Agora vs Daily
On the evidence we track, Daily leads this comparison with a composite score of 83/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for communication apis. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Agora
A global real-time engagement platform providing APIs and infrastructure for developers to build voice calling, video calling, live streaming, messaging, and conversational AI agent experiences without building the underlying infrastructure.
Daily
LeaderWebRTC platform providing ultra-low latency communication infrastructure for developers to build video calls, voice conversations, and AI agents at global scale. Offers enterprise-grade reliability, compliance certifications, and cloud recording and streaming capabilities.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Agora
Free tier available. Support plans from $1,200–$4,900/month (annual billing).
- FreeFree
- Tickets/Emails Support
- Professional$1200/mo
- Tickets/Emails Support
- Reference Apps Access
- HIPAA Support
- Guaranteed Response Time P2/P3
- Analytics Standard
- Business$2900/mo
- Tickets/Emails Support
- Reference Apps Access
- HIPAA Support
- Guaranteed Response Time P1/P2/P3
- Analytics Premium
- +1 more
- Enterprise$4900/mo
- Tickets/Emails Support
- Reference Apps Access
- HIPAA Support
- Guaranteed Response Time P1/P2/P3
- Analytics Enterprise
- +3 more
Daily
LeaderFree tier includes 10,000 minutes/month. Pay-as-you-go pricing starts at $0.004/participant-minute for video with automatic volume discounts up to 45%.
- FreeFree
- 10,000 free video and audio call minutes per month
- Regional media zones
- IP allowlist
- Usage-basedFrom $0.004/participant-minute for video calls with automatic volume discounts
- Video calls at $0.004/participant-minute
- Audio-only at $0.00099/participant-minute
- Cloud recording, streaming, SIP/PSTN dial-in/out
- Automatic volume discounts up to 45%
- Transcription services
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Agora
- ActiveFence
- DeepAR
- FaceUnity
- Banuba
- Palabra
- DataDog
- OKTA
- OpenAI
- Unity
- Unreal Engine
- React
- Flutter
Daily
Leader- Deepgram
- Krisp
- Mediasoup
- GStreamer
- Pipecat
- Silero
Agora or Daily: which one depends on you
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