| Ably | Agora | CloudAMQP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Free Tier |
Yes
Concurrent Connections: 200, Message Throughput Per Second: 500
|
Yes
Video Minutes Per Month: 10,000, Voice Minutes Per Month: 10,000
|
Yes |
| Tiers |
Free
Free
|
Free
Free
|
Little Lemur
Free
|
|
Standard
$29/mo
|
Pay-as-you-go
Free
|
Tough Tiger
$19/mo
|
|
|
Pro
$399/mo
|
— |
Roaring Rabbit
$299/mo
|
|
|
Enterprise
Contact Sales
|
— |
Power Panda
$499/mo
|
|
| Portability | |||
| Switching Cost | significant | significant | moderate |
| Open Standard | Proprietary | Proprietary | AMQP protocol |
| What You Lose | Channel config, presence state, message history, push notification rules, integrations | SDK integrations, channel config, recording pipeline, AI moderation rules | Managed RabbitMQ config, plugins, alarms; AMQP clients portable |