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- The Ably Platform
  
  Easily power any realtime experience in your application. No complex infrastructure to manage or provision. Just a simple API that handles everything realtime, and lets you focus on your code.
  Explore how it works
  
  Our features
  
  Publish/subscribe messaging
  
  Feature-rich pub/sub messaging to power any realtime requirement.
  
  Push notifications
  
  Deliver native notifications at scale with our unified API.
  
  Third-party integrations
  
  Integrate and extend Ably with cloud services like AWS Kinesis.
  
  Multi-protocol messaging
  
  We support pub/sub over WebSockets, MQTT, SSE, and more.
  
  Streaming data sources
  
  Augment your apps with realtime updates like weather or transit.
  
  Explore all platform features
  
  Our technology
  
  Predictable performance
  
  A low-latency global edge network across 200+ PoPs.
  
  Guaranteed ordering & delivery
  
  We guarantee in-order data delivery, even after disconnections.
  
  Fault tolerant infrastructure
  
  Redundant at regional and global levels with 99.999% uptime SLAs.
  
  High scalability & availability
  
  Elastic, battle-tested global infrastructure for massive scale.
  
  Explore our Four Pillars of Dependability
- By industry use case
  
  EdTech
  
  Deliver interactive learning experiences like multi-user classrooms with chat.
  
  Automotive, Logistics, & Mobility
  
  Power asset tracking, live transit updates, race-critical diagnostics, and more.
  
  B2B Platforms
  
  Empower customers with realtime technology that gives them a competitive edge.
  
  Healthcare
  
  Provide HIPAA-compliant realtime apps healthcare professionals can depend on.
  
  IoT & Connected Devices
  
  Monitor and control global IoT deployments of any kind in realtime.
  
  Sports & Media
  
  Deliver global realtime experiences to keep fans informed, engaged, entertained.
  
  Gaming
  
  Power interactive gaming experiences that are wicked fast and utterly reliable.
  
  eCommerce & Retail
  
  Enable realtime pricing, inventory, and transactions to enrich user experiences.
- Why companies choose Ably
  
  Customer stories
  
  Compare our tech
  
  Ably & AWS
  
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  Four pillars of dependability
  
  Predictable performance
  
  A low-latency global edge network across 200+ PoPs.
  
  Guaranteed ordering & delivery
  
  We guarantee in-order data delivery, even after disconnections.
  
  Fault tolerant infrastructure
  
  Redundant at regional and global levels with 99.999% uptime SLAs.
  
  High scalability & availability
  
  Elastic, battle-tested global infrastructure for massive scale.
  
  Explore our Four Pillars of Dependability
  
  Blog
  
  Introducing the Ably Flutter plugin
  
  Jan 20, 2021
  
  4 essential infrastructure considerations for realtime EdTech applications
  
  Jan 12, 2021
  
  6 realtime engineering challenges for EdTech applications
  
  Jan 05, 2021
  
  More from our Blog
- Documentation
  
  Docs, quick start guides, tutorials, and API reference to help you start building with Ably’s platform and APIs.
  Visit Documentation
  
  Explore
  
  Third-party integrations & plugins
  
  Integrate and extend Ably with cloud services like AWS Kinesis.
  
  Multi-protocol messaging
  
  We support pub/sub over WebSockets, MQTT, SSE, and more.
  
  Streaming data sources
  
  Augment your apps with realtime updates like weather or transit.
  
  Quick links
  
  Download an SDK
  
  Platform changelog
  
  Support & FAQs
  
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