Product: Comparison

Push notifications, in-app bells, email digests, SMS alerts, chat mentions... Modern apps live and die by their ability to notify users at the right moment with the right message. However, building a reliable, scalable notification system from scratch is a massive undertaking. Between real-time delivery, cross-channel orchestration, personalization, compliance, and the sheer volume of events

ActiveFence is one of the leading trust and safety platforms for detecting harmful content across text, images, video, and audio. Its AI-driven models help platforms protect users from toxicity, misinformation, and abuse at scale. But it's not the only option available, and depending on your use case, it might not be the best fit. If

Real-time video has shifted from a "nice-to-have" feature to a core building block for modern apps, powering livestreams, virtual events, telehealth, gaming, creator tools, and on-platform communication. ZEGOCLOUD is one of the newer but fastest-growing platforms in this space, offering a broad suite of APIs for interactive video, voice, live streaming, low-latency messaging, and AI-driven

A new challenge is surfacing as AI-driven products become more complex. Not only are companies tasked with detecting harmful content, but they need to make moderation and model decisions more accountable, explainable, and fair. That's the problem Checkstep set out to solve. Checkstep sits at the intersection of trust and safety and AI governance, helping

Activity feeds are a cornerstone of modern apps, driving user engagement through personalized, real-time updates. Whether you're building a social platform, e-commerce app, or collaborative team tool, choosing the right solution for activity feeds can significantly impact your application's scalability, performance, and development speed. Stream and Social.plus (formerly Amity) both offer robust activity feed functionality,

From social platforms to marketplaces, many apps rely on real-time engagement to build loyalty. Social.plus (formerly Amity) positions itself as an all-in-one solution for chat, video, and activity feeds, making it a contender for social-driven apps, community platforms, and engagement-heavy products. But Social.plus isn't the only option. A range of competitors offer similar functionality, often

We have recently noticed an influx of individuals searching for alternatives to building chat messaging applications on Firebase. It's important to note that Firebase is a multi-use tool for developers to build just about anything quickly, but does not take into account the cost when an application starts to scale in terms of users. In

If you're evaluating Ably's chat product for your app, you're likely looking for a reliable way to deliver real-time conversations with low latency and high uptime. Ably's infrastructure-first approach offers developers the tools to build custom chat experiences from the ground up, backed by a globally distributed network. But Ably isn't the only option. Depending