About

Scaledrone is a realtime messaging service that provides WebSocket-based pub/sub messaging, message history, and user presence for applications that need live updates. The service supports publishing messages, subscribing to rooms, and fallback transport handling when WebSockets are not available.

The free plan includes up to 20 concurrent connections and 100,000 events per day. It is suitable for chat, collaboration, presence indicators, live dashboards, realtime charts, and other apps that need a managed realtime backend with usage caps that refresh daily.

  • WebSocket and fallback transport support
  • Pub/sub messaging for rooms
  • 20 concurrent connections free
  • 100,000 events per day free
  • User presence and message history
  • Server-to-user and user-to-user messaging

Free Tier Value

66
FTV score
Est. value $19 / month
Credit card Not required
Feature parity 100%

This free tier is a capped but genuinely usable plan: it includes all product features, and the only limits are 20 concurrent connections and 100,000 events per day. The cheapest paid plan is $19/month for 100 connections and 200k events/day, so the free plan is roughly half of that practical capacity and is worth about $19/month. No credit card is required, and the offer is perpetual rather than a short trial.

What's included in the free tier

  • Access to 20 concurrent connections.
  • Access to 100,000 events per day.
  • All product features included on the free plan.

Paid plans

Hobby

$19 / mo
concurrent connections
100
events per day
200k
  • 100 concurrent connections
  • 200k events per day
  • No priority support
  • No personal onboarding

Startup

$29 / mo
concurrent connections
500
events per day
1 million
  • 500 concurrent connections
  • 1 million events per day
  • No priority support
  • No personal onboarding

Pro

$49 / mo
concurrent connections
2,000
events per day
4 million
  • 2,000 concurrent connections
  • 4 million events per day
  • No priority support
  • No personal onboarding

Business

$149 / mo
concurrent connections
5,000
events per day
10 million
  • 5,000 concurrent connections
  • 10 million events per day
  • Priority support
  • No personal onboarding

Growth

$249 / mo
concurrent connections
10,000
events per day
20 million
  • 10,000 concurrent connections
  • 20 million events per day
  • Priority support
  • Personal onboarding

Premium

$349 / mo
concurrent connections
15,000
events per day
40 million
  • 15,000 concurrent connections
  • 40 million events per day
  • Priority support
  • Personal onboarding

Pricing extracted from Scaledrone's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.