Pusher Channels: managed WebSockets with presence and pub/sub — realtime updates without running socket servers.
Capabilities
Capabilities
- Channels pub/sub, presence, client events; free 200k msgs/day, 100 connections
Best for
- Live updates in clones (notifications, dashboards, simple chat)
Not for
- Collaborative text/canvas editing (Liveblocks/CRDTs) or huge scale (self-host)