| Video SDK | Meeting SDK | |
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| Comparative positioning | Allows developers to build fully customized Zoom-powered video experiences into their applications and websites, with their native user interfaces. | Allows developers to embed a customized version of the Zoom-branded meeting client into their app or website, which allows users to start and join Zoom meetings. |
| Use cases | Gaming, wellness, social, and retail apps where the goal is to enable participants to interact in real-time sessions through a custom, native user interface. | Incorporate Start a video meeting functionality in to a banking app to connect app users with a virtual teller. |
| Zoom account types | Zoom Developer account | Zoom Basic, Pro, Business, Enterprise |
| Supported platforms | Window, macOS, Android, and iOS, web | Window, macOS, Android, and iOS, web, Electron, Ionic |
| Custom UI support | ✔ | ✔ |
| Meeting options | Zoom session | Meeting, Webinar |
| Meeting identifier | Session name | Meeting ID/Number |
| Security | Auth token (JWT) | SDK key or Auth token (JWT) |
| Login types | JWT and Session Password | SSO, Zoom Access Token |
| Compatible with Zoom Meetings | ✔ | |
| Default Zoom Meeting user interface | ✔ | |
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| Host capacity | Up to 1 host with 300 co-hosts | 1 host, no co-host limit |
| Co-hosting | ✔ | ✔ |
| Participant capacity | Up to 1,000 | Meeting: up to 1,000 Webinar: up to 50,000 |
| In-session chat | ✔ | ✔ |
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| Live streaming | Connect to third party RTMP-based live streaming platforms | Connect to third party RTMP-based live streaming platforms |
| Recording | ✔ | ✔ |
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| Video profile | 30 fps | 30 fps |
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