# PubNub: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 9 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/pubnub

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [In-app messaging and customer communications](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/in-app-messaging-and-customer-communications/index.md) | 0% | 22 | 0% | 9 |

## What the models said for it

- "For real‑time infrastructure beyond chat: PubNub or Ably." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, In-app messaging)
- "PubNub for real-time beyond chat" (Kimi K2, In-app messaging)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named PubNub, from 21 of the 26 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cometchat.com: 18
- github.com: 11
- sendbird.com: 10
- guideflow.com: 9
- dupple.com: 8
- pubnub.com: 8 (its own site)
- getstream.io: 7
- knock.app: 6
- ably.com: 5
- g2.com: 5

### Pages cited

- https://cometchat.com/blog/best-enterprise-chat-platforms-for-in-app-messaging-2026: 14
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-In-App-Direct-Messaging: 11
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-in-app-messaging-tools: 8
- https://guideflow.com/blog/in-app-messaging-software: 7
- https://cometchat.com/pricing: 6
- https://marketintelo.com/report/in-app-messaging-market: 5
- https://sendbird.com/sendbird-alternatives: 5
- https://knock.app/blog/the-top-in-app-messaging-tools: 4

## The company

PubNub; https://www.pubnub.com/; founded 2010. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What PubNub's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The complete real-time developer platform (https://pubnub.com/)
- For: real-time, interactive applications (https://pubnub.com/)
- Price stated: PubNub’s pricing is based on monthly active users (MAUs), so cost scales with the audience your application actually serves. (https://pubnub.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://www.pubnub.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Try for free (https://pubnub.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2, SOC 3, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, ISO 27001, EU-US DPF
- Hosting: EU-only, US-only, APAC-only, U.S.-only data centers, North America, Asia, Europe, South America
- Customers named: DAZN, Gameloft, Swiggy, ManaDr, 17LIVE, Ayoa, Beamable, BusWhere

## What it publishes

Every page pubnub.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 3892 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 948 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 58 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 17 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 86 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 29 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 218 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.