Agora vs Layer
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Layer's asynchronous messaging fabric is capable of transporting payloads of any type. Get your users talking with chat, voice or video messaging. Pull them back in with push. Connect friends, colleagues or perfect strangers seamlessly. | Agora.io provides building blocks for you to add real-time voice and video communications through a simple and powerful SDK. You can integrate the Agora SDK to enable real-time communications in your own application quickly. |
Send any message payload (photos, videos, location, json data, etc) up to 2GB;Build your UI quickly with sample UI components to get started;User-expected communication features work right out of the box (full message state tracking, typing indicators, read receipts);Pre-loading of content with background-synchronized state and metadata across devices;Push notifications across platforms and devices with full control over display and delivery;Handles offline mode and poor network conditions with network state management and performance handling | - |
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Stacks 15 | Stacks 101 |
Followers 39 | Followers 290 |
Votes 7 | Votes 14 |
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