Clan Meeting vs Vonage

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A simple usage-based API to add voice and video meetings into your web and mobile apps without any setup or maintenance costs.

Vonage

Offers flexible and scalable voice, messaging, video and data capabilities across Unified Communications, Contact Centers and Communications APIs.

Why Choose Clan Meeting?

Clan Meeting provides unparalleled exciting features at up to 70% lower price compared to other Video API providers like Vonage

Pricing

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Vonage

HD video meetings (per minute per participant)

$0.002 (Starter)

$0.0018 (Pro)

$0.0016 (Business)


$0.00395


Volume discounts

Up to 20%

Cloud video recording

$0.008 / min

$0.035 / min

Cloud storage for recordings

$0.04 / GB / month

Storage not available

Live streaming

$0.008 / min

$0.07 / min

Upfront cost

$0.00

$9.99 / month

Free participant minutes

0

2000 / month

Features

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Vonage

Live Recording

Live Streaming

Screen Sharing

Low Bandwidth Mode

Security Options

Chat

Polls

Share Audio

Share Video

Share Files

Speaker Stats

Whiteboard

Smart Network Optimisation

Dashboard & Insights

SIP Interconnect

Dynamic Participant Minutes

For a 20-minute meeting with 5 participants where 2 participants left the call after 10 minutes.

How most providers charge you

= participant count x duration of meeting in minutes

= 5 x 20

100 participant minutes

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 USED PARTICIPANT MINUTES

How Clan Meeting optimizes your cost

= sum of time spent by each participant in minutes

= 10 + 10 + 20 + 20 + 20

80 participant minutes

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 USED PARTICIPANT MINUTES

Our clients enjoy an average additional savings of 15% per month with Dynamic Participant Minutes!

Clan Meeting Promotional Offer

Free $10 credits every month for the next 12 months

Zero monthly minimums, 100% risk free

$10 Credits = HD video calling worth up to 10000 participant-minutes

$10 Credits = 21 hours of cloud video recording (approx.)

$10 Credits = 250 GB of cloud recording storage

Free Credit

FAQs

Maximum participant count per meeting?

Up to 50 participants are recommended in a single meeting. You could go up to 100 with one participant sharing video.

what are participant minutes?

Participant minutes is a popular unit to measure meeting usage. With 1 participant-minute, 1 participant can join a meeting for 1 minute. It is calculated for each meeting separately as follows:

number of participants x duration of meeting in minutes


This is the calculation that almost all API providers use. But Clan Meeting is determined to pass on as much savings to you as we can.


Introducing - dynamic participant minutes.


Example: In a 3 participant call of 30 minutes, if one participant joined after 20 minutes.


Participant minutes

= 3 (participants) x 30 (total duration in minutes)

= 90


Dynamic participant minutes

= 30 (minutes spent by participant 1) + 30 (minutes spent by participant 2) + 10 (minutes spent by participant 3) 

= 70

what are meeting minutes?

Meeting minutes is simply the duration of a meeting in minutes.

I'm confused, how do I choose a plan?

You do not need to select a plan. Simply register and start using the platform. Everyone starts with the Starter plan. Based on your monthly usage, you will be automatically switched over to the appropriate plan so that you can enjoy volume discounts as per your usage.

What is volume based pricing?

You start paying less for the meetings as your usage increases. Based on your usage, you can get up to 50% discount on your entire monthly usage. Pricing will be as per the plan that your monthly usage falls into.

do I get volume discount on recording and storage?

No. We already offer best price on our recording and storage costs. Volume discount applies only on the meeting cost because when your usage increases we save on the meeting cost. We pass on the benefit to you rather than adding it to our profit.

Who can use Clan Meeting?

Individuals looking for an alternative to other video conferencing providers. Business owners, startups looking to integrate video API with their applications. Schools and organizations looking to switch to a usage based model.

what is saving recordings to my cloud?

We provide secure cloud storage for you to store the recordings at a nominal price. However, we also give you the option to save the recordings directly to your own cloud storage at no extra cost e.g. for compliance requirements.

At present, recordings can only be stored to S3 buckets. Options of S3 bucket providers below:

https://aws.amazon.com/s3/

https://www.coralnodes.com/amazon-s3-alternatives/

Are free credits carried forward to next month?

No. Free credits cannot be carried forward to the next month and are supposed to be consumed within the current month.

do the features depend on the plan?

No. All the features are available to all the clients including custom logo irrespective of which plan their usage falls in.

How to enable recording to my cloud?

Recording to private cloud is currently only available on request. Please send us an email at contactus@clanmeeting.com with your consumer ID and cloud provider details to set this up.

what about data security?

We store only the minimum information needed to share the meeting usage stats and participant list with you. You can even choose to disable collection of participant display names.

Your production meetings are secured and recordings are separated for each of our clients and stored securely. We also provide you an option to store your recordings to a cloud provider of your choice into your own account.

For more details please read our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.

do you offer special pricing for non profits?

Yes. Please contact us if you are a non profit organization. 

how are your prices cheaper than the others?

We have worked hard over 2 years to figure out ways to bring down the costs for our clients without compromising the quality of meetings. We believe in succeeding with your success rather than squeezing extra profits from you.

Try our services and see for yourself. With zero upfront costs, you have nothing to lose.

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