Broadcast streaming video with consistent quality, free of stutters, jitters, or lag—even under challenging network conditions—with high-fidelity audio up to 192kbps and video up to 4K and 60fps.
Global coverage
Reach users in over 200 countries and regions with Agora’s global real-time network which intelligently routes and accelerates streaming traffic to ensure reliability everywhere.
Simple recording
Easily record your live stream in the cloud or on-premises to save for future playback or on-demand viewing.
Reliable stream pulling
Pull streams into your channel with maximum reliability thanks to the dynamic selection of access points and rapid regional switching by access failure.
Easy-to-add extensions
Integrate engaging AI-powered features like AR facial masks, beautification, and more with just a click and a few
lines of code.
Real-time troubleshooting
Track detailed quality, performance, and usage metrics in one dashboard, allowing you to quickly identify and fix quality issues in real-time while maximizing quality of experience (QoE) with Agora’s live video stream API.
Get dedicated expert help when you need it
Experience greater scalability, performance and operational efficiency — from 1:1 consultation, issue classification, to strategic production escalation and more, we’ve got you covered. Our dedicated team of experts is committed to delivering an unparalleled support experience.
One real-time view
for the metrics that
matter the most
Use a single dashboard to monitor every active session around the world. Track the metrics that are most
important to you, from concurrent users and channels to network latency and so much more.
With Interactive Whiteboard, you can build a collaborative app fast—with custom branding and full of features. Our platform makes it easy to create a customized and engaging learning environment.
Flexible APIs support custom branding and extensive digital whiteboard features.
Easily integrate real-time voice and video calling, interactive streaming and signaling.
Save users’ bandwidth by preloading, sharing, and annotating files, and retain all the dynamic content.
And have peace of mind with HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA compliance.
See OpenAI's Realtime API in action
Expand your audience with easy global live streaming
Go live to a large, international audience in minutes with reliable, easy-to-use live streaming API.
Give your users the best quality
Provide the highest-quality live streaming experience with synchronized, high-quality video (4k) and audio content with seamless transitions. Track quality of experience (QoE) and performance down to the user level to immediately identify and resolve any issues.
Give your users the best quality
Customize the experience
Easily expand beyond standard live-streaming broadcasts by adding features like chat, emoji reactions, virtual gifting, and spatial audio to enhance the experience and boost user engagement. Combine with Interactive Live Video Streaming API to allow specific audience members to communicate with hosts via real-time audio or video.
Customize the experience
Ensure the highest level of security
Guarantee confidential data transmission with built-in AES128/256 encryption, or use a third-party. Token security uniquely identifies authorized users to prevent unwanted guests from intruding. Geofencing allows you to designate which regions traffic can or cannot route through to meet regulation needs.
Ensure the highest level of security
Recording options for:
Cloud recording
Store, retrieve and share recordings in the cloud.
Directly push media streams into Agora voice and video channels using the RTMP/SRT protocol and enable advanced transcoding processing on media streams to facilitate distribution.
Build and integrate real-time visual collaboration features into your application with the most flexibility and full customization using Agora's Interactive Whiteboard SDK.
Agora is certified to the ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701 and SOC 2 security standards and meets privacy regulations like GDPR, CCAP, COPPA, and HIPAA. Agora doesn’t collect or store any end-user data aside from Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and operational information necessary for providing our services.
ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27017:2015
ISO 27018:2019
ISO 27701:2019
HIPAA
GDPR
SOC2 Type1&2
CCPA
COPPA
Use cases
Optimize your live video streaming solution for any app
Regardless of your use case, Agora’s Broadcast Streaming offers flexible customization, ease of implementation, and reliable network quality to provide your users with a fantastic experience.
Engage social shoppers and build brand loyalty. Agora’s broadcast API allows product experts to lead customers on a buying journey, exploring options and features and answering their questions live.
Social
Allow users to live-stream themselves, watch others live-stream, play games, and send virtual gifts. Agora’s global SD-RTN™ network’s extremely low latency supports seamless real-time video experiences with no jitter or lag anywhere in the world.
Media and Entertainment
Agora’s real-time network provides the reliability and quality necessary for a global, live-streaming event while enabling support for unlimited participants.
Education
Whether conducting small, intimate lectures or streaming to thousands of students worldwide, live Broadcast Streaming from Agora scales seamlessly, while enabling interactions like chat, breakout sessions, whiteboards and more.
Virtual events
Broadcast discussions or events with celebrity hosts or influencers to a large, dispersed audience with an interactive video platform optimized for real-time engagement.
Watch Parties
Leverage Agora’s real-time engagement technology to enable social interaction on top of the standard viewing experience. Agora’s broadcast streaming software allows friends to watch their favorite shows and movies together in virtual environments or enable global watch parties with low latency and scalability.
Fastboard
Easily build and integrate Agora’s Interactive Whiteboard with our newest Fastboard SDK that delivers all the same whiteboard features with a pre-built UI and the ability to include custom plug ins.
"Agora's customizable APIs allowed us to optimize real-time connectivity and network traffic while reducing latency to milliseconds during live streaming and interactive sessions between creators and fans."
Saurabh Singh Kushwah
Co-Founder, Fanory
"Implementing Agora has been a game changer for KUMU, helping us to dramatically increase in-app engagement with a 30% increase in session time and 78% increase in users sending tips to streamers."