PubNub alternatives
Every realtime and websockets provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers PubNub's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from PubNub's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.
- AblyKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free
- LiveblocksKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free
- Pusher ChannelsKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free
Where PubNub stands against these 3
PubNub's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.
- Free tier
- Yes. 3 of the 3 alternatives that document it have one: Ably, Liveblocks, Pusher Channels.
- Entry paid plan
- $98 a month for the Starter plan, which includes 1,000 monthly active users4th cheapest of the 4 that document it. Cheapest: Liveblocks — $25 a month billed annually for Pro, which carries $30 of monthly credits — so the plan returns more credit…
A rank whose 80% interval overlaps its neighbour's is an ordering, not a finding; the intervals are on each provider's page and in /scores.json.