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Agora/Daily/Twilio video calling is too expensive for B2C software
- declan1397 5y agoHey HN, some college friends and I spent the last couple of years building hyperbeam.com, and found that audio/video calling SDKs like Agora/Daily/Twilio are outrageously pricey for products with tons of users e.g. much of B2C software. About a year ago we decided to add video calling to Hyperbeam, but even with “volume discounts” from Agora/Daily/Twilio we still needed to pay >$50k a month based on our expected audio/video calling volume (~150k monthly active users). So we threw together a simple full-mesh P2P chat which we use to this day, although it’s far from ideal. At this point, we’re seriously considering just building our own audio/video calling API tailored for B2C, and giving it to companies that face the same issue for a fraction of what Agora charges. I threw together this Webflow landing page in a day to gauge interest. I’d love to know if any of you have found an affordable solution for audio/video calling, or if you decided to build everything in-house. If we did build this out, would any of you be interested? Thanks!
- throw03172019 5y agoHIPAA compliant?
- declan1397 5y agoIf there is enough demand for HIPAA compliance then we could certainly ensure our platform meets the requirements. In saying that, it seems less likely that medical/health product companies experience this pain point compared to say, consumer social apps which can have a massive number of active users and therefore audio/video streaming costs. Feel free to correct me, however! I'd love to know if any medical/health products experience this pain point intensely as well.