Why Developers are Using Daily as a Vonage Alternative

Daily delivers best-in-industry call reliability at industry-leading <200ms latency. Host larger sessions with more features, without compromising on call quality.

As low as $1.50 per 1,000 minutes

With Daily, you’re not just dealing with support. You’re dealing with a domain expert and an expert in WebRTC.

Flo Crivello, CEO @ Teamflow

From developer experience to call stability, there is no system that even comes close to Daily.

Sasha Varlomov, CEO @ Coding Rooms

Just start with Daily — especially if you are the type of team who likes to build without stuff getting in your way or any friction.

Darren Buckner, CEO @ Workfrom

Why choose Daily

Industry-leading call quality

Get higher quality with Daily’s next-gen Global Mesh. Our calls are built with automatic bandwidth management to optimize for real-world network conditions. Plus use our APIs to configure simulcast and peer-to-peer bandwidth targets for specific use cases.

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More APIs, more ways to build

Build custom video UIs with our core SDKs. Or integrate Daily Prebuilt, a fully supported, hosted video call component. Get more features for your use case, like HD recording, live transcription, and HIPAA support.

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More dynamic large sessions

Daily supports more video publishers than any other API. And with Daily’s Video Component System (VCS) toolkit you can build a broadcast studio in the cloud for your recordings and real-time streams.

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Better docs and support

Daily support is faster, more responsive, and free to every developer. We invest in resources like high quality developer docs, and offer enterprise add-ons and SLAs to support your company at scale.

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Connect with 100,000 real-time participants with world class call reliability

	Daily
Features
Max. participants per call	100,000 real-time active
Max. participants per call	1,000
Global Mesh Network	Yes
Cross-platform Adaptive HEVC	Yes
Free minutes included	10,000
Max. concurrent rooms	Unlimited
Advanced firewall control (TURN)	Always included
Encrypted recording	Always included
IP whitelisting	Always included
Pricing
Group video call	$0.0015–$0.004 + automatic volume discounts
Recording HD recording Full HD recording	$0.01349 for composited Full HD video
Composition	Free Full HD by default
Interactive Live Stream / Interactive Broadcast	$0.0012 + automatic volume discounts
Support	Free support Email and chat

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import axios from 'axios;

export async function createRoom() {
  // Prepare desired room properties. Participants will start with
  // mics and cams off, and the room will expire in 24 hours.
  const req = {
    properties: {
      exp: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 86400,
      start_audio_off: true,
      start_video_off: true,
    },
  };
}

With Daily's APIs you can

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@daily-co/daily-js"></script>
<script>
    callFrame = window.DailyIframe.createFrame();
    callFrame.join({ url: 'https://you.daily.co/hello' });
</script>

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Experience best-in-industry call reliability

Learn about the key requirements for a reliable video call experience
Identify the top 3 drivers that impact video call reliability
Pinpoint ways to improve video call reliability in your product

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