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Platform as a ServiceWhat is Ably?
Ably offers WebSockets, stream resume, history, presence, and managed third-party integrations to make it simple to build, extend, and deliver digital realtime experiences at scale.
Ably is a tool in the Platform as a Service category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Pub/Sub Channels API: built-in user presence, message history, token auth, guaranteed message ordering, stream continuityProtocol Adapters API: stream data over open protocols like WebSockets, MQTT, SSE, and moreReactor API: link your other systems to Ably so you can use your existing compute to queue and consume high volumes of realtime messages in bulk, transform or filter messages by executing functions on them, or pass messages on to other systems for onward processingA unified API to provide native push notifications using APNS and GCMData Stream Network: Ably's cloud network of 16+ datacenters and 175+ PoPs.
Ably Pros & Cons
Pros of Ably
- ✓WebSockets
- ✓Highly reliable
- ✓Great technical support
- ✓Massive scalability
- ✓SSE
- ✓Channel History
- ✓Channel Presence
- ✓Consistently high performance
- ✓Free plan
- ✓Global cloud network of data centers
Cons of Ably
No cons listed yet.
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