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What is Chat by Stream? Chat API & SDK. 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.
What is SendBird? 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.
Chat by Stream and SendBird belong to "Communications SDK" category of the tech stack.
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Pros of Chat by Stream
- Reasonable Pricing15
- Threads14
- Reactions13
- SDKs for React, RN, Android and iOS are better13
- Very fast and scalable13
- Front-End Components10
- Great support9
- Performance4
- Stability4
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 SendBird
- Policy on concurrent users leads to overages and overch2
- Prices ramp up exponentially2
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What is Chat by Stream?
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.
What is SendBird?
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.
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What are some alternatives to Chat by Stream and SendBird?
LINE
Use the Messaging API to build bots that provide personalized experiences for your users on LINE.
You associate your bot with a channel on the LINE Platform. The bot works behind the LINE Official Account that is generated when you create the channel if you operate the account in bot mode.
Agora
Agora.io provides building blocks for you to add real-time voice and video communications through a simple and powerful SDK. You can integrate the Agora SDK to enable real-time communications in your own application quickly.
OpenTok
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.
Twilio API for WhatsApp
The Twilio API for WhatsApp provides developers all over the world with a simple, reliable, and officially supported way to use the WhatsApp Business API. They can now easily build messaging experiences that combine the ease of use of the Programmable SMS API with the global reach of WhatsApp.
Sinch
Sinch makes it easy for developers to add voice, messaging and SMS to their apps with just a few lines of code. Enrich your apps with communications that your users will love.