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NATS

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485
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60
Pusher

601
1.4K
+ 1
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Syncano

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Pros of NATS
Pros of Pusher
Pros of Syncano
  • 22
    Fastest pub-sub system out there
  • 16
    Rock solid
  • 12
    Easy to grasp
  • 4
    Light-weight
  • 4
    Easy, Fast, Secure
  • 2
    Robust Security Model
  • 55
    An easy way to give customers realtime features
  • 40
    Websockets
  • 34
    Simple
  • 27
    Easy to get started with
  • 25
    Free plan
  • 12
    Heroku Add-on
  • 11
    Easy and fast to configure and to understand
  • 9
    JSON
  • 6
    Happy
  • 6
    Azure Add-on
  • 5
    Support
  • 4
    Push notification
  • 12
    Admin GUI
  • 12
    Data modeling
  • 10
    BaaS
  • 9
    Scalability
  • 8
    Great customer support
  • 8
    Great pricing
  • 7
    Real-time data sync
  • 6
    Access management
  • 5
    Easy setup
  • 5
    Great app development platform
  • 1
    Cloud scripts

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Cons of NATS
Cons of Pusher
Cons of Syncano
  • 2
    Persistence with Jetstream supported
  • 1
    No Order
  • 1
    No Persistence
  • 10
    Costly
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    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.

    What is Pusher?

    Pusher is the category leader in delightful APIs for app developers building communication and collaboration features.

    What is Syncano?

    Syncano is a backend platform to build powerful real-time apps more efficiently. Integrate with any API, minimize boilerplate code and control your data - all from one place.

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        Kafka
        Kafka is a distributed, partitioned, replicated commit log service. It provides the functionality of a messaging system, but with a unique design.
        gRPC
        gRPC is a modern open source high performance RPC framework that can run in any environment. It can efficiently connect services in and across data centers with pluggable support for load balancing, tracing, health checking...
        MQTT
        It was designed as an extremely lightweight publish/subscribe messaging transport. It is useful for connections with remote locations where a small code footprint is required and/or network bandwidth is at a premium.
        NSQ
        NSQ is a realtime distributed messaging platform designed to operate at scale, handling billions of messages per day. It promotes distributed and decentralized topologies without single points of failure, enabling fault tolerance and high availability coupled with a reliable message delivery guarantee. See features & guarantees.
        RabbitMQ
        RabbitMQ gives your applications a common platform to send and receive messages, and your messages a safe place to live until received.
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