A global edge network to power digital experiences in realtime

The Ably Network is truly distributed with 7 geographically-distributed core routing datacenters and 635 edge acceleration points-of-presence. And our Network is growing all the time, meaning we can offer unrivaled realtime messaging and data streaming performance, availability, and reliability.

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  • 50ms > 100ms
  • 100ms+
  • Edge acceleration point-of-presence (PoP)
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Network Capacity

  • 7
    Physical datacenters
  • 635
    Edge acceleration PoPs
  • Billions
    Messages sent every day
  • Millions
    Concurrent connections capacity
  • Millions
    Messages per second capacity

Network Performance

  • < 65ms average global latencies (view 3rd party stats).
  • High-frequency fan-out to millions of global end-users.
  • Latency-based DNS routing ensures clients are always routed to the nearest Ably datacenter and PoP.
  • Binary-encoded messages for further performance optimization.
  • No single point of congestion: load is dynamically reassigned across the Ably network.
  • Intelligent routing means realtime messages are always delivered over the shortest route within our service mesh.

Datacenter locations

7 datacenters. Last updated 1st August 2019

  1. Asia

    1. Singapore

  2. Europe

    1. Ireland, UK
    2. Frankfurt, Germany

  3. North America

    1. Ohio, US
    2. North Virginia, US
    3. California, US

  4. Oceania

    1. Sydney

Edge acceleration points-of-presence

635 points-of-presence (PoPs). Last updated 21st December 2024

  1. Africa

    1. Cape Town, Kapa-Vupeladyambu (1)
    2. Johannesburg, South Africa (1)
    3. Nairobi, Kenya (1)
    4. Lagos, Lagos (1)

  2. Asia

    1. New Delhi, Delhi (16)
    2. Chennai, Tamil Nadu (8)
    3. Mumbai, India (13)
    4. Pune, India (4)
    5. Bangalore, Karnataka (5)
    6. Hyderabad, Telangana (9)
    7. Singapore, South East (7)
    8. Osaka, Ôsaka (8)
    9. Tokyo, Japan (26)
    10. Taoyuan, Taiwan (3)
    11. Seoul, Incheon (8)
    12. Bangkok, Thailand (4)
    13. Kolkata, West Bengal (5)
    14. Jakarta, Banten (7)
    15. Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (4)
    16. Manila, Philippines (3)
    17. Hanoi, Vietnam (2)
    18. Ho Chi Minh City, Hà Tĩnh (2)

  3. Australia & New Zealand

    1. Sydney, New South Wales (4)
    2. Auckland, Auckland (2)
    3. Melbourne, Victoria (4)
    4. Perth, Western Australia (1)
    5. Brisbane, Queensland (2)

  4. China

    1. Shanghai, China (1)
    2. Shenzhen, China (1)
    3. Zhongwei, China (1)
    4. Beijing, China (1)
    5. Hong Kong, China (4)

  5. Europe

    1. Frankfurt am Main, Hessen (18)
    2. Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen (5)
    3. Hamburg, Hamburg (6)
    4. Munich, Bayern (5)
    5. Berlin, Germany (5)
    6. Paris, Île-de-France (13)
    7. Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur (8)
    8. Milan, Lombardia (12)
    9. Rome, Italy (7)
    10. Palermo, Sicilia (1)
    11. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (12)
    12. Manchester, England (6)
    13. London, UK (32)
    14. Dublin, Dublin (3)
    15. Vienna, Wien (4)
    16. Stockholm, Stockholms län (4)
    17. Copenhagen, Hovedstaden (3)
    18. Helsinki, Finland (5)
    19. Athens, Greece (1)
    20. Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (1)
    21. Budapest, Pest (3)
    22. Lisbon, Lisboa (2)
    23. Oslo, Akershus (2)
    24. Bucharest, București (3)
    25. Prague, Czech Republic (1)
    26. Sofia, Sofia (3)
    27. Warsaw, Poland (4)
    28. Zagreb, Grad Zagreb (1)
    29. Zurich, Zürich (2)
    30. Barcelona, Catalunya (2)
    31. Madrid, Madrid (10)
    32. Istanbul, Türkiye (2)

  6. Middle East

    1. Tel Aviv, HaMerkaz (2)
    2. Manama, Al Muḩarraq (3)
    3. Dubai, Dubayy (4)
    4. Fujairah, UAE (1)
    5. Muscat, Masqaţ (2)

  7. North America

    1. Washington, District of Columbia (23)
    2. Chicago, Illinois (26)
    3. New York, New York (13)
    4. Atlanta, Georgia (25)
    5. Los Angeles, California (16)
    6. Miami, Florida (13)
    7. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (23)
    8. Houston, Texas (8)
    9. San Francisco, California (12)
    10. Boston, Massachusetts (7)
    11. Denver, Colorado (6)
    12. Portland, Oregon (5)
    13. Seattle, Washington (9)
    14. Minneapolis, Minnesota (4)
    15. Phoenix, Arizona (3)
    16. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2)
    17. Salt Lake City, Utah (2)
    18. Nashville, Tennessee (2)
    19. Detroit, Michigan (2)
    20. Tampa, Florida (2)
    21. Newark, New Jersey (9)
    22. Columbus, Ohio (5)
    23. Kansas City, Missouri (2)
    24. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2)
    25. Queretaro, Mexico (7)
    26. Toronto, Canada (5)
    27. Montreal, Canada (4)
    28. Vancouver, British Columbia (1)

  8. South America

    1. Sao Paulo, Brazil (13)
    2. Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (6)
    3. Fortaleza, Brazil (4)
    4. Bogota, Cundinamarca (3)
    5. Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (6)
    6. Santiago, Región Metropolitana de Santiago (6)
    7. Lima, Lima (2)

Reduce your engineering complexity and improve performance

Performance

Limitless capacity from our global high-performance infrastructure.

Reliability

Always operational, with no single point of failure.

Integration

Clearly documented APIs and libraries, and all the support you need.

Security

Solid protection for you, your users and their data.

  • Authentication

    • Token-based authentication, including JWT support, ensures private keys remain private, and compromised tokens have limited value because of their expiration
    • Support for basic authentication over SSL/TLS connections for authentication convenience

  • DoS protection

    • Benefit from our scale and ability to defend against DoS attacks meaning attacks have no effect on your servers
    • We can deny detect and deny invalid connection attempts at the edge of our network ensuring our core infrastructure is unaffected

  • Privilege-based

  • Encryption

    • SSL/TLS encryption available for all packages
    • 256-bit AES encryption available using your private key, meaning no one, even Ably, can read your messages without your private key
    • All REST based communication is secured by SSL/TLS ensuring server-to-server communication is always secure

  • Compliance

    • EU and US-only data storage
    • EU GDPR compliant
    • HIPAA compliant
    • SOC 2 Type 2 audited, January 2021
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Connectivity

Optimized connections for any internet-enabled device on earth.

  • Any transport

    • WebSockets are our preferred transport because of their portability and performance
    • Failing that, we fall back to XHR Streaming, HTTP Polling, and even JSONP where necessary.
    • Ably simultaneously opens connections on multiple transports and upgrades or downgrades as necessary, meaning clients connect quickly regardless of the transport available

  • Mobile optimized

    • Our client library SDKs detect changing network conditions and select transports to best suit the current connection.
    • Library support for iOS, Android, Cordova / PhoneGap, Xamarin with more coming soon, see our mobile browser support.
    • Ably retains connection state on our servers ensuring clients that are disconnected will not lose data whilst disconnected.

  • Any device

    • Client library SDKs for almost every internet-enabled platform on earth
    • Connections are optimized based on the device's capabilities
    • Support for devices ranging from PCs and servers, to tablets, mobiles and even game consoles

  • Legacy browsers

    • Support for legacy browsers that don't support WebSockets or even XHR
    • Our library provides workarounds for CORS and other browser and firewall security restrictions
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