# Agora: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 10 judge labels across 1 category by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/agora

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Communications APIs](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/communications-apis/index.md) | 0% | 11 | 10% | 10 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best for video/conversational — Look at specialized players like Daily.co, Agora, or Voximplant." (Grok 4.20, CPaaS)
- "The go-to platform for high-scale interactive live streaming, gaming, and large-group calls" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, CPaaS)
- "More of a real-time engagement platform than a full SMS, telephony, and email CPaaS" (Perplexity Sonar, CPaaS)
- "Mature real-time video/audio, strong in gaming & social live streaming" (Grok 4.20, CPaaS)

## And against it

- "Agora often grouped with Vonage for support/reliability cautions." (Grok 4.20, CPaaS)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Agora, from 15 of the 16 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- videosdk.live: 9
- apis.io: 7
- gane.ai/index: 6
- github.com: 5
- vibereference.com: 4
- g2.com: 3
- guideflow.com: 3
- requestly.com: 3
- rst.software: 3
- suprsend.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://videosdk.live/blog/communication-api-platforms: 9
- https://apis.io/areas/communications: 6
- https://vibereference.com/backend-and-data/sms-voice-apis: 4
- https://apis.io/providers/communications: 3
- https://apis.io/tags/communications: 3
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/communications-apis: 3
- https://github.com/api-evangelist/communications/blob/main/README.md: 3
- https://requestly.com/api-explorer/category/communication/top/10: 3

## In its own words

What Agora's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Real-Time Engagement & Conversational AI Platform (https://agora.io/)
- For: Developers (https://agora.io/)
- Price stated: Support Plans and Pricing; You don’t pay until you scale. (https://agora.io/)
- Starting price: 0.10 (https://www.agora.io/en/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Get started with 10,000 free minutes (https://agora.io/)
- Certifications: SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, ISO 42001
- Customers named: TotalVU, KUMU, Talkspace, LiSA, Fanory, HTC, Gabb, RiseLink

## What it publishes

Every page agora.io exposes, read 2026-10-05: 5042 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 288 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 67 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 35 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 17 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 15 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 6 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-27
- glossary or explainer: 21 pages, 14 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-07
- podcast or video: 2 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-30
- news or press: 83 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-30 podcast or video: Get started sdk https://docs.agora.io/en/realtime-media/video/get-started-sdk
- Recent: 2026-09-27 template or tool: Custom tools https://docs.agora.io/en/ai/build/tools/custom-tools
- Recent: 2026-09-27 template or tool: Mcp tools https://docs.agora.io/en/ai/build/tools/mcp-tools
- Recent: 2026-08-07 glossary or explainer: Glossary https://docs.agora.io/en/introduction/glossary
- Recent: 2026-08-07 glossary or explainer: Glossary https://docs.agora.io/en/realtime-media/agora-analytics/reference/glossary
- Recent: 2026-08-07 glossary or explainer: Glossary https://docs.agora.io/en/realtime-media/cloud-recording/reference/glossary

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.