Daily

Hosted video calling. Polished SDKs, fast time-to-integration.

Daily provides hosted video calling infrastructure with polished React SDKs. Faster to integrate than self-hosting LiveKit.

Full walkthrough being written.

When to pick over LiveKit

• You want hosted infrastructure (no ops).
• Faster MVP integration matters more than cost.
• You’re using their pre-built React UI.

Setup

DAILY_API_KEY in vly secrets. Create rooms via the Daily REST API from a Convex action.

Related

LiveKit

Open-source alternative.

Agora

Enterprise alternative.

Voice AI app

Adjacent voice use case.