Agora Chat review
A flexible chat API with translation, moderation, analytics, and a free tier.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Agora Chat is a real-time messaging SDK and API for developers adding chat to mobile, web, desktop, and cross-platform applications. It supports one-to-one, group, and large-community messaging, making it suitable for education, gaming, social platforms, collaboration, live commerce, and telehealth products. Published platform coverage includes web, Windows, iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native, and Unity.
Pricing is structured around both plans and monthly active users. The Free plan supports up to 500 monthly active users. Starter costs $349 per month and supports up to 50,000 monthly active users, with an additional $0.05 per monthly active user beyond 5,000. Pro costs $699 per month and supports up to 100,000 monthly active users, with an additional $0.05 per monthly active user beyond 10,000. Enterprise uses custom pricing and requires a minimum monthly commitment of 100,000 monthly active users. The published pricing also shows usage pricing from $0.05 per monthly active user.
Feature depth is the main reason to consider Agora Chat. Alongside text messaging, it supports images, files, GPS locations, structured messages, emojis, voice notes, offline messaging, message recall and deletion, read receipts, presence, typing indicators, and push notifications. Message translation and moderation for profanity, offensive language, inappropriate images, and inappropriate text add useful controls for broader communication products. Agora Analytics and Datadog integrations support chat analytics. Choose Agora Chat if these capabilities and platform options fit your application; consider an alternative if you need a lower paid entry point or a smaller enterprise commitment.
Agora Chat pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Supports private, group, and large-community messaging
- Includes translation, moderation, analytics, and rich media
- SDK coverage spans web, mobile, desktop, and cross-platform apps
- Where it doesn't
- Paid plans start at $349 per month
- Usage-based overages may apply on paid tiers
- Enterprise requires a 100,000 monthly active user commitment
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