#1 Red5 Alternative
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- Built-in chat, polls, whiteboards, and Q&A
- Fully 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: Red5 vs Video SDK
features | 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 |
features | 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
features | 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 |
|
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 |
|
RTMP pricing | On $3,399 per month Plan |
|
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" |
|
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 |
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features | 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 |
|
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 |
|
RTMP pricing | On $3,399 per month Plan |
|
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" |
|
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 |
|
Support Comparison: red5 vs Video SDK
features | 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 |
features | 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 |
Discover why Video SDK is the top choice for customers
“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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