Ably

How often 10 AI models recommend Ably, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

86%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#1of 55 on Best realtime tools for web apps

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Never named it

0of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. Claude Haiku 5.5100%
2. Gemini 4 Argon100%
3. Qwen 3.8 Flash100%
4. GLM-5.392%
5. Kimi K383%
6. MiniMax M383%
7. Nemotron 3 Ultra82%
8. GPT-6 Luna75%
9. Mistral Large 475%
10. DeepSeek V4 Pro67%

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best realtime tools for web apps 10

• Claude Haiku 5.5Robust global realtime messaging with presence, history, and guaranteed ordering.
• GPT-6 LunaReliable managed pub/sub with global realtime infrastructure, presence, history, and strong developer tooling.
• Gemini 4 ArgonUnmatched global reliability, guaranteed message ordering, and effortless scaling for enterprise pub/sub.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashReliable, presence-aware pub/sub with excellent developer DX.
• DeepSeek V4 ProBest-in-class realtime infrastructure with pub/sub, presence, and message history built for scale.
• GLM-5.3Fully managed realtime infrastructure with low-latency delivery, scaled to match Firebase
• Kimi K3Best-in-class realtime messaging with managed scalability and rich SDKs
• MiniMax M3Strong pub/sub with global presence guarantees
• Mistral Large 4Bulletproof reliability, global edge network, excellent developer experience.
• Nemotron 3 UltraEnterprise-grade realtime platform with guaranteed delivery

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, Ably highlighted.

Best realtime tools for web apps

55 products named in 119 answers across 4 wordings

Contested

1. 1Ably86%
2. 1Pusher86%
3. 3PubNub84%
4. 4Socket.IO71%
5. 5Sendbird64%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best realtime tools for web apps	100	75	100	100	67	92	83	83	75	82

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best realtime tools for web apps	100	97	100	47

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

Ably vs PusherAbly vs PubNubAbly vs Socket.IOAbly vs SendbirdAbly vs SupabaseAbly vs Firebase

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