Product: Comparison

Daily.co Video SDK vs. Stream Video

You are considering adding video and audio capabilities to your app, ready to bring new levels of engagement and retention to your end users. But building these powerful features is hard. And if you make a mistake, you will lose end users quicker than a teenager can finish a bag of potato chips. When adding
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Vonage Video API vs. Stream Video

It is essential to ensure that the video capabilities added to your product function as expected by your end users. Otherwise, you risk alienating your users instead of engaging them. Both Vonage and Stream provide Video SDKs. Let’s compare these two and see how well each can deliver your desired video functionality. But first, we’ll
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Exyte Chat vs. Stream Chat

Exyte Chat is an open-source library provided by Exyte. Exyte is a software development agency with a remote team headquartered in New York and Dubai. They offer their iOS Chat library for you to integrate into your codebase on your own as a showcase of what their team can do for you. It's an awesome
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100ms vs. Stream Video

Adding video and audio capabilities to your app has the potential to skyrocket user engagement and retention metrics. But, get the UX of this powerful interactivity solution wrong, and you risk tanking those KPIs along with your brand’s reputation. When comparing Video SDKs, 100ms and Stream Video both provide a Video SDK. Let's explore how
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Zoom Video SDK vs. Stream Video

In our recent Twilio Alternatives post, we made some claims about Zoom being easy to integrate. However, customization with the Zoom Video SDK is very limited. Let's look into that claim some more to see how we think Zoom Video SDK compares to Stream Video. We will also look at the Beta Zoom Video SDK
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Think Twice: What to Consider Before Building Chat with RTI

Fellow developers, gather around as we delve into the treacherous terrain of chat development using real-time infrastructure, a land filled with landmines, caveats, and countless ways to go over budget without realizing before it is too late. Picture this: you're navigating through a labyrinth of code, grappling with timelines tighter than your favorite pair of
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Top 5 Alternatives to Twilio Programmable Video

Twilio Programmable Video is a WebRTC-based API for quickly adding real-time communication capabilities to your mobile and web applications. If you are currently using Twilio Programmable Video, you are likely aware of the company’s plan to sunset this product by the end of 2024. With the need to find a replacement for this in-app video
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Twilio Chat, Messaging, & Conversations API vs. Stream Chat

Twilio has recently removed its chat API and video live streaming API. However, the company still offers its Conversations API, mostly intended for omnichannel customer support. Let's take a closer look at how Stream Chat stacks up to Twilio's current offerings. Twilio Provides chat primarily for a customer support use case. The focus is on
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