App comparison

Add up to 4 apps below to see how they compare. You can also use the "Compare" buttons while browsing.

GetApp offers objective, independent research and verified user reviews. We may earn a referral fee when you visit a vendor through our links. 

Sendbird Logo

Messaging SDK & chat API for mobile apps & websites

Sendbird Pricing, Features, Reviews and Alternatives

Sendbird product overview

What is Sendbird?

SendBird is a customizable messaging SDK and chat API that enables businesses to offer in-app messaging for their mobile, web, and consumer applications. The platform provides the client SDK, the necessary front-end UI, and backend system for seamless communication among users, from one-on-one messaging and group chat, to massive-scale channels. Our chat solution serves a diverse number of industries and use-cases from eCommerce, on-demand, banking, OTA, and enterprise messaging to online communities, live video streaming, gaming, and dating.

Key benefits of using Sendbird

Engage and retain, listen and market to 1+ million concurrent participants per application (according to our load tests) and host over 100,000 concurrent chat participants per channel for live-videos and events.

Install a bot Interface to create an AI-assisted messaging experience for customers inside your application.

Unlike simple customer service chat, SendBird's chat solution is fully customizable and serves organizations in a broad spectrum of industries, including eCommerce, enterprise messaging, on-demand, and more.

SendBird includes all the technical features to enable user-to-user, user-to-business, and business-to-business communication inside any mobile, web, or enterprise service.

SendBird supports iOS (Objective-C and Swift), Android, Web (JavaScript), Unity, Xamarin, and it is also compatible with React Native.

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

FAQs/Forum
Email/Help Desk
Phone Support
Knowledge Base
Chat
24/7 (Live rep)

Training options

Documentation
Live Online

Sendbird pricing information

Value for money

3.8

/5

31

Starting from

ic-pricetag

No pricing info

Pricing options

Free plan
Subscription
Free trial
Pricing range

Value for money contenders

Sendbird features

Functionality

3.9

/5

31

Total features

49

6 categories

Most valued features by users

API
Third-Party Integrations
Reporting/Analytics
Access Controls/Permissions
Alerts/Notifications
Activity Dashboard
Real-Time Monitoring
AI/Machine Learning

Functionality contenders

Sendbird users reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

/5

31

Positive reviews

84

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.61/10
Rating distribution

5

4

3

2

1

14

12

3

0

2

Pros
Sales and account team was fast, responsive, and had solid knowledge of the product. Technical team was readily accessible over a Slack bridge -- we loved that.
The performance is impressive, the API straightforward, and the iOS client code provided was good enough for us to build on and ship production worthy code quickly.
This was an awesome experience that got us deployed super quick. It is fully featured and ready out of the gates requiring very little adaptation.
Cons
We contacted the credit card company and asked to rebate the charges, and Sendbird fought it. We were unable to get anything at all.
Lack of flexibility with moderation, lack of multi user per account.
Which put all our users out and lost more than 30K DAU.

Overall rating contenders

AvatarImg
AvatarImg

Chad N.

Market Research, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support

Share this review:

Implementation was super easy and functional very quickly. We got up to speed super quick.

Reviewed 7 years ago
Pros

It is super stable. After trying to build our own using firebase... This was an awesome experience that got us deployed super quick. It is fully featured and ready out of the gates requiring very little adaptation.

Cons

There are still some things that are not included in our portal management. However, engaging support has been able to resolve them.

SG
AvatarImg

Sean G.

E-Learning, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

Share this review:

Good chat foundation that you can build upon

Reviewed 8 years ago

Sendbird allows you to get up and running with a chat solution pretty quickly. We have since customized it a lot (integrating it with Slack, building notifications etc). It is pretty good for plug and play if you are looking for a basic chat service. We don't use their UI, but their UI is good straight out of the box. Their response time is a bit slow, and they have made some changes to their...

Pros

Plug and Play

Cons

Needed to customize quite a bit and the customer support is not the fastest.

AvatarImg

Verified reviewer

Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support

Share this review:

Better alternatives, just don't do it.

Reviewed 3 years ago

We wanted a simple, fast, chat solution to drop into our app. Sendbird promised this, but did not deliver.

Pros

Seemed like it had the features we wanted, small hungry team that promised a lot.

Cons

Poor quality product, terrible documentation, engineering support that didn't know how their own product worked. We paid a lot of money for this software, got locked in, have regretted it every day since. Will leave as soon as we can.

TJ
AvatarImg

Toshiki J.

Media Production, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

Responsive and helpful partner to build a chat feature with

Reviewed 4 years ago

Very pleasant and would recommend using Sendbird to other engineers looking for chat integration.

Pros

The customer service team has been very responsive with any inquiries. Although they are a third party partner, it feels like they are in my own team. Integration was very easy and straightforward as well.

Cons

Sometimes when there are errors, we have to reach out to them, instead of them reaching out to us.

NG
AvatarImg

Nicolas G.

1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

Share this review:

Found it was the most customisable chat API available for iOS (and Android).

Reviewed 7 years ago

Not having to implement it by ourselves :)

Pros

On top of the customisable API, one thing I appreciated the most was how easy you can communicate with the team behind SendBird. Had a request regarding some push notifications with WatchOS that were actually missing and within a few days, after some email exchange, here it was.

Cons

The fact it is not open source I would say. Open sourcing it would make it better for the community.

Vendor response

Thank you for being a valued customer Nicolas! Deeply appreciate your kind words. We look forward to further contributing to C&Z Tech's success.

Sendbird FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Sendbird offer?

Sendbird has the following pricing plans:
Pricing model: Free, Subscription
Free Trial: Available


Q. Who are the typical users of Sendbird?

Sendbird has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business


Q. What languages does Sendbird support?

Sendbird supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Sendbird support mobile devices?

Sendbird supports the following devices:
Android, iPad, iPhone


Q. Does Sendbird offer an API?

Yes, Sendbird has an API available for use.


Q. What level of support does Sendbird offer?

Sendbird offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, Chat, 24/7 (Live rep)

Common Sendbird comparisons

Sendbird logo
Bitrix24 logo
SendbirdvsBitrix24
Sendbird logo
Tidio logo
SendbirdvsTidio
Sendbird logo
Sprinklr logo
SendbirdvsSprinklr
Sendbird logo
Freshchat logo
SendbirdvsFreshchat

Related categories