The PubNub Platform Overview
Building powerful real-time apps like chat, real-time mapping, live updates, and IoT device control is easy with PubNub. To get started, try out our Quickstarts below to learn the basic concepts, and choose from our extensive list of SDKs and integrations to fit your development environment. You’ll be up and running in no time.
Getting started with PubNub is free so it's easy on your budget right from the start. Even if your application is used by millions of users, you only pay for what you use with our transaction pricing model.
Overview
PubNub takes care of the infrastructure needed for the real-time communication layer of your apps so that you can focus on your application innovation. You benefit from our global scalability, 99.999% uptime SLA, and extensible platform for new real-time use cases and other third-party APIs.
PubNub is optimized for maximum performance and reliability using the best methods and built by an expert engineering team with many years of experience delivering scalable infrastructure products. By using PubNub you leverage our team's expertise and operational skills to successfully provide a highly-available, real-time data stream network for fast and reliable messaging and signaling.
Attempting to operate a similar solution targeting a comparable quality on your own is likely to be drastically more costly. For reference, read our blog.
Features
Security
- Data security SSL/TLS encryption, AES encryption and more.
- Access control Provides granular access control over channels and data.
Use cases
- In-app chat Custom secure one-to-one, group, or live event in-app chat.
- Geolocation Location-based mapping and event tracking.
- Notifications In-app alerts and mobile push notifications.
- IoT Monitoring and control of devices and systems.
Sample apps
Top pick SDKs
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