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Stream

Scalable chat and activity feed APIs

PriceFree tier, Maker $399/moReviewed2015-02-01

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3-0
3 Ships0 Skips
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Stream provides APIs for in-app chat and activity feeds with pre-built UI components. Powers chat in thousands of apps with moderation, threads, and reactions.

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The reviews

The most complete chat API with pre-built React, Flutter, and native components. Moderation and threads are production-ready.

Helpful?

Expensive but building chat infrastructure from scratch is more expensive. Stream handles the edge cases.

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In-app communication is essential for engagement. Stream's infrastructure removes the need to build this yourself.

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