#1 Janus Alternative
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- Built-in chat, polls, whiteboards, and Q&A
- Granular customization from end to end
- 10,000 free minutes per month
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Super Fast Implementation
Prebuilt templates for creating virtual events and classrooms, as well as adding video calling to your platform in 10 minutes.
Reduce Development Effort
Custom video tracks, optimized mode for text and motion, preconfigured templates, and code examples save development efforts by 100x.
Optimized For Best Call Quality
Low-latency across the globe with high bitrate audio and video streams.
Features comparison: Janus vs Video SDK
features | Janus | Video SDK |
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No. of participants (Including hosts) | ✕ 2 Participant Only | ✓ Up to millions of viewers |
Ease of SDK Integration | ✕ Very Complex Integration takes 6+ months | ✓ Avg. integration takes only 2 weeks |
Adpative audio/video quality | ✕ Not Available | ✓ Available |
Works behind the Firewall, Private Network | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Role Management, Permissions, Policy and Templates | ✕ Not available | ✓ Available |
Automatic video and audio track degrade due to bandwidth in-consistency | ✕ Not available | ✓ Available |
Dynamic Layout for Studio and RTMP Live Streaming | ✕ Not available | ✓ Available |
Build collaborative features like chat, poll, Q & A, whiteboard etc. | ✕ Not Available | ✓ Available |
Virtual Background, Live Transcription & ML Middleware | ✕ Separate integration | ✓ Available |
Webhooks | ✕ Not Provide | ✓ Available |
Pricing Model | ✓ Usage Based | ✓ Usage based |
Interactive Live Streaming | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
Cloud Recording | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
Interactive Whiteboard | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Multi-platform | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Interactive Participant Support | ✕ No Support | ✓ Up to 5,000 |
Mobile browser support | ✕ Limited (iOS not supported) | ✓ 90% |
Automatic audio / video degrade, re-connectivity | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
Audio & Video powered by AI | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Independent of Open Source Dependency | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
Customised RTMP, Cloud Recording, HLS | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
API for building specific features such as collaborative games, polls etc | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
API to build social features such as merging rooms, battles, coins, gifts sending etc | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Full HD recording | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Open source templates | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
Full Custom roles | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
HLS Streaming | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Cost-effective | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Prebuilt SDK | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Fully customizable UI | ✕ Low Customization | ✓ Yes |
Metaverse platform support | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Session analytics | ✕ Not Comprehensive | ✓ Yes |
Data Tracks | ✕ Not Documented | ✓ Yes |
Price Comparison: Janus vs Video SDK
features | Janus | Video SDK |
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Volume Discount | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Video Conferencing | ✓ Yes |
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Analytics | ✕ No | ✓ Free |
Separate pricing for video and audio | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
Free 10,000 minutes every month | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Minimum price for video calls | ✕ Separate Charge | $0.002 per participant minute |
Minimum price for audio-only calls | ✕ Not Available | $0.0006 per participant min |
Advanced Firewall Control | ✕ No | ✓ Free |
Cloud recording pricing | ✕ Not Include |
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RTMP pricing | ✕ Not Included |
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ILS pricing | Aggregated resolution based per participant pricing |
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Storage pricing | High Cost |
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Support Comparison: Janus vs Video SDK
features | Janus | Video SDK |
---|---|---|
Support | ✕ Community Support | ✓ Yes |
Cost | Not Available | Free |
Access to Testing | ✓ Yes | ✓ All paid accounts get access to testing support from Video SDK. |
Access to TAM / CS Engineer | ✓ Yes | ✓ Dedicated CS & Solution Engineers |
SLAs | ✓ Yes | ✓ Inexpensive SLA with 99.9% uptime |
See why Customers choose Video SDK

“We switched from a major international player to Video SDK due to their responsiveness to feedback, superior product, and better service. They outshine bigger players in the market and have been excellent in resolving issues promptly.”
Shilpa Jain ,
CEO & Co-Founder at Talk Your Heart Out
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