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Firehose.io vs NATS: What are the differences?

Developers describe Firehose.io as "Build realtime Ruby web applications". Firehose is both a Rack application and JavaScript library that makes building real-time web applications possible. On the other hand, NATS is detailed as "Lightweight publish-subscribe & distributed queueing messaging system". Unlike traditional enterprise messaging systems, NATS has an always-on dial tone that does whatever it takes to remain available. This forms a great base for building modern, reliable, and scalable cloud and distributed systems.

Firehose.io and NATS can be categorized as "Realtime Backend / API" tools.

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Pros of Firehose.io
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    RESTful
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    Rails gem
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    Works with ActiveRecord
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    Clean way to build real-time web applications
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    Fastest pub-sub system out there
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    Rock solid
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    Easy to grasp
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    Light-weight
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    Easy, Fast, Secure
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    Robust Security Model

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Cons of Firehose.io
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      Persistence with Jetstream supported
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      No Order
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      No Persistence

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    What is Firehose.io?

    Firehose is both a Rack application and JavaScript library that makes building real-time web applications possible.

    What is NATS?

    Unlike traditional enterprise messaging systems, NATS has an always-on dial tone that does whatever it takes to remain available. This forms a great base for building modern, reliable, and scalable cloud and distributed systems.

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