The Best Alternative to BigBlueButton - Video SDK - 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.
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: BigBlueButton vs Video SDK
| features | BigBlueButton |
VideoSDK |
|---|---|---|
| No. of Participants (Including Hosts) | ✕ Upto 100 Participants Only |
✓ VideoSDK supports upto Million Participants |
| Ease of SDK Integration | ✕ Complex Integration |
✓ VideoSDK requires less than 2 weeks for SDK integration |
| Adaptive Audio/Video Quality | ✓ Available |
✓ VideoSDK provides best adaptive audio/video quality. |
| Works behind the Firewall/Private-Network | ✕ 3rd Party Deployment |
✓ Yes |
| Role Management, Permissions, Policy and Templates | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK offers Role management, Permissions, Policy and Templates |
| 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 ( No need for manual config.) |
| Build collaborative features like chat, poll, Q & A, whiteboard etc. | ✓ Available |
✓ VideoSDK offers a range of collaborative features |
| Virtual Background, Live Transcription & ML Middleware | ✕ Not Available |
✓ Easy Integration |
| Webhooks | ✓ Available |
✓ Available |
| Pricing Model | Monthly Price | ✓ Pay-as-You-Go Plan |
| Interactive Live Streaming | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK supports Interactive Live Streaming |
| Cloud Recording | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK offers Cloud Recording Capabilities |
| Interactive Whiteboard | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK provides Interactive Whiteboard Feature |
| Multi-platform | ✓ VideoSDK compatible with Multi-Platforms for greater reach |
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| Interactive Participant Support | ✕ Upto 100 |
✓ Upto 5,000 |
| Mobile Browser Support | ✕ Limited |
✓ Video support 91% mobile browsers |
| Automatic Audio/Video Degrade, Re-connectivity | ✕ No |
✓ VideoSDK supports Reconnectivity with Audio/Video Quality adjustments.. |
| Audio & Video powered by AI | ✕ No |
✓ Yes |
| Independent of Open Source Dependency | ✕ No |
✕ VideoSDK is not dependent on open source. |
| Customized RTMP, Cloud Recording, HLS | ✕ No |
✓ Yes |
| API for Specific Features (Collaborative Games, Polls, etc.) | ✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
| API for Social Features (Merging Rooms, Battles, Coins, Gifts Sending etc.) | ✕ No |
✓ Yes |
| Full HD Recording | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK supports full HD recording |
| Open Source Templates | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK rely on open source templates |
| Full Custom roles | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK offer support for full custom roles |
| HLS Streaming | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK supports HLS streaming |
| Cost-effective | ✕ No |
✓ VideoSDK is Cost Effective |
| Prebuilt SDK | ✕ Separate SDK |
✓ VideoSDK provides Prebuilt SDKs for easier integration |
| Fully Customizable UI | ✕ No |
✓ VideoSDK allows for Limited customizable UI |
| Metaverse Platform Support | ✕ No |
✓ VideoSDK support Metaverse platform |
| Session Analytics | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK offer session analytics option |
| Data Tracks | ✕ No |
✓ VideoSDK offer track data option |
Price Comparison: BigBlueButton vs Video SDK
| features | BigBlueButton |
VideoSDK |
|---|---|---|
| Volume Discount | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK offer the Volume Discount |
| Video Conferencing | - Load Balancer: $99/month - Live Streaming: $99/month - Recording Storage: $19/TB/month - Slack-like Chat: $199/month (Maximum 25 users per 60 min session) |
- Video HD: $4.00 - Video Full HD: $8.00 - Video 2K: $16.00 - Video 2K+: $36.00 |
| Analytics | NA | ✓ VideoSDK offer Free Analytics with Dashboard |
| Separate Pricing for Video and Audio | ✕ No |
✓ Yes |
| Minimum Price for Video Calls | Pro plan starts at $149.90 per year per license Additional Pricing (Maximum 25 users per 60 min session): - Load balancer: $99 per month - Live streaming: $99 per month - Recording storage: $19 per TB per month - Slack-like chat: $199 per month |
$0.004 per participant minutes |
| Minimum Price for Audio-only Calls | Pro plan starts at $149.90 per year per license Additional Pricing (Maximum 25 users per 60 min session): - Load balancer: $99 per month - Live streaming: $99 per month - Recording storage: $19 per TB per month - Slack-like chat: $199 per month |
$0.001 per participant minutes |
| Advanced Firewall Control | ✓ Yes |
✓ VideoSDK offer Free Firewall Control |
| Compliance & Privacy | ✕ BigBlueButton not provides compliance & privacy support. |
✓ Provide Compliance Standards and Privacy Regulations: - HIPPA Complaint - GDPR Complaint - Data Localization - SOC2 : Type 2 - ISO:27001 - VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing) - CERT-in (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) |
| Cloud Recording Pricing | Recording storage: $19 per TB per month (for 25 participants on session) |
- Video SD: $15.00 1,000 minutes (No limit on participants) - Video HD: $15.00 1,000 minutes (No limit on participants) |
| RTMP Pricing | $2.5 per GB per month | - $30 per 1,000 minutes |
| ILS Pricing | $99 per month (For Maximum 25 users per 60 min session) |
- $0.002 per participant minute (Support Full HD) |
| Storage Pricing | - Higheredlab: Offers additional recording storage for $19 per TB per month - WebHostingZone: Offers 450 GB for $259 per month - MynaParrot: Offers 400 GB for $229 per month - Big Blue Meeting: Offers as low as $12.50 per month - Biggerbluebutton: Offers a premium 4 TB of storage for $1200 concurrent users |
- $3 per 1000 minutes per month |
Support Comparison: BigBlueButton vs Video SDK
| features | BigBlueButton |
VideoSDK |
|---|---|---|
| Support | ✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
| Cost | $149/mo | Free |
| Access to Testing | ✓ Yes |
✓ All paid accounts get access to testing support from Video SDK |
| Access to TAM / CS Engineer | ✓ Yes |
✓ Dedicated CS & Solution Engineers |
| SLAs | ✓ Yes, but Additional. - iLite provides SLA support for Big Blue Button |
✓ Affordable 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
"I still remember when I was trying out the product and connected over discord with Arjun Kava, and he immediately responded. It is one of the things that we found less often. The team is super enthusiastic to make the product as next big thing. Easy integration is the beauty of it. Few lines of code and it's done."
Ankur Chandra ,
Engineering Manager at Fynd
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