The Agora alternative built for live classes
Agora is a capable real-time SDK used worldwide. For Indian ed-tech teams running hundreds of classes a day, the per-minute bill and the classroom you still have to build add up.
Agora vs SuperMeet at a glance
| Agora | SuperMeet | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing unit | Per participant-minute: HD video $3.99 per 1,000 minutes | Per class-hour: ₹30 for up to 50 students |
| 1 hour, 50 students, recorded | ≈ ₹1,085 | ₹30 |
| Recording | Cloud recording billed extra ($5.99 per 1,000 HD minutes) | Included; storage ₹3/GB/month with unlimited playback |
| Teacher minutes | Billed like any participant | Free |
| Classroom features | You build them: board, PDF, polls, attendance | TeacherZone, polls and attendance included |
| Billing | USD | INR with GST invoice |
Competitor details are from their public pricing and help pages as of October 2026, before any negotiated discounts. Rates can change, so check their sites for current terms. USD converted at ₹88.
What the per-minute bill hides
Participant-minute pricing looks small per minute. But a class has one teacher and dozens of students, so every hour multiplies by the batch size. At 50 students, one hour is 3,000 billable minutes before recording.
You still have to build the classroom
An RTC SDK gives you video tracks. Turning them into a classroom means building the board, PDF rendering and annotation, camera layouts, recording composition, attendance and playback. SuperMeet ships all of that, and your platform calls an API.
When Agora is the better fit
If you're building something that isn't a class, like social audio, gaming voice or one-to-one calls across many countries, a general RTC SDK is the right tool. For live classes in India, SuperMeet does the job end to end.
Related: 100ms alternative · Live Class API · For ed-tech & LMS · SuperMeet pricing
Frequently asked questions
How much does Agora cost for a live class?
At Agora's public HD rate of $3.99 per 1,000 participant-minutes plus cloud recording, a one-hour class with 50 students costs roughly $12.30, about ₹1,085, before volume discounts.
Can I migrate from Agora to SuperMeet?
Yes. Most platforms switch by replacing their room-creation and join calls with SuperMeet's API and opening the classroom by link, embed or SDK. Book a demo for a migration plan.
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