HD)
Storage Pricing
Amazon S3 storage + Data transfer fees
  • $3 per 1000 minutes per month
  • $3 per 1000 minutes per month

Support Comparison : AWS Chime vs Daily vs Video SDK

AWS Chime
Daily
VideoSDK
Support
Paid
Paid
Yes
Cost
  • Premium plan: $29 per month
  • Advanced support: $500 or 5% monthly bill
  • Premium support: $1,500 or 6% monthly bill
  • Enterprise : $5,000 or 8% monthly bill
Free
Access to Testing
Available
Available
All paid accounts get access to testing support from Video SDK
Access to TAM / CS Engineer
Available
In Paid Plans Only
Dedicated CS & Solution Engineers
SLAs
Available
Yes
Affordable SLA with

99.9% Uptime

SUCCESS STORY

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Kanishk Agrawal-Sr. Director - Technology at Judge Group
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“VideoSDK's well-structured product and efficient support team expedited integration. Their excellent user experience and well-defined documentation prompted us to switch from our previous provider.”

Kanishk Agrawal ,

Sr. Director - Technology at Judge Group

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