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Realtime pricing, hosting and alternatives
What realtime services cost, where to host a Pusher-protocol server, and which alternatives fit which apps, with figures from each provider’s own site.
Pusher pricing explained: plans, limits and how messages are counted
Every Pusher Channels plan with its connections and daily messages, why one event to 50 subscribers counts as 51, and what happens when you reach a limit.
Read more →Pusher alternatives: hosted and self-hosted options compared
Ably, PubNub, Laravel Reverb, Soketi, Socket.IO, Centrifugo, Supabase, Firebase and Hibira side by side: who runs the server, how it is priced and which keep pusher-js working.
Read more →Soketi alternatives: where to move a Pusher-protocol server
Soketi’s last release was in March 2024. The Pusher-compatible options to move to, what changes in your configuration, and how to switch without downtime.
Read more →Laravel Reverb hosting: Laravel Cloud, your own server or a hosted service
Where a Laravel app’s WebSockets can run: managed Reverb on Laravel Cloud, Reverb on a Forge or Docker server, or a hosted Pusher-compatible service. Prices and the work each one leaves you.
Read more →Realtime WebSockets in Asia: latency, regions and where data is processed
Measured round trips from Asian cities to Hong Kong, which realtime services have servers in Asia, and what to check when your users are in Taiwan, Japan, Korea or Southeast Asia.
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