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Live Streaming vs. Interactive Live Streaming

Live Streaming vs. Interactive Live Streaming

Last updated：2023-05-17 19:58

Overview

ZEGOCLOUD's live streaming services are different from the Video Call and Voice Call. We offer two different service plans based on your needs: Live Streaming and Interactive Live Streaming. These two services differ in terms of concurrency, latency, and interactivity. This doc will carefully introduce these differences to you.

Live Streaming solution comparison

The following table shows the differences between ZEGOCLOUD Live Streaming and Interactive Live Streaming:

	Interactive Live Streaming	Live Streaming
Typical scenarios	Live streaming that requires high interactivity and synchronization, such as e-commerce live streaming, live auctions, multi-host live streaming, live class, game live streaming, etc.	Basic live streaming that can handle high concurrency and does not require strong interactivity, such as live concerts, single-host live streaming, sports events live streaming, etc.
Technical implementation	Distributed to ZEGOCLOUD Low Latency LiveStreaming Network	Distributed to third-party CDN
End-to-end latency	600ms - 1s	Standard latency > 3s
Performance in weak network conditions	Withstand up to 80% packet loss	Good
Interactive experience	Excellent	Good
Pricing	Middle	Low

For a more intuitive sense of the differences between Live Streaming and Interactive Live Streaming, please click on our YouTube video to see more details: