Stream
Stream provides chat and activity feed infrastructure.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Add chat and activity feeds to your app
Who should look elsewhere
Expensive at scale
Pros
- +Chat and activity feeds
- +Good APIs
- +Active development
- +Good documentation
- +Scalable
Cons
- −Expensive at scale
- −MAU-based pricing
- −Learning curve
- −Vendor lock-in
- −Feature complexity
Key features
- ✓Activity feeds
- ✓Chat
- ✓Video
- ✓AI moderation
- ✓Scalable
- ✓Multi-platform SDKs
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | $0 | month | 5M monthly messages; 100 concurrent users; Chat SDK |
| Scale | — | month | Custom messages; Custom users; SLA |
| Enterprise | — | month | Unlimited usage; 99.999% SLA; Dedicated infrastructure |
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