SendBird Alternatives

SendBird is described as 'Is messaging-as-a-service. It provides the client SDK, chat API, and the backend for apps enabling real-time communication among apps’ own users' and is an app in the social & communications category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SendBird for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Web-based, Mac and Windows apps. The best SendBird alternative is ConnectyCube. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ConnectyCube or Cometchat. Other great apps like SendBird are RobinApp- Chat SDK, Applozic, Qiscus and MongooseIM platform.

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  1. ConnectyCube icon

    ConnectyCube

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    ConnectyCube is a cloud communication platform for unified development of chat, video chat and push notifications features in native and hybrid mobile and web apps. We provide SDKs for messaging, peer-to-peer and group audio/video calling for iOS(Swift and Objective-C)...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     

    • ConnectyCube is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to SendBird.

    • ConnectyCube is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SendBird.

    • ConnectyCube is Free Personal and Open SourceSendBird is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Stream Chat icon

    Stream Chat

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    With Stream’s chat react components, SDKs, and UI kits, product teams can unleash chat on web, or as a mobile app, with just a few lines of code. Maximize development bandwidth with Stream’s flexible backend messaging API and front-end components.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Comments about Stream Chat as an Alternative to SendBird
    Nick Paraons
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    Stream Chat is an exceptional product that provides cost affordable options catered towards your specific needs. Further, Stream Chat takes a fraction of the time to integrate due to well engineered SDKs, popular framework components. Stream Chat can scale to serve any number of users and offers single digit response times making it lightning fast.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Stream Chat is a great SendBird alternative.

    • Stream Chat is the most popular SaaS alternative to SendBird.

    • Stream Chat is the most popular commercial alternative to SendBird.

    • Stream Chat is Paid and ProprietarySendBird is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Cometchat icon

    Cometchat

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    CometChat is a Facebook style footer chat written in PHP and mySql for your website which enables your users to interact and chat with each other in real-time.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Comments about Cometchat as an Alternative to SendBird
    Anuj Garg
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    It has a powerful SDK for mobile apps for all platforms like Android, iOS, Ionic, Cordova, Xamarin and Xamarin forms. It comes with ready UI, which you can customize and build on top.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Cometchat is Freemium and Open SourceSendBird is Paid and Proprietary
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    CometChat is a Facebook style footer chat written in PHP and mySql for your website which enables your users to interact and chat with each other in real-time.

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  6. RobinApp- Chat SDK icon

    RobinApp- Chat SDK

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    Robin lets you ship superior in-app messaging experience without having to do the tedious work. Building 1-1 / group messaging can get complex, we have done the hard work so you never have to.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • RobinApp- Chat SDK is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to SendBird.

    • RobinApp- Chat SDK is Paid and ProprietarySendBird is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. Applozic icon

    Applozic

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    Applozic's white labelled mobile native SDK enables 'whatsapp' like instant messaging capabilities and more to mobile apps and website in just 30 mins.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Better features, round the clock customer support and flexible pricing

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Applozic is a great SendBird alternative.

    • Applozic is Freemium and ProprietarySendBird is Paid and Proprietary
  8. Qiscus icon

    Qiscus

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    Qiscus helps businesses enabling conversation in any apps. Its main product is chat SDK (Software Development Kit). It also provides end-to-end solutions for businesses without any technical resources.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
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    Comments about Qiscus as an Alternative to SendBird
    Ervina Lutfi
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    it has the same features as sendbird and they also support for on-premise development

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    • Most users think Qiscus is a great SendBird alternative.

    • Qiscus is the most popular Linux alternative to SendBird.

    • Qiscus is Paid and ProprietarySendBird is also Paid and Proprietary
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    MongooseIM platform

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    MongooseIM is aimed at large, complex enterprise level projects, where real-time communication is critical for business success. It provides high availability, ease of deployment, development and reliability in production.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  11. QuickBlox icon

    QuickBlox

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    Cloud communication and data backend. Supports chat, video calling, push notifications as well as data APIs for iOS, Android, Javascript and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
     
  12. MirrorFly icon

    MirrorFly

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    MirrorFly is customizable in-app communication SDKs for businesses to integrate chat, voice, video calling and video conferencing features on their existing web and mobile applications.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apple Watch
    • Google Chrome
    MirrorFly video calling solution
     

    • MirrorFly is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to SendBird.

    • MirrorFly is Paid and ProprietarySendBird is also Paid and Proprietary
    • MirrorFly is Customizable and LightweightSendBird is not according to our users
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    Pusher

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    Pusher is a hosted API for quickly, easily and securely adding scalable realtime functionality to web and mobile apps.

    43 Pusher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  14. MQTTCHAT icon

    MQTTCHAT

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    MQTT-CHAT cloud web is an chat library that provides full chat functionality and can be integrated quickly into any web application.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
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  15. Skygear Chat icon

    Skygear Chat

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    Skygear Chat is an open-source chat backend that provides Chat SDKs (iOS, Android and JS) and messaging APIs for developers to build or add chat feature quick.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Apple Swift
    • JavaScript
    • Java
    • Objective-C
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