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PubNub vs Snowplow comparison

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Arctera Insight Platform
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Data Governance (61st), Compliance Management (31st)
PubNub
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
6
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AWS Marketplace (13th)
Snowplow
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8.0
Number of Reviews
5
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AWS Marketplace (18th)
 

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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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Product Owner at Karine Caimo
Data teams have gained full control over real‑time user behavior tracking for advertising insights
Snowplow offers the best features in that you are completely free to make your own data model, track the way you want to track, and control the way the data comes to Snowflake so you are the complete owner of the raw data without being forced into a certain data model. Having that level of flexibility impacts our team's work and projects as we needed quite a lot of people that were really good in Snowplow. However, from the moment that you completely understood the technical aspects, you were completely free to set up your own Snowplow environment and track the way you wanted to track and what you wanted to track, which is not possible with Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics, for example. Snowplow has impacted my organization positively, very well. For DPG Media, it is the most important data source that we have, delivering a lot of value in the company. We are making data mesh products on this data all over the company. I think for advertisement, it is really the most important source of data.
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Insurance Company
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Healthcare Company
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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...
What needs improvement with Snowplow?
The setup process is an area for improvement because getting the pipeline infrastructure right is hard.
What is your primary use case for Snowplow?
I use it for product analytics such as tracking clicks and page views, as well as providing a customer 360.
 

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