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Ably Realtime
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Real-time experience infrastructure for scalable apps
Ably Realtime
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Real-time experience infrastructure for scalable apps
Overview
Ably provides real-time experience infrastructure that lets businesses build apps with instant data updates, including real-time messaging and data delivery at any scale. It supports features such as chat, live scores, stock alerts, and GPS tracking through scalable APIs that manage streams, presence, and delivery, with Kafka integration and HIPAA compliance. It differentiates itself by prioritizing reliability under heavy load, HIPAA compliance, and native Kafka integration across industries, serving startups to large enterprises like Hubspot and Experity. Its goal is to enable organizations to run real-time applications with dependable performance at any scale, using usage-based pricing.
About Ably Realtime
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
Healthcare
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$78M
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2016
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Per-minute and MAU pricing enable granular cost control for variable workloads [2][7].
- New edge messaging broker solves critical DIY downtime issues affecting 65% of self-built infra [news8].
- Netlify and Datadog integrations accelerate frontend deployment and operational visibility [news5][news6].
What critics are saying
- Pusher offers 20–40% cheaper connection-based pricing undercutting Ably at high volumes [10].
- PubNub targets enterprise with 20–30% cost savings and specialized read-heavy optimization [3][11].
- ZEGOCLOUD undercuts with $99–10k MAU chat pricing and 200ms ultra-low latency [6].
What makes Ably Realtime unique
- Ably guarantees 100% uptime across six-plus years with 99.999999% message survivability [9].
- Its global edge network spans 700+ points of presence delivering 6.5ms average latency [9].
- Ably offers a composable suite including Pub/Sub, Chat, AI Transport, and LiveSync [9].
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Funding
Total Funding
$78M
Above
Industry Average
Funded Over
3 Rounds
Insight PartnersIndustry standards
Benefits
Remote Work Options
Flexible Work Hours
Paid Vacation
Parental Leave
Home Office Stipend
Professional Development Budget
Health Insurance
Mental Health Support
Wellness Program
Life Insurance
Commuter Benefits
Sabbatical Leave
Stock Options
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
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↑ 0%Today, Ably Realtime Ltd. is excited to introduce Message Reactions in Ably Chat - a quintessential part of any modern chat experience, now available as a native feature.
To help with this, Ably Realtime Ltd. has introduced server-side batching and conflated subscriptions - two powerful optimizations in Ably Pub/Sub that significantly reduce message count, lower bandwidth usage, and optimize processing overhead.
This is why Ably Realtime Ltd. has released a new Python Realtime SDK component that enables developers to integrate Ably's realtime functionality into their Python applications.
Ably Realtime Ltd. is excited to share Ably’s newest feature, Subscription Filters.
Ably Realtime Ltd. is excited to join the Datadog Partner Network as a Technology Partner and launch an out-of-the-box integration.
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About Ably Realtime
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
Healthcare
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$78M
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2016
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