Build real-time apps quickly and scale them globally.
What is PubNub?
PubNub makes it easy for you to add real-time capabilities to your apps, without worrying about the infrastructure. Build apps that allow your users to engage in real-time across mobile, browser, desktop and server.
PubNub is a tool in the Realtime Backend / API category of a tech stack.
Who Uses PubNub?
43 companies use PubNub including Hinge, Blossom, and Dispatch.
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PubNub's Features
- PubNub SDKs support over 50 of the most popular environments, including: iOS, Android, JavaScript, .NET, Java, Ruby, Python, PHP and many more.
- Data Push - Establish and maintain persistent socket connections to any device (mobile, browser, desktop and server) and push data to global audiences in less than ¼ of a second
- Presence - Automatically detect when users enter or leave your app and whether machines are online
- Storage and Playback- Store your real-time data streams for future access, “playback” or re-publish
- Mobile - Easily manage the complexity of real-time apps on mobile devices
- Analytics - Simulate an audience of millions. See a live view of audience size, engagement and geography
- Security - Protect your real-time data with easy to use enterprise-grade security
PubNub's alternatives
- Pusher - Hosted APIs to build realtime apps with less code
- Socket.IO - Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)
- SendBird - A Complete Chat Platform, Messaging and Chat SDK and API
- Firebase - The Realtime App Platform
- Google Cloud Pub/Sub - Global service for real-time and reliable messaging and streaming data
