CometChat blog

"We delivered way more functionality than if we tried to build something from scratch" - Callum from Soona

Building real time chat from scratch is hard. And the team at Soona recognized this from the get go. So it was no surprise when they were able to quickly ship a full-fledged

Getting Started

Which CometChat product is right for you?

Choosing between CometChat Go & Pro can be difficult at times. Here is a single question you can ask yourself to help decide which product to use.

CometChat Pro

10 Examples of Beautiful Chat UI & Interaction Design

We've put together 10 examples of beautiful chat UI & UX design that will inspire you when building your own.

CometChat Pro November update

This month CometChat Pro got a brand new look, new tutorials, and a healthy dollop of new features which - if you are embarking on an ambitious chat project - we know you

CometChat Pro

Announcing Thumbnail Generation

Save bandwidth and improve the user experience of your CometChat chat app by enabling automatic thumbnail generation for images and videos.

5 compelling reasons to add instant message translation to your chat app

Recently we announced instant message translation - an impactful CometChat extension that enables you to smash the language barrier within your chat app. Current CometChat users can turn on the extension today ✨. How

Smash the language barrier: Announcing real-time message translation

The internet has connected the world in ways which no one could have imagined. How else could someone from Wales 🇬🇧 meet and talk with someone from Mumbai 🇮🇳 if not for an online chat?

CometChat Go

An honest guide: How to choose the best WordPress chat plugin

Skipping a live chat option on your WordPress website is no longer an option. Every WordPress website needs some form of chat plugin. Where most people fall short is assuming that all of

CometChat Pro

The smartest way to add smart replies to your chat

If you have a chat feature in your app or are in the process of building one, this post is bound to interest you. With smart replies popping up in more and more

Getting Started

Build vs Buy: Should you build chat from scratch?

Learn how to decide between building a chat feature from scratch or using a chat API and SDK like CometChat.

CometChat Pro

Announcing Human Moderation, and why you shouldn't code chat from scratch

When starting a new project, you know what you know and you know what you don't know, but it's what you don't know you don't know that will get you 😱. That's why productive

CometChat Go

Why your users care about sharing their location

Your users will now be able to share their location with each other on your website. Thanks to this sparkling new release of CometChat Go.

Solutions

Chat for Marketplaces

Learn how CometChat helps marketplaces gain a competitive advantage in today's highly competitive world.

CometChat weekly update #1

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the CometChat weekly update, our weekly roundup featuring a selection of the things we've been working on that we're most excited about. My goal here is to

CometChat Pro

Email Notification for Unread Messages

We are proud to announce the launch of our Email Notification extension and our partnership with SendGrid. Use our Email Notification extension to auto-magically send aggregated emails to users when they have unread messages.

CometChat Pro

Does this look simple to you?

Does this carnival game look simple to you? Read my article to learn more about it, Tinder charging to view read receipts and of course, all things chat.

Customer Stories

"Building a real-time chat will be difficult" - Knox from Feature

Knox Dobbins from Feature talks about how they use CometChat to power their in-app messaging.

Announcements

Layer is shutting down: What happened and what you can do

In recent months, numerous businesses reached out to CometChat looking for an alternative to Layer, which they felt was on the decline. Last week, we were saddened to hear that Layer decided to shut down all operations, giving their customers only 90 days to migrate to another service.

Marketplace Liquidity and Role of Chat

Marketplaces have always existed. So much so that it’s nearly impossible to trace back the exact dates since when they got operational. A throwback to the good old barter system, when a

How in-app messaging can help online real estate business

Just like any other industry, the dynamics of real estate business has changed too. The customers are different, the sellers are different, and even the real estate markets are different. Now, maybe you

Debunking 9 Common Myths around Instant Messaging apps

As a business, your inbound and outbound communications might be suffering due to lack of efficient mediums, which would be negatively affecting your business. All this while, you might not have the slightest

Why in-app messaging and push notifications trump SMS marketing

Some businesses make the mistake of solely using SMSes to reach out to their audience despite having a platform of their own; thus, failing to create an engaged user experience that could build

Top 4 Benefits of In-app Messaging for Your Business

The world of communication has shifted from snail-paced letters to cheetah-like-velocity chats. The number of people who are using chat and messaging has only gone up and will continue to do so in

5 Essential Chat SDK Features

Your primary product might be socks, paintings, a marketplace for handcrafted diaries, or customised crockery. Or you might only be offering non-tangible services with your super-qualified team. Now whether your business is service-oriented

What is UCaaS? Your Guide to Unified Communications as a Service

The past 10 years have seen tremendous upheaval in the way we live and work. New gadgets have been rolled out, the internet has taken over our lives, and some technologies have become