#1 Red5 Alternative

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Get started with Video SDK in just couple of hours with highly customizable UI kits.

  • Built-in chat, polls, whiteboards, and Q&A
  • Fully customization from end to end
  • 10,000 free minutes per month
  • No credit card required
red5 vs Videosdk
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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.

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Reduce Development Effort

Custom video tracks, optimized mode for text and motion, preconfigured templates, and code examples save development efforts by 100x.

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Optimized For Best Call Quality

Low-latency across the globe with high bitrate audio and video streams.

Features Comparison: Red5 vs Video SDK

Red5
Video SDK

No. of participants (Including hosts)

Upto 250 Participants

Up to millions of viewers

Ease of SDK Integration

Complex Integration

Avg. integration takes only 2 weeks

Adpative audio/video quality

Available

Available

Works behind the Firewall, Private Network

No

Yes

Role Management, Permissions, Policy and Templates

Yes

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

Not Available

Available

Webhooks

Available

Available

Pricing Model

Subscription Based

Usage based

Interactive Live Streaming

Yes

Yes

Cloud Recording

No

Yes

Interactive Whiteboard

No

Yes

Multi-platform

No

Yes

Interactive Participant Support

Upto 1000

Up to 5,000

Mobile browser support

Limited (25%)

90%

Automatic audio / video degrade, re-connectivity

No

Yes

Audio & Video powered by AI

No

Yes

Independent of Open Source Dependency

No

Yes

Customised RTMP, Cloud Recording, HLS

No

Yes

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

Yes

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

No

Yes

Full Custom roles

No

Yes

HLS Streaming

Yes

Yes

Cost-effective

No

Yes

Prebuilt SDK

Separate SDK

Yes

Fully customizable UI

No

Yes

Metaverse platform support

No

Yes

Session analytics

No

Yes

Data Tracks

No

Yes

Price Comparison: red5 vs Video SDK

Red5
Video SDK

Volume Discount

No

Yes

Video Conferencing

Developer Pro: $29.99 per month Small- to medium-sized companies: $7,500 per year Enterprise services: $57,000 High volume: Custom pricing Startup Pro: $109

  • Video SD: $2.00
  • Video HD: $3.00
  • Video Full HD: $7.00
  • Video 2K: $7.00
  • Video 2K+: $7.00

Analytics

No

Free

Separate pricing for video and audio

No

Yes

Free 10,000 minutes every month

No

Yes

Minimum price for video calls

Not Available

$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

On $3,399 per month Plan

  • Video SD: $15.00 1,000 minutes, No limit on participants
  • Video HD: $15.00 1,000 minutes,No limit on participants

RTMP pricing

On $3,399 per month Plan

  • $15 per 1,000 minutes

ILS pricing

Basic live streaming: $29.99 per month Growth Pro: $89 per year or $99 per month Bulk discounts: Available for large enterprise installations"

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

Storage pricing

Developer Pro: $29.99 per month Small- to medium-sized companies: $7,500 per year Enterprise services: $57,000 High volume: Custom pricing Startup Pro: $109

  • $3 per 1000 minutes per month

Support Comparison: red5 vs Video SDK

Red5
Video SDK

Support

Yes

Yes

Cost

Basic live streaming: $29.99 per month Growth Pro: $89 per year or $99 per month Small- to medium-sized companies: $7,500 per year Enterprise services: $57,000 per year High volume: Custom pricing

Free

Access to Testing

Yes

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

Access to TAM / CS Engineer

No

Dedicated CS & Solution Engineers

SLAs

Yes

Inexpensive SLA with 99.9% uptime

SUCCESS STORY

How ForagerOne built interactive learning platform with Video SDK

Discover why Video SDK is the top choice for customers

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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