Duckly vs Pop
Duckly
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| Figure | Duckly | Pop |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $6/mo | $25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 3 |
| Spec score · Pair Programming Software | 8.9 (#3) | 8.1 (#14) |
| Encryption | Duckly says calls use 256-bit TLS and call video, audio, and media are protected by AES-128 encryption. | Pop says meeting traffic is encrypted in transit, with SRTP and DTLS-SRTP for media and DTLS for real-time data channels. |
| Hosting | Duckly hosts its own services on Google Cloud Platform and uses Daily.co on AWS for calls. | Pop says its service is hosted on Google Cloud Platform and Google Firebase. |
| Product | Duckly is an IDE plugin for real-time collaboration that lets developers talk and share code, servers, and terminals with people using different IDEs. | Pop is a videoconferencing and screen sharing service that lets users draw, click and type on one another’s computers. |
| Support | Duckly lists [email protected] and a Slack group as support channels. | The site lists [email protected] as a support contact; its pricing page includes a public support forum for Pro and Slack or email support for Enterprise. |
Plans
In their own words
Duckly
Duckly is an IDE plugin for real-time collaboration between developers using different development environments. Multiple developers can work in the same file through shared code, while audio, video, screen sharing, chat, and terminal sharing run alongside the IDE. Terminal integration installs through npm, and write access can be enabled with the `duckly share --w` command. Listed editors include VS Code, VS Codium, and IntelliJ-based tools such as WebStorm, PyCharm, PhpStorm, CLion, Rider, RubyMine, AppCode, Android Studio, DataGrip, and GoLand; a Chrome extension is also listed. Duckly says IDE files are shared peer-to-peer with end-to-end encryption and do not pass through its servers. Calls and chat with four or fewer participants use peer-to-peer end-to-end encryption; with a fifth participant, calls switch to cloud infrastructure. The Free plan costs nothing and allows two participants without video calls. Hacker costs $6 a month for three participants; Team costs $10 per member per month for up to 60.
Pop
Pop is a videoconferencing and screen-sharing service built around shared control of a computer. Participants can use their own mouse and keyboard on the shared screen, while voice, video, drawing, and highlighting support real-time communication. People can join a meeting from a link before registering, using a laptop or smartphone. The listed joining options include Chrome, Firefox, Safari, mobile browsers, and Mac, Windows, and Linux. Users can start a meeting from Slack with a slash command or call button, and connect Google Calendar to manage scheduled Pop meetings. Pop says meeting traffic is encrypted in transit and that it does not store or record meeting media. Its security information distinguishes one-to-one calls, which it says are end-to-end encrypted, from calls with three or more participants, where an SFU decrypts and re-encrypts media. Pro is listed at $0 while in beta and includes unlimited meetings with no time limit. Starter is free. Enterprise costs $25 per user per month and starts at 40 licenses for $12K/year.