Daily — Developer Tools

Daily gives developers the infrastructure to embed live video calls into any app without wrestling with WebRTC complexity. Its APIs manage signaling, TURN servers, and adaptive bitrate so you can focus on the user experience.

What it does

Daily provides REST APIs and client SDKs (JavaScript, React, iOS, Android) to add video chat, screen sharing, and recording. It handles multi-party calls, virtual backgrounds, and real-time transcription out of the box.

Best for

• Developers building telehealth, tutoring, or remote collaboration tools
• Teams that need a drop-in video widget with custom branding
• Startups wanting to avoid managing media servers themselves

Strengths

• Pre-built UI components reduce integration time to hours
• Automatic scaling from 2 to 1000+ participants per room
• Built-in recording and live streaming to platforms like YouTube

• Pre-built UI — Drop-in video call interface with customizable themes and layouts
• REST API — Create, manage, and delete rooms programmatically
• Client SDKs — Native support for React, Angular, iOS, Android, and plain JavaScript
• Recording & Transcription — Record calls to MP4 or generate real-time captions
• Virtual Backgrounds — Blur, replace, or remove backgrounds without extra libraries
• Adaptive Bitrate — Automatically adjusts video quality based on network conditions

Daily pricing: Free · from $200/mo. Billing model: Freemium.

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