---
name: Ably
domain: ably.com
kind: product
relation: competitor
segment: Web Application and Frontend Hosting Platform
descGrounded: 0.55
---

# Ably

A realtime infrastructure platform selling durable pub/sub messaging, chat APIs, and AI transport services to developers building live experiences.

**Route:** surfaced by the Web Application and Frontend Hosting Platform lane's de-branded queries → competitor to vercel.com.

**Why it's on the map:** Sells the same realtime infrastructure and developer tools (pub/sub, chat, live sync) to the same builders of live applications, AI agents, and collaborative experiences that would shortlist Vercel for deploying those apps.

**Receipts** (verbatim from its page this run):

> Durable sessions for apps and AI agents

> Ably Pub/Sub Flexible APIs and message guarantees for building any realtime interactive experience at serious scale.

> Ably AI Transport Drop-in realtime that keeps every agentic session continuous, controllable and always in sync.

**Edges:**

- competitor [[netlify-com]]
