Ably

The platform for dependable realtime experiences.

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Overview

Ably is a cloud infrastructure platform that provides APIs for building and scaling realtime applications. While not specific to healthcare, its technology is used for device integration in healthcare for use cases like remote patient monitoring and realtime data streaming. It guarantees message delivery, scalability, and low latency, which are critical for medical device data.

✨ Key Features

  • Publish/Subscribe (Pub/Sub) messaging
  • Guaranteed message ordering and delivery
  • Massive scalability (millions of concurrent connections)
  • Low latency
  • Presence detection
  • SDKs for various languages and platforms

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Focus on the 'four pillars' of dependability: performance, integrity, reliability, and availability
  • Guaranteed message delivery, even in unreliable network conditions
  • Protocol interoperability

Unique Value: Provides developers with a simple way to build complex, dependable realtime features without having to manage the underlying infrastructure, backed by industry-leading uptime and reliability guarantees.

🎯 Use Cases (5)

Remote patient monitoring data streams Real-time clinician chat and collaboration Live updates for hospital dashboards IoT device control and communication Telehealth video and data synchronization

✅ Best For

  • Streaming data from continuous glucose monitors to a mobile app
  • Powering a live chat feature between patients and doctors
  • Broadcasting alerts to on-call medical staff

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Storing and querying historical medical records (it's a messaging platform, not a database).

🏆 Alternatives

Pusher (MessageBird) PubNub Google Firebase AWS IoT Core

Differentiates from competitors like PubNub and Pusher with a stronger focus on guaranteed delivery and fault tolerance, making it suitable for critical use cases like those in healthcare. It is a general-purpose tool, not a healthcare-specific interoperability platform.

💻 Platforms

API Web iOS Android

✅ Offline Mode Available

🔌 Integrations

Webhooks AWS Lambda RabbitMQ Kafka API

🛟 Support Options

  • ✓ Email Support
  • ✓ Live Chat
  • ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)

🔒 Compliance & Security

✓ SOC 2 ✓ HIPAA ✓ BAA Available ✓ GDPR ✓ ISO 27001 ✓ SSO ✓ SOC 2 Type 2 ✓ ISO 27001

💰 Pricing

$49.00/mo
Free Tier Available

Free tier: 3M monthly messages, 200 peak connections.

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