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What is Fanout? Realtime APIs made simple. Fanout makes it easy to build realtime APIs and apps. The product is a cross between a reverse proxy and a message broker. Receivers subscribe to channels, and published data is delivered in realtime.
What is NATS? Lightweight publish-subscribe & distributed queueing messaging system. Unlike traditional enterprise messaging systems, NATS has an always-on dial tone that does whatever it takes to remain available. This forms a great base for building modern, reliable, and scalable cloud and distributed systems.
Fanout and NATS can be primarily classified as "Realtime Backend / API" tools.
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Pros of NATS
- Fastest pub-sub system out there22
- Rock solid16
- Easy to grasp12
- Light-weight4
- Easy, Fast, Secure4
- Robust Security Model2
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- Persistence with Jetstream supported2
- No Order1
- No Persistence1
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What is Fanout?
Fanout makes it easy to build realtime APIs and apps. The product is a cross between a reverse proxy and a message broker. Receivers subscribe to channels, and published data is delivered in realtime.
What is NATS?
Unlike traditional enterprise messaging systems, NATS has an always-on dial tone that does whatever it takes to remain available. This forms a great base for building modern, reliable, and scalable cloud and distributed systems.
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