| Price from | $239/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Chat Api | 8.5 (#2) | 8.0 (#8) |
| Spec score · Chat APIs | 8.5 (#3) | 7.9 (#13) |
| Intended users | The maker presents CometChat for developers and product teams adding user-to-user communication to applications, including SaaS, marketplace, dating, and healthcare use cases. | The product overview describes use cases including social interactions, fan groups, company groups, customer support, and live-stream chat. |
| Notifications | CometChat supports push notifications and describes email through SendGrid and SMS through Twilio or custom providers. | System notifications are sent through the server API and support text, image, voice, file, and custom messages. |
| Product | CometChat provides in-app chat, voice and video calling, and conversational AI agent capabilities for applications. | JuggleIM is an instant-messaging system that offers public-cloud and private-cloud deployments with the same IM capabilities. |
| Security | The maker states that CometChat is HIPAA compliant and can enter into a BAA, and is certified for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2. | Server API requests use authentication headers, including app keys and signatures, as described in the API documentation. |
