Stream

Chat, feeds and video SDKs

Free tier + paidRealtime, comments & collabgetstream.io

What it is

Managed SDK suite spanning chat, activity feeds, video and moderation, with polished pre-built UI components for React, iOS, Android and Flutter. Chat bills on monthly active users while video bills on participant-minutes. Includes automated moderation and a review dashboard rather than leaving policy enforcement entirely to you.

Why it earns a slot

For a chat or activity feed that looks finished on day one — threads, reactions, typing indicators, read state, moderation queue — instead of six months building chat UI. The makers exemption keeps genuinely small projects at zero.

Know before you commit

The step from the 1,000-MAU free tier to $399/mo for 10,000 MAU is the steepest cliff in this category. MAU counts anyone who connects, so a public public chat bills for lurkers who never type a word.

Getting started

npm i stream-chat stream-chat-react

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Pricing snapshot

Free Build tier: 1,000 MAU and 100 concurrent connections for chat, 333,000 participant-minutes/mo for video, plus $100 first-month credit. Free for makers under 5 team members and under $10k monthly revenue. Chat Start plan $399/mo annual ($499 monthly) for 10,000 MAU

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Evaluate Stream (https://getstream.io) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Chat, feeds and video SDKs. Managed SDK suite spanning chat, activity feeds, video and moderation, with polished pre-built UI components for React, iOS, Android and Flutter. Chat bills on monthly active users while video bills on participant-minutes. Includes automated moderation and a review dashboard rather than leaving policy enforcement entirely to you.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): For a chat or activity feed that looks finished on day one — threads, reactions, typing indicators, read state, moderation queue — instead of six months building chat UI. The makers exemption keeps genuinely small projects at zero.
Watch out for: The step from the 1,000-MAU free tier to $399/mo for 10,000 MAU is the steepest cliff in this category. MAU counts anyone who connects, so a public public chat bills for lurkers who never type a word.
Pricing: Free Build tier: 1,000 MAU and 100 concurrent connections for chat, 333,000 participant-minutes/mo for video, plus $100 first-month credit. Free for makers under 5 team members and under $10k monthly revenue. Chat Start plan $399/mo annual ($499 monthly) for 10,000 MAU
Setup: npm i stream-chat stream-chat-react
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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