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See what Digital Samba Embedded can do for you. Switch from Agora and enjoy 50% off your first paid plan - a smarter, privacy-first way to power live video in your product.

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Agileworks Group uses Digital Samba Embedded to deliver secure, scalable video communication to their clients. They are a collective of four specialised technology companies serving fast-growing organisations.

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Video calls – built to be integrated, with a modern API and SDK.

npm install @digitalsamba/embedded-sdk

import DigitalSambaEmbedded from '@digitalsamba/embedded-sdk';
const sambaFrame = DigitalSambaEmbedded.createControl({ url: YOUR_ROOM_URL });
sambaFrame.load();

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What makes Digital Samba different?

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Prebuilt room

Most SDKs give you streaming primitives - you build the rest. Digital Samba ships a full conferencing room: controls, layout, moderation, and 35+ features, ready to embed immediately. You customise what you need, skip what you don't.

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Privacy-first

Digital Samba runs entirely on EU-owned infrastructure with no US-based sub-processors - eliminating CLOUD Act exposure entirely. Unlike platforms that claim "EU hosting" while routing through AWS Frankfurt or GCP Europe, your data never touches a US-owned system.

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All features included

With Digital Samba Embedded, 35+ conferencing features - including breakout rooms, polling, AI transcriptions, shared notes, and cloud recording - are part of the plan. One price, no extension math.

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Completely white-label

Full white-label on paid plans - custom colours, fonts, logo, and CNAME domain support so your users see only your brand at meet.yourcompany.com. Not "powered by" anyone. Not co-branded. Fully yours.

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Human support

Digital Samba includes direct access to integration engineers on every plan - free onboarding, a private Slack channel on higher tiers, and real people who know your integration, not a ticket queue.

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Influence the roadmap

Digital Samba ships new features every two weeks. On higher-tier plans, you get a direct line to the product team to request features and shape what gets built. On a large platform like Agora, individual customer input rarely moves the needle.

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PSTN dial-in included

Participants can join any Digital Samba session by dialling in from a regular phone number - no app, no browser, no account. It's built in. Agora doesn't offer native PSTN dial-in. For healthcare, legal, and enterprise use cases where some participants can't use a browser, this matters.

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Scalable by design

Whether you're building a simple consultation tool for two people or a large webinar platform hosting thousands, Digital Samba Embedded handles it within the same infrastructure and the same integration.

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Digital Samba Embedded vs. Agora API

Digital Samba Embedded
Agora API
Product type
Embedded audio-video API & SDK with a fully prebuilt conferencing layer. Provides a rich set of out-of-the-box features, UI and meeting logic that can be integrated with minimal effort.
Infrastructure platform - the Video SDK itself is raw infrastructure for custom builds. Prebuilt UI options exist as separate products (App Builder, UI Kit, Flexible Classroom) but are not part of the core API offering.
Time to market
Minutes to hours - a working, featured video room from day one.
Days to weeks - UI, controls, session logic, and layout all built from scratch. Faster paths available via separate products (App Builder, UI Kit).
Data hosting
100% EU-owned servers. No non-EU sub-processors. No cross-border data transfers.
A Chinese-rooted company, listed and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, USA. Globally distributed infrastructure network.
GDPR compliance
Truly & fully GDPR-compliant. EU-owned company using only EU-owned subprocessors.
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White labelling
Full white labelling with control over branding, colours and UI, plus CNAME domain support to remove all references to Digital Samba.
Custom branding supported via SDK.
Customer support
Partner-style support with free onboarding and integration assistance from real engineers. Private Slack channel available.
Documentation and community forums on the free tier. Dedicated technical support via separate paid support plans.
SDK / integration
REST API + JavaScript SDK. Iframe embed, web component, and full SDK. Web-first.
Full SDK suite: Web, iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Electron, Unity, Windows, macOS, Linux, IoT.
Extensions pricing
Most features are included in the plan.
Many features are separate paid extensions (recording, chat, whiteboard, analytics, noise suppression, transcription, etc.) - each billed additionally per 1,000 minutes.
Built-in features
35+ features out of the box: chat, screen share, whiteboard, polling, Q&A, breakout rooms, recording, waiting room, and more.
Core video/audio streaming primitives. Additional features (recording, noise suppression, transcription, etc.) are separate paid extensions. App Builder bundles host controls, virtual backgrounds, chat, screen sharing, and speech-to-text.
Geo-fencing
EU by default - data never leaves EU.
Network geo-fencing - choose which regions traffic routes through.
Chat (group + private)
Available out of the box.
Separate paid product (Agora Chat).
Whiteboard
Available out of the box.
Separate paid product (Interactive Whiteboard).
Cloud recording
Available out of the box.
Separate paid extension.
Live restreaming (RTMP)
Available out of the box.
Separate paid product (Media Push).
AI transcriptions & captions
Available out of the box.
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Noise suppression
Available out of the box.
Separate paid extension.
Virtual backgrounds
Available out of the box.
Must implement via Camera Effects SDK.
Role & permission management
Included via API and dashboard.
Basic host/participant roles, advanced management requires custom build.
Analytics / monitoring
Available out of the box.
Separate paid product (Agora Analytics).

Disclaimer: Information about Agora is based on publicly available documentation and sources as of March 2026. While we strive to provide accurate and fair comparisons, we recommend contacting the provider directly to verify specific features, technical specifications, or compliance practices relevant to your use case.

Hear it from those who made the switch

saber-maram-4 We couldn't be happier

 

"Our platform was in production, so we were a little concerned about the effect of a switch. But the DS team made themselves available to support the entire transition. It felt like they were part of the WebConnect team. When it comes to quality, we have no complaints, and Digital Samba is superior to tools like Teams or Zoom. We couldn't be happier."

Saber Maram
CEO, WebConnect World

jordan-fleming-4 Samba is really easy to integrate

 

"We made the switch to Digital Samba. Samba is really easy to integrate, and you get direct access to their team, which is a huge plus. They helped us work through the integration. In retrospect, we should have gone with a customisable prebuilt solution from the start."

Jordan Fleming
CEO, smrtStudio Global

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