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Pusher Mobile Push Notifications API vs SendBird: What are the differences?
Developers describe Pusher Mobile Push Notifications API as "Free API to send Push Notifications to iOS & Android". Send push notifications to iOS and Android devices through one unified Push Notifications API for Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) and Apple Push Notification Service (APNS). On the other hand, SendBird is detailed as "A Complete Chat Platform, Messaging and Chat SDK and API". 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.
Pusher Mobile Push Notifications API belongs to "Mobile Push Messaging" category of the tech stack, while SendBird can be primarily classified under "Communications SDK".
Pros of Pusher Mobile Push Notifications API
- Free7
- Easy setup2
- Scalable1
Pros of SendBird
- Active support is impressive. (Support for private deve13
- Pre-built UI for major platforms10
- Easy to use10
- Migration API for customers using other chat services8
- Scalability is awesome7
- First chat SDK officially supports Xamarin7
- Because my product guy told me to5
- Unlimited number of users in public chat5
- Cool product5
- Flexible message format ex) json, xml4
- Out of the box api and features2
- Intuitive and feature-packed2
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Cons of Pusher Mobile Push Notifications API
Cons of SendBird
- Policy on concurrent users leads to overages and overch2
- Prices ramp up exponentially2