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24 alternatives to Chat & Livestream SDKs

Build & Scale In-app Chat & Livestream features effortlessly

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chat & Livestream SDKs launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
TalkJS▲219
Build full-featured chat into your websites and mobile apps
2017 · talkjs.com · its alternatives →
2
100ms Live Stream SDK▲442
Add Twitch-like live streams to your apps
2022 · 100ms.live · its alternatives →
3
Conversity▲128
In-App Live Chat SDK
2016 · its alternatives →
4
Stream 2.0▲304
API for building, scaling and personalizing feeds
2016 · getstream.io · its alternatives →
5
Stream Chat▲327
Build, code and ship in app messaging in a few hours
2019 · getstream.io · its alternatives →
6
Interactive Live Streaming by Video SDK▲315
Experience interactive live streaming made for developers
2023 · videosdk.live · its alternatives →
7
MinChat▲71
chat sdk to build in-app chat functionality within minutes
2022 · its alternatives →
8
Live Streaming SDK by Dyte▲570
Add interactive live-streaming to your product in minutes
2023 · cloudflare.com · its alternatives →
9
Ably Chat▲73
Hey HN, Staff Engineer at Ably here. Over the past few months I've been speaking to engineers building AI assistants, copilots, and agentic workflows (over 40 companies at this point), with particular focus on cloud-hosted agents. I expected the hard problems to be in model selection, prompt engineering, and orchestration. Instead, the same infrastructure challenges kept coming up: realtime sync between agents and end clients is surprisingly painful to get right. - Managing and scaling WebSocket or SSE connections between agents and clients - Buffering messages server-side and implementing…
Apr 2026 · ably.com · its alternatives →
10
Live Video Calling SDK by Dyte▲610
Integrate into your product within minutes
2023 · cloudflare.com · its alternatives →
11
Mobile Chat Kit▲414
UI kits & sample apps for building in-app mobile chat
2021 · getstream.io · its alternatives →
12
LiveKit Cloud▲250
Build massive-scale, real-time video and audio experiences
2022 · livekit.com · its alternatives →
13
Video SDK▲173
Add Google Meet like product, in just a few minutes 🔥
2021 · videosdk.live · its alternatives →
14
Pusher Channels▲68
Build scalable realtime infrastructure for your apps
2018 · pusher.com · its alternatives →
15
LiveKit▲236
The open source platform for real-time communication
2021 · livekit.com · its alternatives →
16
100ms Video SDK▲507
Add live video conferencing to your app in hours, not months
2021 · 100ms.live · its alternatives →
17
Virtual Event Chat Kit▲117
UI kit & sample app for building in-app virtual event chat
2021 · getstream.io · its alternatives →
18
MinChat Chat SDK & API▲17
Powering real-time conversations, effortlessly
2023 · its alternatives →
19
StreamAlive▲231
Ludicrously increase engagement on Zoom, Teams, YouTube Live
2022 · streamalive.com · its alternatives →
20
Stream▲7
THE API FOR SCALABLE FEEDS & CHAT
2019 · getstream.io · its alternatives →
21CS
Chat SDK for your mobile app▲15
2013 · chatterkit.com · its alternatives →
22
api.video Live▲129
Add live streaming in your solution with few lines code!
2019 · api.video · its alternatives →
23
API.stream▲122
API to build cloud-native live streaming production tools
2022 · api.stream · its alternatives →
24
Video SDK from Zoom▲99
Build fully customizable video-based apps
2021 · zoom.com · its alternatives →

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