Twilio is restrictive - switch to a truly scalable SDK

Twilio can support a maximum of 50 participants on a video call. Use 100ms for upto 10,000 participants and stream to millions via HLS

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Here’s why developers are moving from Twilio to 100ms

Better call completion rates

100ms' network and device edge-case handling has resulted in customers experiencing call success rates of upto 95%*.

Shorter development time

By abstracting the publish-subscribe logic into roles, save 100s of lines of code required to setup a basic connection by 10x.

Templates and pre-built UI

Start with our production-ready templates, fully customizable, starter-kits and open-sourced UI components.

Stream to millions

Add real-time video interactions, stream to a larger audience without any separate integration. Audience can switch from streaming to conferencing in a single click.

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Conferencing	$4 per participant per 1000 minutes	$4 per participant per 1000 minutes
Recording	$10 per 1000 minutes, No limit on participants	$4 per participant per 1000 minutes
Composed Recording	Included at no charge	Additional $10 per 1000 composed minutes
RTMP Streaming	$12 per 1000 minutes	Not Available
Storage (on platform)	Pass-through AWS rates: $0.023 per GB per month	Free 10 GB + $0.05 per GB per month for additional storage
External Data Storage (S3)	Free	Free

100ms vs. Twilio: Pros and Cons


Framework/Platforms
No of participants with audio and video on	100	50
Maximum number of participants on a video call	10,000	50
Support for multiple audio input/outputs	Out-of-the-box	Manual Configuration
Subscription bandwidth limit	No hard limits	Supports upto 10 video tiles only
Ability to Customize UI	Fully customizable	Fully customizable
HLS Streaming	Out-of-the-box	Separate SDK integration required
RTMP Streaming	✅ Out-of-the-box ✅ Stream to YouTube, Facebook, etc	Not available
Recording	✅ "You get what you see" recordings ✅ Fully customizable ⛔️ Recorded media is not encrypted	✳️ Manual Composition ✅ Recorded media is encrypted
Ease of Integration	✅ Pre-built support for dynamic roles ✅ Pre-built disconnection handling ✅ Pre-built bandwidth management	⛔️ No pre-built roles ✅ Manual bandwidth management
Ease of Development	✅ Pre-built chat ✅ Pre-built virtual background ✅ Pre-built media player	✳️ Separate chat SDK ✅ Virtual background toolkit provided ⛔️ No media player
Data Tracks	Coming soon	Available
Call Insights	Coming soon	Available

100ms vs. Twilio: Pros and Cons