Moataz
Suspended my production app without warning then tried to upsell me
Terrible experience for a production app. I migrated to Agora from another provider for voice calling in my iOS app (50,000+ users). Within the first month, my free tier minutes were consumed in 3-4 days, so I upgraded to the Starter plan ($49.50/month). Two major issues: 1. Billing: When I upgraded, the 9,000+ minutes I had already used on the FREE plan were deducted from my paid Starter plan. So I paid for 50,000 minutes but only received ~41,000. Support confirmed this is “by design.” I’ve never seen any other service charge paid minutes for free-tier usage. 2. Account Suspension: My account was suspended without any prior warning while my app was live in the App Store with active users. The reason given was first “suspicious activity,” then later changed to “exceeded minutes.” My users couldn’t make calls until I resolved it. Support was slow and kept deflecting. The sales team reached out only after I threatened to leave, but offered nothing concrete — just tried to upsell me to a more expensive plan. I ended up building my own calling system with WebRTC. Lower cost, no risk of random suspensions, and I own my infrastructure. Would not recommend for any production application.


