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Pusher vs SignalR: What are the differences?
Pusher: Hosted APIs to build realtime apps with less code. Pusher is the category leader in delightful APIs for app developers building communication and collaboration features; SignalR: A new library for ASP.NET developers that makes developing real-time web functionality easy. SignalR allows bi-directional communication between server and client. Servers can now push content to connected clients instantly as it becomes available. SignalR supports Web Sockets, and falls back to other compatible techniques for older browsers. SignalR includes APIs for connection management (for instance, connect and disconnect events), grouping connections, and authorization.
Pusher and SignalR can be categorized as "Realtime Backend / API" tools.
"An easy way to give customers realtime features" is the top reason why over 44 developers like Pusher, while over 7 developers mention "Supports .NET server" as the leading cause for choosing SignalR.
SignalR is an open source tool with 7.73K GitHub stars and 2.19K GitHub forks. Here's a link to SignalR's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Pusher has a broader approval, being mentioned in 123 company stacks & 42 developers stacks; compared to SignalR, which is listed in 20 company stacks and 16 developer stacks.
Pros of Pusher
- An easy way to give customers realtime features50
- Websockets39
- Simple35
- Easy to get started with27
- Free plan24
- Heroku Add-on12
- Easy and fast to configure and to understand11
- JSON9
- Azure Add-on6
- Support5
- Push notification4
- Happy4
Pros of SignalR
- Supports .NET server16
- Real-time13
- Free11
- Fallback to SSE, forever frame, long polling10
- WebSockets9
- JSON7
- Simple6
- Open source4
- Cool4
- Ease of use1
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Cons of Pusher
- Costly9
- Aa0
Cons of SignalR
- Requires jQuery1
- Expertise hard to get1
- Weak iOS and Android support1