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Ably vs DBLab Engine comparison

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Arctera Insight Platform
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Data Governance (61st), Compliance Management (31st)
Ably
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
4
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AWS Marketplace (35th)
DBLab Engine
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
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AWS Marketplace (112th)
 

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Uday Nagpure  - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at Zinsat Technologies
Reduced manual work and built reliable real-time collaboration with serverless messaging
I love Ably for its advanced pub/sub messaging capabilities, which help us with messaging Delta Compression, allowing us to send only changes from previous messages instead of entire payloads every time. For example, if I have to say 'hi', instead of sending the whole payload, it only sends the change in the current payload, reducing bandwidth consumption and enabling high-frequency data streaming. This major change has made our clients really happy as they receive notifications and messages without latency. Additionally, if a client goes offline, Ably stores messages in history for up to 72 hours, allowing clients to query history and catch up on missed events, ensuring complete stream continuity. It also supports multi-protocol, using WebSockets and gracefully falling back to server-sent events and long polling as needed, including support for MQTT and IoT devices along with pub/sub control for easy migration.I appreciate the serverless integration that has the integrated native web hook, instantly triggering serverless functions such as AWS Lambda and Azure Function when specific real-time events occur. It also allows Kafka Connector for seamless ingestion of messages from Kafka topics to stream them out to millions of users in milliseconds.
reviewer2845797 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a transportation company with 51-200 employees
Rapid database cloning has accelerated realistic testing but initial setup still needs simplification
I only used DBLab Engine for a while, but I already see many benefits. I can think of applications not only in the hackathon, but we can also probably do some black-box monitoring, set up some simulation environments, and I think it is very helpful to have this kind of automatic testing to ensure that whenever our new feature is delivered, there are no regressions. In my experience, the absolute best feature of DBLab Engine is the thin cloning capability driven by copy-on-write technology. Being able to provide a full-size production-scale database clone in just a few seconds, regardless of whether the underlying database is tens of gigabytes or multiple terabytes, is a massive game-changer for engineering velocity. I really would to try more. The complete environment isolation is also very fantastic. I have noticed that the thin cloning and environmental isolation of DBLab Engine have dramatically accelerated our development lifecycle and improved overall code quality, even in a hackathon. Before utilizing this, setting up a realistic test database was a major bottleneck. Developers either had to share a single staging database or spend hours trying to seed a local database with a thin, representative subset of mock data. With DBLab Engine, we achieved complete workflow interdependence, which was incredibly helpful.
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What needs improvement with Ably?
There is nothing much to be improved. The experience has been smooth so far, and I haven't run into any major gaps du...
What is your primary use case for Ably?
Ably's main use case is real-time messaging and event streaming. In our recent project, we used Ably to synchronize l...
What advice do you have for others considering Ably?
Everything is smooth and perfect. I would recommend taking advantage of Ably's documentation, which really helps spee...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DBLab Engine?
I think DBLab Engine offers excellent flexibility when it comes to pricing and license because the core engine, I bel...
What needs improvement with DBLab Engine?
One thing I noticed is that not many people know about DBLab Engine, so I think it needs more advertisement. Addition...
What is your primary use case for DBLab Engine?
During the hackathon, my main use case for DBLab Engine was quickly spinning up a full-size database clone for testin...
 

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