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Stream

Stream

Scalable chat and activity feed APIs

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.

Panel Reviews

The Builder

The Builder

Developer Perspective

Ship

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

The Skeptic

The Skeptic

Reality Check

Ship

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

The Futurist

The Futurist

Big Picture

Ship

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

Community Sentiment

Overall1,583 mentions
64% positive23% neutral13% negative
Hacker News288 mentions
61%26%13%

Solid API but gets expensive fast once you scale past the free tier

Reddit430 mentions
65%22%13%

Pre-built UI components saved us weeks of work on our chat feature

Twitter/X710 mentions
63%24%13%

Stream handles the hard parts of chat so you can focus on your product

Product Hunt155 mentions
71%19%10%

Best-in-class documentation and support for a B2B API product