Daily

Daily provides developers with a comprehensive platform to build and scale real-time voice, video, and AI applications. Since 2016, Daily has focused on delivering enterprise-grade reliability and ultra-low latency through its global WebRTC infrastructure. The platform is designed to be flexible and powerful, catering to a wide range of use cases from simple video calls to complex, AI-driven conversational agents.

At the heart of Daily's offering is its Global Mesh Network, a distributed network of media servers in over 75 locations worldwide. This infrastructure ensures the lowest possible latency (median first-hop latency of 13ms) and highest quality for every user, on any device. Daily's commitment to the developer community is also evident through its open-source contributions, most notably Pipecat, a vendor-neutral framework for building real-time voice and multimodal AI agents.

How to use Daily

Getting started with Daily is a straightforward process for developers:

1. Sign Up & Configure: Create a free account on the Daily website to get your API key and set up your first video room.
2. Choose Your Product: Decide whether you need the Video SDK for human-to-human interactions or Pipecat for building voice AI agents.
3. Integrate the SDK: For video calls, select the appropriate client SDK for your platform (e.g., JavaScript for web, Swift for iOS, Kotlin for Android). Use the simple code snippets provided in the documentation to embed video calling functionality into your application. For example, creating and joining a call can be done in just a few lines of code.
4. Build with Pipecat: If you're creating a voice AI agent, use the open-source Pipecat framework in Python. Define the agent's logic, connect it to your preferred speech-to-text (STT), large language model (LLM), and text-to-speech (TTS) services.
5. Deploy and Scale: Deploy your application. For AI agents built with Pipecat, you can leverage Pipecat Cloud to run them on Daily's global, scalable infrastructure without managing servers.
6. Monitor and Analyze: Use Daily's powerful analytics dashboard to monitor call quality, track usage, and debug issues with detailed metrics and logs.

Core Features of Daily

• Global WebRTC Infrastructure: A battle-tested Global Mesh Network with 75+ points of presence, ensuring <13ms median first-hop latency and 99.99% service uptime.
• Cross-Platform SDKs: Comprehensive and consistent SDKs for JavaScript, React, React Native, iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin), Python, and Flutter.
• Pipecat AI Framework: A 100% open-source Python framework for building sophisticated, real-time voice and multimodal AI agents.
• Pipecat Cloud: A managed service to deploy, host, and scale voice AI agents built with Pipecat on Daily's global infrastructure.
• High-Quality Media: Delivers superior video resolution (4x better than competitors in tests) and features like Daily Adaptive HEVC on iOS for optimal quality and power efficiency.
• Advanced Capabilities: Supports recording, cloud compositing, RTMP live streaming, real-time transcription, media ingest, and custom video tracks.
• Enterprise-Grade Security: Offers SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance (with signed BAAs), including options for true end-to-end encryption.
• Powerful Analytics: Provides detailed metrics, logging, and integrations with BI platforms for in-depth performance analysis and customer support.

Use Cases for Daily

Daily's flexible platform is suitable for a diverse set of applications:

• Telehealth: Building secure, HIPAA-compliant video platforms for doctor-patient consultations.
• EdTech: Creating interactive virtual classrooms, online tutoring platforms, and collaborative learning environments.
• Customer Support: Deploying AI voice agents for automated customer service or enabling high-quality video support calls.
• Virtual Events & Social Platforms: Powering large-scale webinars, interactive broadcasts, audio spaces, and social networking apps with video features.
• Enterprise Collaboration: Developing custom communication tools for internal teams, enhancing productivity with integrated video and audio.
• Gaming & Metaverse: Integrating low-latency voice and video chat into games and immersive virtual worlds.

Advantages of Daily

Daily stands out with its developer-first approach and robust technology:

• Superior Performance: The Global Mesh Network guarantees industry-leading low latency and high-quality, reliable connections worldwide.
• Developer-Centric: Well-documented, flexible APIs and SDKs significantly reduce the complexity and time required to build real-time features.
• AI-Ready: Uniquely positioned with Pipecat, offering a powerful, open-source path to building next-generation conversational AI.
• Proven Scalability & Reliability: Infrastructure that has been battle-tested since 2016, capable of supporting sessions with up to 100,000 participants.
• Comprehensive Security: Adherence to top security and compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR makes it suitable for sensitive applications.

Pricing and Plans

Daily offers a flexible, developer-friendly pricing model:

• Free Tier: Get started with the Video SDK for free, which includes 10,000 participant-minutes every month.
• Video SDK (Pay-as-you-go): After the free minutes are used, pricing is based on per-participant-minute usage.
• Pipecat Cloud: A usage-based pricing model that provides a completely flexible stack for deploying your voice AI agents.
• WebRTC Infrastructure: For custom needs, leverage Daily's infrastructure with usage-based pricing and volume discounts at scale.
• Enterprise: Custom plans with dedicated support, uptime SLAs, and advanced features are available by contacting the sales team.