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Ably: Realtime platform for chat, AI and live apps at scale

United Kingdomfounded 2016 by Matthew O'Riordan

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Ably is a realtime infrastructure platform that powers live chat, messaging, collaborative apps, and AI experiences with low-latency message delivery and 100% uptime.

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What is Ably?
Ably is the definitive realtime experience platform that powers more WebSocket connections than any other pub/sub platform, serving over 2 billion devices monthly. It provides flexible APIs and purpose-built products for building realtime experiences like chat, collaboration, notifications, and fan engagement.

Key features

  • Pub/Sub messaging with guaranteed ordering and exactly-once delivery
  • Multi-region infrastructure with 700+ points of presence
  • 6.5ms message delivery latency

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