Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Agora

The 20 closest communications platform as a service alternatives to Agora, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 21 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Agora? The closest matches are Sendbird, Napster and Whereby. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Agora

Agora agora.io

Real-Time Engagement & Conversational AI Platform | Agora

Build ultra-low latency voice, video, chat, and voice AI experiences for meaningful human-to-human and human-to-AI conversations, with flexible APIs and no-code & low-code tools.

Top 1K · #830 English 21 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Agora

Summary by Claude

Agora provides APIs and SDKs that let developers add real-time voice and video calling, live streaming, chat, and conversational voice AI agents and avatars to their apps, with usage-based pricing.

Who it’s for
App developers and enterprises
Business model
Usage-based API fees

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Agora’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

OpenAI8x8LiveChatElevenLabsTwilioAblyRingCentralWherebyNapsterSendbird

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Agora

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Agora, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Sendbird sendbird.com Top 10K English

    The AI customer experience platform for enterprise | Sendbird

    Engage your customers and improve customer loyalty with an AI customer experience platform trusted by enterprises worldwide.

  2. 02
    Napster napster.com English

    Napster | Visible AI Agents with Voice, Video and Memory

    Create, deploy and talk to lifelike AI agents with voice, video presence, memory and real-time utility across apps, websites and workplaces.

  3. 03
    Whereby whereby.com English

    Secure, customizable & reliable WebRTC Video Calls| Whereby

    Host quick instant meetings or embed video calls into your platform with Whereby’s video conferencing API and SDK.

  4. 04
    RingCentral ringcentral.com Top 10K English

    RingCentral: The Voice of Your Business

    Power the voice of your business with RingCentral Agentic Voice AI, including AI Receptionist (AIR), AI Virtual Assistant (AVA), & AI Conversation Expert (ACE).

  5. 05
    Ably ably.io Top 10K English

    Ably | Realtime platform for chat, AI and live apps at scale

    Ably is the realtime platform built for scale and reliability. Power live chat, messaging, collaborative apps, and AI experiences that never drop.

  6. 06
    Twilio twilio.com Top 10K English

    Conversational AI and APIs for SMS, Email, Voice | Twilio

    Build amazing customer experiences on the Twilio platform with APIs for SMS, RCS, voice, and email, plus conversational AI for smarter engagement, and identity verification for trust.

  7. 07
    ElevenLabs elevenlabs.io Top 10K English

    Free AI Voice Generator & Voice Agents Platform | ElevenLabs

    Create lifelike speech with our AI voice generator and voice agents platform. Access 17,500+ voices in 90+ languages with secure APIs and SDKs.

  8. 08
    LiveChat livechat.com Top 10K English

    Live Chat Software with AI by Text | LiveChat.com

    Text is live chat software for your website with an AI Agent that answers 24/7. Qualify leads and track sales from chats. Start your free 14-day trial.

  9. 09
    8x8 8x8.com Top 10K English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    American provider of Voice over IP products

  10. 10
    OpenAI openai.com Top 1K

    American artificial intelligence research organization

  11. 11
    CM.com cm.com Top 1K English

    One platform for every customer interaction | CM.com

    Behind every customer moment is a conversation that just works. CM.com connects messaging, marketing, service and payments on one shared context.

  12. 12
    Conviva conviva.com Top 1K English

    Conviva | Real-Time Experience Intelligence for AI Agents

    Conviva is the Quality of Experience platform for AI agents and streaming. Real-time agent analytics reveal what customers experience and what drives outcomes.

  13. 13
    SpaceXAI x.ai Top 10K English

    American artificial intelligence and social media division of SpaceX

  14. 14
    tawk.to Top 10K English

    tawk.to - Free Live Chat Software for Your Website

    One free inbox for all your customer channels. Live chat, ticketing, knowledge base, AI assist, and CRM — all in one place. Trusted by 6M+ businesses.

  15. 15
    Replit replit.com Top 10K English

    AI App and Website Builder | Replit

    Describe what you want. Replit builds it. Get a working app or website in minutes. No coding required.

  16. 16
    Pusher pusher.com Top 10K English

    Pusher | Leader In Realtime Technologies

    Simple, scalable and reliable. Hosted realtime APIs loved by developers and trusted by giants. Build live dashboards, notifications, geotracking, chat and more.

  17. 17
    Viber viber.com Top 1K English

    Home | Viber

    cross-platform instant messaging voice-over-Internet Protocol application for smartphones

  18. 18
    Meta AI meta.ai Top 10K

    chatbot feature of Meta Platforms products

  19. 19
    ChatGPT chatgpt.com Top 1K English

    ChatGPT: Chat, Work, Create & Code with AI

    Use ChatGPT to answer questions, write, create images, complete work, and code—all in one place. Get started for free or download the app.

  20. 20
    telegram.org Top 1K

    Telegram Messenger

    Fast. Secure. Powerful.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to agora.io’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Agora uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Agora is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Website builders
  • Webflow page source: data-wf-page=
JavaScript libraries
  • GSAP asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.12.5/dist/gsap.min.js
Fonts
Analytics
Tag managers
Advertising
Marketing automation
  • HubSpot page source: js.hs-scripts.com
  • Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spfa.cpmails.com in…
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spfa.cpmails.com in…
Cookie consent
CDN
  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: ZRwIHI2wMQTyW3l4XNpp5tqxYZoapknSf7h58OKmgH3HpEbzg6xfVQ==
  • Cloudflare header cf-ray: a55ec2eb0a6d5e49-SJC
  • jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@11/swiper-bundle.min.js
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu)
Video
  • Vimeo page source: player.vimeo.com/video
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: e0-dSxZzDMnwiOCLm40TnpuVDiGxQOgzQN8tkSOCaVE
  • Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=va5qSZ8r1L0ny0bVR7KD7wV6YTzR5x2mBwtHcglCWUf
  • Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spfa.cpmails.com in…

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