PubNub Chat
The facts below are what the maker publishes about PubNub Chat, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From PubNub Chat's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free Plan | Free | 200 MAU or 1M transactions · 1GB storage (7 days) · up to 1M transactions monthly · 5 test Serverless Functions · Forever free; no credit card required |
| Starter Plan | $98 a month | 1,000 MAU included · up to 6 months data storage · 30 Serverless Functions · Insights · BizOps Workspace add-on · $98/month |
| Pro Plan | Priced on request | Custom MAU packages · significant volume discounts · unlimited data storage · advanced analytics and monitoring · up to 99.999% uptime SLA · Custom pricing; contact sales |
The facts
Each one read from PubNub Chat's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Chat modes
- The SDK supports 1:1, group, and large-scale chat use cases.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- PubNub's integrations page lists pre-built connections including Amazon Lex, Amazon Comprehend, Agora, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon Polly, Amazon SQS, and Amazon Translate.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Messaging features
- Listed features include message delivery, online/offline status, unread counts, typing indicators, read receipts, reactions, edits and deletes, threads, forwarding, quoted and pinned messages, and @mentions.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Moderation
- The product page lists flagging messages or users and rate limiting, and says chat can be moderated through a no-code BizOps Workspace interface.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Notable limits
- PubNub's SDK documentation says several libraries and components, including Android SDK and React Chat Components, are no longer officially supported.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- PubNub Chat SDK lets developers add custom real-time chat to mobile, game, or web experiences without managing complex infrastructure.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Push notifications
- Chat SDK includes mobile push notifications.checked 30 Sep 2026
- SDK availability
- PubNub documents Chat SDKs as higher-level chat-focused APIs and lists SDK resources for JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Unity, and REST API among others.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security and compliance
- PubNub says its platform supports GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, and ISO 27001, with data residency controls, audit logs, and access controls.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- The pricing page says all plans include standard support and lists email and chat support with a 1–2 day guaranteed response time in its support options.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Use cases
- The page gives telehealth, customer service, driver-passenger, multiplayer game, online community, webinar Q&A, classroom, live-streaming, and fan-engagement chat as examples.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Company background
- PubNub says it was founded in 2012 and lists its San Francisco office at 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, California 94103.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Founded
- 2012checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free allowance
- The pricing page describes the free plan as up to 200 MAU or 1 million transactions, with 1GB of storage for 7 days.checked 30 Sep 2026
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