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Ably vs PubNub comparison

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Arctera Insight Platform
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Number of Reviews
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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)
PubNub
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
AWS Marketplace (13th)
 

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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.
Kirtishil Patil - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Frontend Developer at Globant
Real-time chat has boosted one-to-one messaging and user engagement in my mobile projects
The best features PubNub offers, in my opinion, are one-to-one chat, as I mentioned in my review, and the great SDK documentation which allows for easy integration that does not take much time. Setting up channels, message listeners, tracking user status to determine whether users are online or offline, and ensuring reliable message delivery are all great features. I find myself relying on all three of those features the most because the presence tracking is great, the delivery speed is superb compared to other SDKs, and the user status updates immediately pop up, which is significant. The integration is very easy, so any new developers can easily understand the integration process thanks to the clear documentation. PubNub has positively impacted my organization as I have received numerous reviews and feedback stating that the chat works much faster and cleaner, and everyone appreciates it, saying it feels powerful. After implementing PubNub, I noticed positive outcomes such as client feedback acknowledging that they enjoyed the chat features and found them much faster than in other applications, which I believe is very positive feedback for any organization.
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Construction Company
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Outsourcing Company
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Consumer Goods Company
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Comms Service Provider
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Construction Company
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Manufacturing Company
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Comms Service Provider
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Outsourcing Company
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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 PubNub?
PubNub costs less compared to other solutions in the market, saving us money when broadcasting messages to clients. T...
What needs improvement with PubNub?
The subscription and the SDK part can be improved. If the client is offline and the application is killed, and the us...
What is your primary use case for PubNub?
We are mostly using PubNub for payload sending and for live chat. We are a mobile-based application with an admin sid...
 

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