Migrate from Pusher Chatkit to Stream Chat

As previously mentioned in a blog post by Stream, Pusher recently announced its intention to shut down its real-time messaging service, Chatkit, effective April 23rd, 2020, to narrow its product focus to Channels and Beams.

Although Pusher Chatkit fulfilled the basic premise of providing a real-time chat solution, their feature set and capabilities were way behind what the competition and Stream Chat in particular offers, which is why they were ultimately unable to compete.

The abrupt decision has disrupted critical services for all customers on the Chatkit platform. Unfortunately, it’s now up to those customers to scramble to migrate off the Pusher Chatkit platform to another provider.

The good news is that it’s possible and easy to move your data off Pusher Chatkit and over to Stream Chat, and many Chatkit users have been onboarded successfully to the Stream platform.

If you’re curious about how Pusher Chatkit stacks up to Stream Chat, check out this detailed comparison post. Our team has also compiled a detailed migration guide which is hosted on GitHub for your convenience.

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