Ably

byAbly
in
4.2
Market Presence: Event Brokers, Event Stream Processing

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Product Information on Ably

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Ably?

Ably is a software that provides real-time communication infrastructure for applications, enabling bi-directional data synchronization across devices and platforms. The software supports pub/sub messaging, presence detection, message history, and stream replication, facilitating efficient distribution of live updates such as chat messages, notifications, and other event-driven data. Ably offers APIs and SDKs compatible with multiple programming languages, integrates with existing systems, and manages connection state, scalability, and fault tolerance. This software is designed to address challenges related to maintaining consistent data streams and connectivity in environments requiring high availability and low latency for real-time applications.

Overall experience with Ably

DESIGNER
250M - 500M USD, Services (non-Government)
FAVORABLE

“Get everything figured out with Ably”

5.0
Aug 8, 2022
Having a tool like Ably has made easier stay up-to-date in real time. Our team is able to resolve in a quick manner whatever issue comes its way. The documentation provided is really good but some questions and doubts are left unclear at times, this might be due to a lack of community channels to ask public questions. All in all, the tool is great, makes things a lot easier and our team is really happy working with it.
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About Company

Company Description

Ably offers a collection of APIs designed to facilitate, enhance, and deliver, in real time, high-impact digital experiences on over 250 million devices each month across 80 countries. This technology assists various organizations in managing the growing complexity of critical real-time data synchronization on a global scale. The increasing demand for real-time digital experiences, be it a virtual event, immediate financial updates, or live car performance data, has made synchronized data in real time critical for many organizations. Building in-house, real-time synchronization capabilities, however, can be complex and expensive. Ably addresses this issue. Similar to how content delivery networks simplify and support large parts of the internet, Ably serves as the hidden platform and infrastructure layer powering the real-time revolution globally. It has become the default platform for developers in various organizations and is projected to reach one billion devices per month by 2023.

Company Details

Company type
Private
Year Founded
2016
Head office location
London, United Kingdom
Number of employees
51 - 200
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4.2

(9 Ratings)

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22%
4 Star
78%
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.6

Integration & Deployment

4.6

Service & Support

4.4

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • DESIGNER
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Get everything figured out with Ably

    5.0
    Aug 8, 2022
    Having a tool like Ably has made easier stay up-to-date in real time. Our team is able to resolve in a quick manner whatever issue comes its way. The documentation provided is really good but some questions and doubts are left unclear at times, this might be due to a lack of community channels to ask public questions. All in all, the tool is great, makes things a lot easier and our team is really happy working with it.
  • SECURITY ANALYST
    50M-1B USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Easy setup good performance and great supports

    4.0
    Aug 16, 2022
    Ably's real-time infrastructure is very reliable and scalable which focused
  • INFORMATION SECURITY
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Good platform for data synchronization

    4.0
    Aug 12, 2022
    It good Api base tool to develop powerful real-time experience
  • 50M-1B USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Satisfaction

    4.0
    Aug 8, 2022
    satisfied as a user and it really support graphic user interface, smooth and simple to use
  • <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Ably was familiar to one of our team, and proved its value

    4.0
    Jul 27, 2022
    we needed something that we could quickly deploy and we had a team member with experience
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