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Centrifugo – self-hosted real-time messaging server with bidirectional (WebSocket, SockJS) and unidirectional transports (Eventsource, HTTP-streaming, GRPC), JSON and Protobuf protocols, builtin scalability with PUB/SUB brokers, fully universal/language-agnostic.

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2021-12-22

Pusher Ably
Mobile Push Messaging Realtime Backend / API Developer Tools
  1. Pusher Landing Page
    Pusher Landing Page
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    Pusher

    Pusher is a hosted API for quickly, easily and securely adding scalable realtime functionality via WebSockets to web and mobile apps.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    This is an alternative to https://pusher.com/, https://www.pubnub.com/, https://ably.com/. Not a drop-in replacement for anything in the list – has its own protocol and mechanics, but solves same problems – i.e.. it's possible to build chats, streaming metrics, live comments, multiplayer games on top of Centrifugo.

    #Mobile Push Messaging #Developer Tools #Web Push Notifications 56 social mentions

  2. Ably Landing Page
    Ably Landing Page
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    Ably

    The definitive realtime experience platform. Built for scale.
    Pricing:
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    This is an alternative to https://pusher.com/, https://www.pubnub.com/, https://ably.com/. Not a drop-in replacement for anything in the list – has its own protocol and mechanics, but solves same problems – i.e.. it's possible to build chats, streaming metrics, live comments, multiplayer games on top of Centrifugo.

    #Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS) #Realtime Backend / API #Mobile Push Messaging 25 social mentions

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