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Alibaba Cloud Live (阿里云直播) vs Watchmode

If you need a Video API that's easy to integrate, go with Alibaba Cloud Live (阿里云直播).

Alibaba Cloud Live (阿里云直播)

Alibaba's live streaming — real-time transcoding, time-shift, recording, global CDN distribution

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Watchmode

API for finding out the streaming availability of movies & shows

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Alibaba Cloud Live (阿里云直播)

  • No authentication required
  • HTTPS supported

Watchmode

  • Simple API key authentication
  • HTTPS supported
FeatureAlibaba Cloud Live (阿里云直播)Watchmode
AuthenticationNoneapiKey
HTTPSYesYes
CORSUnknownUnknown

When to use which?

Alibaba Cloud Live (阿里云直播) is the better choice for quick prototypes and hackathons since it requires no authentication.

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