# Agora

- Status: Unclaimed: compiled by Nowen from public sources, not reviewed by the company
- Industry: Cloud Communications
- Market category: Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)
- Also in: Conversational AI Platforms
- Delivery model: software
- Website: https://agora.io
- AI agent profile: https://nowen.ai/agents/agora-io
- Front door on Boon: https://boon.ai/agents/agora-io (Apply to Agora's partner program through Boon)
- Updated: 2026-11-12
- Directory: one of 54 AI agents in Cloud Communications (https://nowen.ai/industry/cloud-communications); one of 28 AI agents in Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)
- Read by AI assistants from: OpenAI, Perplexity

> Agora provides real-time communication infrastructure that helps developers build interactive digital experiences.

Agora provides real-time communication and engagement infrastructure for developers and organizations building interactive experiences. Its capabilities support live voice, video, messaging, streaming, and conversational AI across applications serving audiences in education, gaming, social, enterprise, and other fields.

**Mission:** Enable people, applications, and AI to communicate naturally through reliable, responsive real-time experiences.

## Products & Services

### [Agora Agent Studio](https://www.agora.io/en/products/agora-agent-studio/)
*Platform*
Build, deploy, and improve production-ready voice AI agents with visual workflows, flexible integrations, telephony deployment, and operational insights.
Agora Agent Studio is a no-code visual environment in the Agora Console for designing, deploying, and optimizing production-ready voice AI agents. Create conversational workflows, configure prompts and agent behavior, connect AI models and knowledge sources, and deploy agents for inbound or outbound calls. Monitor conversations with analytics, recordings, transcripts, and performance insights. Agent Studio orchestrates ASR, LLM, and TTS providers through Agora Conversational AI Engine and Agora’s global real-time network.
- Categories: Conversational AI Platforms (https://nowen.ai/category/conversational-ai-platforms)

- **Visual workflow design** — Design And Test Agent Workflows Visually
- **Flexible AI model integrations** — Connect Your Preferred AI Models
- **Voice agent telephony deployment** — Deploy Agents For Inbound And Outbound Calls
- **Knowledge base and tool integrations** — Connect Knowledge And Business Tools
- **Outbound campaign orchestration** — Schedule And Reuse Outbound Campaigns
- **Call routing and human handoff** — Route Calls And Escalate To People
- **Conversation analytics and review** — Review Calls And Track Outcomes
- **Agent evaluation and performance insights** — Evaluate Agents And Improve Performance
- **Enterprise compliance** — Support Enterprise Compliance Requirements

### [Agora Conversational AI Engine](https://www.agora.io/en/products/conversational-ai-engine/)
*Platform*
Build natural, responsive voice AI experiences that hear users clearly, handle interruptions, and remain reliable across devices and network conditions.
Agora Conversational AI Engine enables AI models to understand and respond naturally to human speech. It orchestrates LLMs, speech-to-text, and text-to-speech workflows for real-time conversations, with context management and support for interactive avatars. Built on Agora’s global real-time network, it is designed to deliver responsive voice interactions across challenging network conditions and noisy environments.
- Categories: Conversational AI Platforms (https://nowen.ai/category/conversational-ai-platforms)

- **Low-latency conversation processing** — Keep Voice Conversations Responsive
- **Flexible AI model integrations** — Connect Your Preferred AI Models
- **Speech-to-text and text-to-speech workflows** — Turn Speech Into Natural Responses
- **Real-time interruption handling** — Handle Interruptions In Real Time
- **Noise suppression and echo cancellation** — Improve Speech Clarity In Noisy Environments
- **Global network routing and resilience** — Maintain Responsive Global Connections
- **LLM orchestration** — Orchestrate Real-Time AI Conversations
- **Selective speaker attention** — Focus On The Primary Speaker
- **Context management** — Maintain Conversational Context
- **Interactive AI avatars** — Synchronize Avatars With Agent Speech
- **Cross-platform voice AI integration** — Build Across Devices And Platforms
- **Rapid voice AI integration** — Integrate Voice AI In Minutes

### [Agora Convo AI Device Kit](https://www.agora.io/en/products/convoai-device-kit/)
*Product*
Add responsive, multimodal conversational AI to connected devices and accelerate development from prototype to production.
Agora Convo AI Device Kit is a hardware and software development platform for adding real-time conversational voice AI to IoT and smart devices. It combines an integrated chipset and module with AI integrations, connectivity, and development tools. The kit supports human-like voice interaction, visual understanding, expressive eye displays, and multimodal inputs. Developers can connect mainstream AI services or custom large language models and build with compatible Wi-Fi, Cat.1, and ISP chipsets. Open hardware, software, and SDKs support rapid prototyping, with a working demo possible in about an hour and a production-ready prototype in about a day.

- **Human-like voice interaction** — Enable Natural Voice Conversations
- **AI service and chipset compatibility** — Integrate Preferred AI Services And Chipsets
- **Rapid prototyping** — Prototype Devices In Hours
- **Global 4G connectivity** — Connect Devices Across Global Markets
- **Visual understanding** — Enable AI To Interpret Images
- **Multimodal interaction** — Combine Voice, Touch, And Gestures
- **Dynamic eye displays** — Show Real-Time Conversational Expressions
- **Multilingual support** — Support More Than 45 Languages

### [Agora RTC SDK](https://www.agora.io/en/products/agora-rtc/)
*Product*
Build responsive voice and video calls, live streams, and broadcast experiences across devices and platforms.
Agora RTC SDK is a set of SDKs and services for adding real-time voice, video, interactive live streaming, and broadcast streaming to applications. It supports one-to-one calls, group communication, social audio, customer support, in-game communication, virtual classrooms, live commerce, and host-audience experiences. Developers can build for web, mobile, desktop, and game engines with media tracks, screen sharing, participant roles, quality and device controls, adaptive delivery, and custom media processing. Its global real-time network supports worldwide delivery, while session diagnostics and media services provide tools for monitoring, recording, and processing RTC sessions.
- Categories: Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)

- **Real-time voice and video communication** — Build Live Voice And Video
- **Interactive and broadcast streaming** — Stream To Interactive Audiences
- **Global network and adaptive media delivery** — Reach Users Worldwide Reliably
- **Participant roles** — Control Participant Roles
- **Cross-platform SDK support** — Build Across Platforms
- **Audio and video tracks** — Publish Multiple Media Tracks
- **Screen sharing** — Share Screens Alongside Video
- **Media quality controls** — Configure Media Quality
- **Session diagnostics** — Inspect Session Quality
- **RTC media services** — Record And Process Session Media
- **Device controls** — Manage Connected Media Devices
- **SDK events** — Respond To Session Events
- **Custom media processing** — Integrate Custom Media Processing

### [Media Services](https://www.agora.io/en/products/media-services/)
*Product*
Manage RTC media workflows with recording, transcription, translation, transcoding, and connections to external media systems.
Media Services provide capabilities for recording, processing, importing, and exporting audio and video from Agora RTC channels. The services include recording, transcription, translation, transcoding, and connections to external media systems. Recording options include cloud and on-premises recording, configurable modes, layouts, storage, and output, and playback and retrieval of cloud recordings. Speech-to-text capabilities provide live captions, transcripts, and recorded-media captioning, with speaker identification, multilingual transcription, and transcript export or LLM integration. Real-time translation delivers translated captions for supported languages and can store VTT files in the cloud.
- Categories: Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)

- **Live speech transcription** — Deliver Accurate Live Captions
- **Real-time speech translation** — Translate Speech As Conversations Happen
- **Media recording** — Record And Retrieve RTC Sessions
- **Translated captions and VTT storage** — Deliver Captions And Store VTT Files
- **Low-latency translation** — Keep Translated Conversations Moving
- **Speaker identification and labeling** — Identify And Separate Multiple Speakers
- **Multilingual transcription** — Transcribe Up To Two Languages Simultaneously
- **Transcript export and AI integration** — Turn Transcripts Into AI-Powered Outputs
- **Speech recognition and neural machine translation** — Convert And Translate Spoken Language
- **Transcript encryption and compliance** — Protect Transcripts With Encryption
- **External media connections** — Connect RTC Media To External Systems
- **Media transcoding** — Transcode RTC Media
- **Recorded media captioning** — Caption Recordings For Playback And Review
- **AI service integration** — Connect Translated Text To AI Services
- **Media import and export** — Import And Export Audio And Video

### [Agora Chat SDK](https://www.agora.io/en/products/chat/)
*Product*
Add secure, scalable messaging to live applications across platforms, from one-to-one chats to large communities.
Agora Chat SDK lets developers add customizable, secure messaging to real-time voice, video, and live-streaming applications. It supports one-to-one conversations, group chats, and large community channels, with rich media messages, moderation, translation, presence, and offline messaging. SDKs are available for Android, iOS, Web, Windows, Flutter, React Native, and Unity.
- Categories: Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)

- **Scalable conversations** — Support Chats At Every Scale
- **Rich media messaging** — Share Rich, Contextual Messages
- **Core messaging controls** — Keep Conversations Connected
- **Channel and user management** — Manage Channels And User Roles
- **Built-in content moderation** — Filter Inappropriate Chat Content
- **Messaging security and privacy** — Protect Messages And User Data
- **Multilingual message translation** — Translate Messages Across Languages
- **Cross-platform SDK support** — Build Across Mobile And Desktop
- **Real-time chat analytics** — Monitor Chat Usage And Quality
- **Integration with real-time experiences** — Add Messaging To Live Experiences
- **Low-code messaging UI option** — Launch Messaging With Less Code

### [Agora Signaling SDK](https://www.agora.io/en/products/signaling/)
*Product*
Keep users, devices, messages, and shared application state synchronized with low-latency signaling across global applications.
Agora Signaling SDK is a managed service and SDK set for low-latency messaging, presence, metadata synchronization, and real-time event notifications. Developers can use client SDKs and server-side REST APIs to send messages, manage channels, and retrieve message history and user or channel events. It supports message and stream channels, token-based access controls, user and channel attributes, topics, and message ordering and locks. Signaling operates across Agora’s global real-time network and supports web, mobile, desktop, Linux, and Unity platforms.
- Categories: Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)

- **Low-latency global signaling** — Synchronize Application State Quickly
- **Messaging and event notifications** — Exchange Real-Time Messages And Events
- **Scalable concurrency** — Scale Signaling Across Large Audiences
- **Presence synchronization** — Track User And Device Presence
- **Stream channels** — Stream Data To Channel Subscribers
- **Token-based authentication and permissions** — Control Access To Signaling Operations
- **Channel management** — Manage Channels And Invitations
- **User and channel attribute management** — Store And Distribute Attributes
- **Message ordering and locks** — Order Messages And Protect Shared Data
- **Cross-platform SDK support** — Build Across Supported Platforms
- **Topics and webhook integrations** — Connect Signaling To Third-Party Features

### [Agora SDRTN](https://www.agora.io/en/software-defined-real-time-network/)
*Platform*
Keep real-time experiences responsive and reliable worldwide with low-latency routing, global coverage, and network optimization.
Agora’s Software-Defined Real-Time Network (SDRTN) is global network infrastructure built for real-time voice, video, live streaming, messaging, and conversational AI. It monitors network conditions and dynamically routes traffic across interconnected paths to reduce latency and maintain reliable connections. With more than 600 points of presence across 200+ countries and regions, SDRTN supports real-time experiences at global scale. Developers access it through Agora APIs and SDKs.
- Categories: Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)

- **Dynamic path selection** — Reduce Delays Across Live Interactions
- **Global network coverage** — Reach Users Around The World
- **Ultra-low latency** — Keep Interactions Responsive
- **Network availability and reliability** — Maintain Reliable Real-Time Connections
- **Adaptive network optimization** — Maintain Performance On Changing Networks
- **Full-mesh routing** — Keep Connections Resilient
- **Real-time traffic optimization** — Optimize Bidirectional Real-Time Traffic
- **Scalable global infrastructure** — Scale With Changing Demand
- **Regional traffic control** — Control Regional Traffic Routing

### [IoT SDK](https://www.agora.io/en/products/iot-sdk/)
*Product*
Add real-time interaction to IoT endpoints through Agora’s real-time engagement platform.
Agora’s IoT SDK is listed as a product in its real-time engagement platform and as part of the platform’s edge-device layer. Agora describes this layer as enabling real-time interaction at every endpoint. Available content also identifies IoT as a use case for Agora’s real-time messaging and signaling data channels, but does not provide detailed IoT SDK specifications.
- Categories: Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)

- **Real-time device interaction** — Enable Real-Time Device Interaction
- **IoT data channels** — Connect Devices With Real-Time Data
- **IoT platform support** — Build Across Supported Platforms

### [AI Noise Suppression](https://www.agora.io/en/products/ai-noise-suppression/)
*Product*
Reduce background noise and distractions for clearer real-time voice and video communication.
Agora AI Noise Suppression is an AI-powered extension for real-time voice and video communication. It removes background noise and unwanted distractions to provide clearer audio. Agora describes its AI audio engine as supporting immersive sound experiences and highlights AI noise suppression as part of its ultra-low-latency HD audio capabilities.

- **Background noise suppression** — Reduce Background Noise

### [3D Spatial Audio](https://www.agora.io/en/products/3d-spatial-audio/)
*Product*
Create more immersive, natural, and engaging real-time experiences with directional audio.
Agora 3D Spatial Audio adds immersive, directional audio to real-time experiences, helping developers create more natural and engaging interactions.

- **Directional audio** — Create Immersive Directional Audio

### [Interactive Whiteboard](https://www.agora.io/en/products/interactive-whiteboard/)
*Product*
Collaborate visually in real time with shared whiteboards, drawing tools, annotations, and content sharing.
Interactive Whiteboard is an Agora collaboration offering for visual collaboration in real-time applications. It supports shared whiteboards, drawing tools, annotations, and real-time content sharing.

- **Shared whiteboard collaboration** — Collaborate On A Shared Canvas
- **Drawing tools** — Draw Ideas In Real Time
- **Annotations** — Annotate Shared Content
- **Real-time content sharing** — Share Content In Real Time

### [Agora Analytics](https://www.agora.io/en/products/agora-analytics/)
*Product*
Monitor real-time experience quality and investigate sessions to diagnose connection, network, and media performance issues.
Agora Analytics provides tools to monitor real-time quality of experience and investigate individual sessions. It offers real-time insights, issue detection, alerts, and performance diagnostics for examining connection quality, user experience, and network and media performance. Analytics capabilities also include QoS dashboards, event tracing, and post-session analytics.

- **Quality monitoring and alerts** — Monitor Experience Quality In Real Time
- **Session diagnostics** — Diagnose Session And Media Issues
- **Post-session analytics** — Review Performance After Each Session
- **Event tracing** — Trace Real-Time Communication Events

### [Extensions Marketplace](https://www.agora.io/en/marketplace/)
*Platform*
Add third-party AI, voice, and vision capabilities to Agora applications through one-click extension integration.
Agora’s Extensions Marketplace provides one-click integration of third-party AI, voice, and vision extensions into Agora applications.

- **Third-party extension integration** — Integrate AI, Voice, And Vision Extensions

## Sources

- [Agora](https://agora.io)
- [Agora Agent Studio](https://www.agora.io/en/products/agora-agent-studio/)
- [Agora Conversational AI Engine](https://www.agora.io/en/products/conversational-ai-engine/)
- [Agora Convo AI Device Kit](https://www.agora.io/en/products/convoai-device-kit/)
- [Agora RTC SDK](https://www.agora.io/en/products/agora-rtc/)
- [Media Services](https://www.agora.io/en/products/media-services/)
- [Agora Chat SDK](https://www.agora.io/en/products/chat/)
- [Agora Signaling SDK](https://www.agora.io/en/products/signaling/)
- [Agora SDRTN](https://www.agora.io/en/software-defined-real-time-network/)
- [IoT SDK](https://www.agora.io/en/products/iot-sdk/)
- [AI Noise Suppression](https://www.agora.io/en/products/ai-noise-suppression/)
- [3D Spatial Audio](https://www.agora.io/en/products/3d-spatial-audio/)
- [Interactive Whiteboard](https://www.agora.io/en/products/interactive-whiteboard/)
- [Agora Analytics](https://www.agora.io/en/products/agora-analytics/)
- [Extensions Marketplace](https://www.agora.io/en/marketplace/)
