Amazon Chime
Amazon Chime
Amazon Chime SDK API embeds real-time audio/video calling and chat into apps (meetings, messaging, PSTN calls).
Full SDKs across web/iOS/Android
Less out-of-the-box UI than Zoom/Daily.co (you build the frontend)
CreateMeeting to create a meeting; CreateAttendee to add participants and obtain JoinToken; frontend SDK joins with the token.
Uptime · 30-day window
GitHub activity
About this API
Chime SDK is AWS's toolkit for developers to "build your own video-conferencing product". Compared to finished products like Zoom/Microsoft Teams, Chime SDK is building blocks — you take the SDK and write your own UI, manage your own users, define your own flows. Use cases: embed video calling in customer apps (Telehealth, online education, customer service systems) instead of jumping to Zoom; or build a Zoom competitor. Similar to Twilio Video (also sells SDKs), main difference is ecosystem — Chime SDK integrates deeply with AWS data ecosystem, Twilio with the communications ecosystem. Billed per attendee-minute (~$0.0017/minute/person), cheaper than Zoom at large scale.
What you can build
- 1Embed video meetings into your own app (without Zoom)
- 21-1 video chat for customer service
- 3Online education classrooms
- 4PSTN + SIP call integration
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Full SDKs across web/iOS/Android
- Pay by usage (participant-minutes)
- AWS data ecosystem integration (meeting events to Kinesis, recordings to S3)
Limitations
- Less out-of-the-box UI than Zoom/Daily.co (you build the frontend)
- Less feature-rich than Zoom (e.g. weaker breakout rooms)
Getting started
CreateMeeting to create a meeting; CreateAttendee to add participants and obtain JoinToken; frontend SDK joins with the token.
FAQ
Chime SDK vs. Twilio Video?+
Deep in AWS ecosystem: Chime. Diverse communications needs (with SMS/voice): Twilio.
Technical details
- Auth type
- unknown
- Pricing
- unknown
- Protocols
- REST, WebSocket
- SDKs
- javascript, ios, android, python, java
- Response time
- 44 ms
- Last health check
- 6/26/2026, 6:22:15 AM
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