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Discord vs Jitsi: What are the differences?
Introduction
Discord and Jitsi are both communication platforms that offer various features for users to interact with each other. While they share some similarities, there are key differences between the two.
Purpose: Discord is primarily designed for gamers and provides features like voice and text chat, gaming communities, and integration with popular gaming platforms. On the other hand, Jitsi is a video conferencing platform that allows users to host and join online meetings, making it ideal for remote collaboration, webinars, and virtual classrooms.
Hosting: Discord is a cloud-based platform, meaning all communication and data are stored and managed on their servers. Jitsi, on the other hand, can be self-hosted, which means users can install and manage their own instances of Jitsi server on their hardware or cloud infrastructure.
Privacy: Discord requires users to create an account to use the platform, and the data generated during conversations may be stored and analyzed by Discord. Jitsi, on the other hand, can be used without an account, and the conversations can be end-to-end encrypted, providing a higher level of privacy for users.
Participant Limit: Discord allows a maximum of 250,000 simultaneous members in a single server, which makes it suitable for large communities. Jitsi, on the other hand, supports smaller group meetings with up to 75 participants, which may be more suitable for smaller teams or classrooms.
User Interface: Discord offers a feature-rich user interface with various customization options, making it appealing to gamers. Jitsi, on the other hand, has a simpler interface focused on video conferencing features, making it easier to use for online meetings without unnecessary distractions.
Audio and Video Quality: Discord is optimized for voice communication during gaming sessions and provides high-quality audio transmission. While Jitsi also offers good audio quality, it excels in video conferencing, providing reliable and high-definition video streams for online meetings and webinars.
In Summary, Discord is a gaming-centered communication platform with a focus on large communities, while Jitsi is a versatile video conferencing platform suitable for remote collaboration and online meetings.
For weeks I have been researching to find an open source video conferencing platform that allows integration from native clients. I am working on a solution that would need to communicate from a native app via a windows dll (at least initially). Ultimately, I want any OS to talk to it natively. A lot of platforms provide the JavaScript interface (like Jitsi) but wrapping this in a windows dll is both complicated and has a huge footprint. What open source video conference servers are available that have native windows clients that can be packaged in a DLL?
Hi Mark! I work for a company called Whereby where we allow developers to easily embed video meetings on their app or website using a simple API. If you're interesting in hearing more you can contact me on maddy.trusewich@whereby.com
Check us out --> https://whereby.com/information/embedded/
I don't recommended to use WebRTC for group meeting because when you have a lot of participants of a meeting so in this case, it will happen hung in the connection because the stream pass over http, also webRTC support maximum 256 participants of a group meeting. webRTC is good for calling peer to peer. you can use zoom program and then integrate it with your project via api or embedded system
I don't have recommendation yet but I have a question to understand further - what stops you writing your own code using webrtc? Peerjs could help speed up the development. My experience writing webrtc client was that it is super easy to get started with and build something useful out of it. But to make it fault tolerant(addressing challenges such as firewall, NAT traversal, etc.), there is a significant effort you need to make - signalling server, ICE/TURN/STUN servers, etc.
I want to host an online Jeopardy game with less than 30 participants. During each round of the game, I'll stream some videos. The point is to gather friends together to play the Jeopardy game and watch random stuff. Please let me know if there's a more suitable platform other than Discord and Zoom. Thanks, everyone!
Personally, I think that Discord works much better than anything else, even if you don't have Nitro (which is what they call their premium plan). You could seriously do this Jeopardy thing with just Discord (and maybe a bot to make it easier)
Zoom would only let you have a crappy meeting that hackers could easily join. Discord actually has DDoS protection, Zoom just has things that can easily be bypassed.
And if you do want Nitro, it's only $9/mo or $99/yr
as many people say that you can only hold 30 to 10 people in one discord call if you were to make a server and add a chat or a VC you can hold up to 99 which is more than zoom and you can also use the text chat, general chat or anything else that you add and the best part you can hold pretty much infinite people I have personally seen servers with up to 100k people in it. One of the better parts is that you don't necessarily have to download it you can search it up on google and make an account it's as easy as that. Another thing is due to the original purpose of the website/app is that it's very customizable meaning that your students can customize heir profile pictures and names, but not to worry in a discord server you can have it where only you can change their nicknames so let's say things get too confusing or you want to be able to see who they really are you can just change it to their name. One last thing I will say is that you can have customizable ranks and so on so if you desire to split people into teams you can do so and with that, you can customize what they can do like give people ranks or de-rank them. Like I mentioned earlier about VC's you can also screen share and do videos so you can see their screen or their face.
Pros of Discord
- Unlimited Users64
- Unlimited Channels58
- Easy to use54
- Voice Chat50
- Fast and easy set-ups and connections48
- Clean UI45
- Free42
- Mobile Friendly42
- Android App32
- Mention system28
- Customizable notifications on per channel basis26
- Customizable ranks/permissions25
- IOS app21
- Good code embedding20
- Vast Webhook Support18
- Dark mode15
- Roles13
- Easy context switching between work and home13
- Bot control12
- Great Communities12
- Very Resource Friendly11
- Robust11
- Easy to develop for11
- Great Customer Support11
- Video Call Conference11
- Video call meeting11
- Sharing screen layer10
- Able to hold 99 people in one call10
- Easy Server Setup and joining system9
- Shares screen with other member9
- Easy9
- Great browser experience8
- Easy to code bots for7
- Lower bandwidth requirements than competitors7
- Noice6
- Easily set up custom emoji3
Pros of Jitsi
- Open Source32
- Entirely free conferencing20
- Unlimited time19
- Accessible from browser5
- Desktop, app and browser tab sharing3
- WebRTC standard3
- Secure & encrypted video conference2
- Great API to develop with2
- Live stream to youtube2
- Dial-In and Dial-Out via SIP1
- Full HD1
- FSB Approved1
- Share youtube videos in conference1
- Easy installation and good support1
- MCU0
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Cons of Discord
- Not as many integrations as Slack10
- For gamers9
- Limited file size5
- Sends data to US Gov4
- For everyone4
- Undescriptive in global ban reasons2
- Suspected Pedophiles in few servers2
- Unsupportive Support1
- High memory and CPU footprint1
Cons of Jitsi
- UnLimited time7
- No multiplatform5
- Great quality1
- Good support1
- Live conference statistics1
- Great features1
