Group chat features
Interactions. Reactions. All in realtime.
Enable in-app conversations with these group chat essentials.

Data integrity guarantees
Messages are delivered exactly once and in the correct order. No duplicates, no missing data.
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Chat messages
Implement one-to-one chats where users can send, receive, edit and delete messages.
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Edit and delete a chat message
Edit the contents of a chat message, or enable soft and hard delete of the chat message.
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Start fast with SDKs built for your favorite tools
Providing developers with a consistent and idiomatic API across popular platforms.
import * as Ably from "ably";
import { ChatClient, MessageEvent } from "@ably/chat";
// Initialize Ably Realtime client
const ablyClient = new Ably.Realtime({
key: "<API_KEY>",
clientId: "ably-chat",
});
// Create an Ably Chat client instance
const chatClient = new ChatClient(ablyClient);
// Get or create a chat room
const room = await chatClient.rooms.get("my-chat-room");
// Subscribe to incoming messages
room.messages.subscribe((event: MessageEvent) => {
console.log("Received message:", event.message.text);
});
// Attach to the room to start receiving messages
await room.attach();
// Send a message
await room.messages.send({ text: "Hello, World!" });applications
Group chat that makes everyone part of the conversation

B2B collaboration platforms
Fuel productive teamwork with realtime messaging for internal comms, project updates, and cross-functional coordination.

Customer communities & forums
Build thriving communities with scalable group chat that powers discussions, support, and shared interests in real time.

Healthcare & patient support
Enable secure, HIPAA compliant, realtime discussions among care teams or between patients, in moderated support communities.

Gaming & live digital experiences
Support in-game team chat, party coordination, or global community hubs with ultra-low latency messaging that scales effortlessly with player activity.

E-learning & virtual classrooms
From study groups to live classroom conversations, keeps messages in sync across devices and participants.

Field operations & logistics teams
Keep distributed teams and on-the-ground operators in sync - from delivery fleets to construction crews.
integrations
Easy integration, whatever your stack
Connect with pre-built integrations for Webhooks, Lambdas, databases, cloud services, observability tools and stream processors.
Pricing built for scale
Usage-based pricing
Granular control over your costs with per-minute billing or MAU pricing options.
Volume discounts
The more you use the platform, the lower the consumption rates become.
Cost optimization
Maximize your ROI with platform features designed to reduce consumption.
Get unmatched expertise paired with a host of value-adding options to keep your business-critical applications running at optimal performance.
engineered to perform
The definitive realtime experience platform of the internet
Performance
We focus on predictability of latencies to provide certainty in uncertain operating conditions.
6.5ms
message delivery latency
30B+
connections opened monthly
Reliability
Designed to preserve continuity of service we ensure sufficient redundancy at a regional and global level.
7+ years
of 100% uptime
99.999999%
message survivability
Scale
Elastic and highly-available. Ably is built to handle extreme scale and high concurrent connections.
2B+
connected devices per month
2T+
API operations per month
Network
Truly distributed global edge network. Delivers a globally consistent experience to users.
700+
points of presence
11
globally distributed regions




