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Cronofy vs Stream: What are the differences?
What is Cronofy? One API for all the calendars. Calendar integration is hard. So we've made it easy Each platform has its own data models and authentication flows.
Keeping track of changes is a headache.
Handling users' personal data is onerous.
We've fixed all of that..
What is Stream? Build scalable feeds, activity streams & chat in a few hours instead of months. Stream allows you to build scalable feeds, activity streams, and chat. Stream’s simple, yet powerful API’s and SDKs are used by some of the largest and most popular applications for feeds and chat. SDKs available for most popular languages.
Cronofy and Stream are primarily classified as "Calendar API" and "Activity Feeds as a Service" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by Cronofy are:
- Support for Exchange, Office 365, Outlook.com, Apple, Google
- All calendars not just the easy one
- No more public iCal feeds
On the other hand, Stream provides the following key features:
- Activity, Notification & Personalized Feeds
- Real-Time Chat
- Multi-Region Support
"All the calendars in one API" is the primary reason why developers consider Cronofy over the competitors, whereas "It's easy to setup with the minimum coding" was stated as the key factor in picking Stream.
Pros of Cronofy
- All the calendars in one API4
- To access a variety of calendaring clients2
- Ease of integration2
- not sure yet1
Pros of Stream
- Up and running in few minutes18
- Integrates via easy-to-use REST API18
- It's easy to setup with the minimum coding18