OpenTok vs Plivo

OpenTok vs Plivo: What are the differences?

Developers describe OpenTok as "Enhance your products with live, face-to-face communication". OpenTok adds the clarity and emotion of face-to-face communication to your brand whether you're developing for the web, iOS, or Android. We make the integration of high-quality live video a breeze so that you can focus on building a great product. On the other hand, Plivo is detailed as "API platform to build Voice & SMS Applications". Plivo provides basic building block APIs in the form of Plivo XML and HTTP API, to create telephony apps, so developers can completely do away with learning the nitty-gritty of the telephony plumbing.

OpenTok belongs to "Communications SDK" category of the tech stack, while Plivo can be primarily classified under "Voice and SMS".

Some of the features offered by OpenTok are:

• Layout control- Create layouts that complement your content and empower your application's experience.
• Peer-to-peer calls- Take advantage of peer-to-peer calling for better quality and lower- latency 1:1 scenarios.
• Archiving- Download or save calls for future playback with this extension to the OpenTok platform.

On the other hand, Plivo provides the following key features:

• Phone- Global
• Phone- Local and Tollfree Numbers
• Phone- Call routing, call forwarding, caller ID, call waiting, 3-way calling, redial, speed dial, mute, hold, etc