Best Communications Software for Confluent

Ably is the definitive realtime experience platform. We power more WebSocket connections than any other pub/sub platform, serving over a billion devices monthly. Businesses trust us with their critical applications like chat, notifications and broadcast - reliably, securely and at serious scale.

Waterstream transforms your Kafka-compatible system into a robust MQTT broker, enabling seamless connections for millions of clients without the need for coding, integration pipelines, or extra storage requirements. It establishes a bidirectional interface that bridges Kafka with MQTT clients, eliminating the hassles of overseeing external MQTT clusters and reducing data redundancy. With Waterstream, scalability is straightforward, as its nodes operate independently for most tasks, allowing you to easily add more instances to accommodate a growing client base. The solution relies solely on Kafka, reaping the advantages of its built-in persistence features, which ensure high availability, impressive throughput, and minimal latency for optimal performance. Additionally, this means that you can focus on your applications while Waterstream efficiently manages the complexities of data streaming.