G2 Vendor Directory

PubNub vs. Google Cloud Dataflow

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricPubNub

by PubNub

Google Cloud Dataflow

by Google

Overall rating4.44.2
Review count2544
Ease of use8.98.3
Ease of setup8.98.2
Quality of support9.38.6
Meets requirements9.19.1
NPS60.86956542.857143
Small Business52.0%36.4%
Mid-Market20.0%31.8%
Enterprise28.0%31.8%
Total page views197219
Total LLM citations731272

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.

Pros

  • Customer Support
  • Chat Functionality
  • Ease of Use
  • Data Security
  • Real-time Streaming
  • API Integration

Google Cloud Dataflow

Cloud Dataflow is a fully-managed service for transforming and enriching data in stream (real time) and batch (historical) modes with equal reliability and expressiveness -- no more complex workarounds or compromises needed. And with its serverless approach to resource provisioning and management, you have access to virtually limitless capacity to solve your biggest data processing challenges, while paying only for what you use.

Pros

  • Features
  • Real-time Analytics
  • Insights
  • Real-Time Processing
  • Easy Management
  • Speed