Backend & Data
Free Messaging and Streaming
Discover 19+ free messaging and streaming tools and services for developers. All resources include generous free tiers or are fully open-source.
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Ably
Realtime messaging with presence and persistence. Free: 3M messages/month, 100 connections.
www.ably.com
CloudAMQP
RabbitMQ as a Service. Free: 1M messages/month, 20 concurrent connections.
www.cloudamqp.com
Courier
Single API for push, in-app, email, chat, SMS. Free: 10K notifications/month.
www.courier.com
Pusher
Realtime messaging. Free: 200K messages/day, 100 concurrent connections.
pusher.com
Stream
Activity feeds and chat messaging APIs. Free for hobby/hackathon projects.
getstream.io