Chat by Stream vs OpenTok vs SendBird

Overview

OpenTok

Stacks60

Followers159

Votes8

SendBird

Stacks142

Followers405

Votes78

Chat by Stream

Stacks18

Followers54

Votes95

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Detailed Comparison

OpenTok	SendBird	Chat by Stream
It adds the clarity and emotion of face-to-face communication to your brand whether you're developing for the web, iOS, or Android. We make the integration of high-quality live video a breeze so that you can focus on building a great product.	SendBird is a Messaging SDK, Chat API, and fully managed chat infrastructure for your mobile apps and websites. Embeddable chat for iOS, Android, JavaScript, Unity, .NET.	Chat API and SDK. With a beautiful UI Kit, easy to use React Components and powerful API. Add Chat to any application in a matter of hours. The tech uses Go, RocksDB and Raft. By the creators of Stream, the API that powers activity feeds for more than 300 million users.
Layout control- Create layouts that complement your content and empower your application's experience;Peer-to-peer calls- Take advantage of peer-to-peer calling for better quality and lower- latency 1:1 scenarios;Archiving- Download or save calls for future playback with this extension to the OpenTok platform;Multi-party calls- Bring small groups together for business or social gatherings using face-to-face video;Moderation- Tame the wild-west nature of social video with OpenTok's moderation functionality;Broadcast- Create a virtual stage and invite an audience of thousands to join you.	In-app chat experiences users will love; Immersive voice and video experiences; Easy in-app chat support for your customers; Enterprise-ready compliance	Reactions;Threads & Replies; Presence/who is online;Fulltext search on chat messages;Messages states; Typing Indicators;Message history;Powerful query support for channels and users;AI based moderation for spam and profanity;User Roles;@mentions;User invites;Mute users;Ban users;Flag Messages;Custom Messages;React Components;Push notifications;Webhooks;Unread message counts;Multi Region support;GDPR compliancy tools;HIPAA ready;Custom Slack Style Slash commands;Highly available infrastructure with Raft replication;Giphy integration;Url enrichment;Video Playback; CDN integrated;Fast response time; On premise;Fully customizable;Powerful CLI;Unlimited message retention;99.999% uptime SLA; 24/7 phone support; SAML login; 2FA for developer accounts;Emoticons;File uploads via select, drag and drop and clipboard; React Native Components;
Statistics
Stacks 60	Stacks 142	Stacks 18
Followers 159	Followers 405	Followers 54
Votes 8	Votes 78	Votes 95
Pros & Cons
Pros 6 Video Archiving to s3 2 Easy setup	Pros 13 Active support is impressive. (Support for private deve 10 Pre-built UI for major platforms 10 Easy to use 8 Migration API for customers using other chat services 7 Scalability is awesome Cons 2 Prices ramp up exponentially 2 Policy on concurrent users leads to overages and overch	Pros 15 Reasonable Pricing 14 Threads 13 SDKs for React, RN, Android and iOS are better 13 Reactions 13 Very fast and scalable
Integrations
No integrations available	No integrations available	PHP React Native Python Ruby Swift React .NET Java

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