PubNub vs. Akka
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | PubNub | Akka |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Review count | 25 | 30 |
| Ease of use | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Ease of setup | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| Quality of support | 9.3 | 8.3 |
| Meets requirements | 9.1 | 8.8 |
| NPS | 60.869565 | 43.478261 |
| Small Business | 52.0% | 40.0% |
| Mid-Market | 20.0% | 30.0% |
| Enterprise | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| Total page views | 197 | 217 |
| Total LLM citations | 731 | 635 |
PubNub
PubNub is a real-time platform for developers who build in-app chat and live features. The Chat SDK includes typing indicators, presence, message history, read receipts, reactions, and threads. PubNub supports unlimited subscribers per channel. PubNub assigns each message a server-side timetoken. Messages on a channel form one ordered sequence. End-to-end delivery latency is sub-100ms. DAZN uses PubNub to power chat and Watch Party experiences for 10 million users. PubNub charges by Monthly Active Users or transactions, depending on the plan.
- Customer Support
- Chat Functionality
- Ease of Use
- Data Security
- Real-time Streaming
- API Integration
Akka
Akka is a platform to build and run apps that are elastic, agile, and resilient. Industry titans and disruptors rely on Akka when application responsiveness must be guaranteed. Engineering teams use a simple SDK and powerful libraries to build transactional, durable, and real-time services that distribute logic and data together. Operations are fully automated in serverless and BYOC environments, and a self-hosted option is available.