PubNub Chat

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Chat modes

The SDK supports 1:1, group, and large-scale chat use cases.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Company background

PubNub says it was founded in 2012 and lists its San Francisco office at 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, California 94103.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Free allowance

The pricing page describes the free plan as up to 200 MAU or 1 million transactions, with 1GB of storage for 7 days.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Integrations

PubNub's integrations page lists pre-built connections including Amazon Lex, Amazon Comprehend, Agora, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon Polly, Amazon SQS, and Amazon Translate.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Messaging features

Listed features include message delivery, online/offline status, unread counts, typing indicators, read receipts, reactions, edits and deletes, threads, forwarding, quoted and pinned messages, and @mentions.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Moderation

The product page lists flagging messages or users and rate limiting, and says chat can be moderated through a no-code BizOps Workspace interface.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Notable limits

PubNub's SDK documentation says several libraries and components, including Android SDK and React Chat Components, are no longer officially supported.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Purpose

PubNub Chat SDK lets developers add custom real-time chat to mobile, game, or web experiences without managing complex infrastructure.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Push notifications

Chat SDK includes mobile push notifications.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

SDK availability

PubNub documents Chat SDKs as higher-level chat-focused APIs and lists SDK resources for JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Unity, and REST API among others.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Security and compliance

PubNub says its platform supports GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, and ISO 27001, with data residency controls, audit logs, and access controls.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Support

The pricing page says all plans include standard support and lists email and chat support with a 1–2 day guaranteed response time in its support options.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Use cases

The page gives telehealth, customer service, driver-passenger, multiplayer game, online community, webinar Q&A, classroom, live-streaming, and fan-engagement chat as examples.pubnub.com · read 30 Sep 2026

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