"Ajaib previously had an in-house activity feed structure. However, user engagement was low, and we decided to retire the feature for that reason as well as to redistribute the amount of resources that were required to maintain it."

“Very good, the support we got from the engineers at Stream was excellent, and the documentation is good. Where we did have questions or problems, we would get answers quickly and the online documentation would be updated shortly afterward to reflect the clarification. We had to implement our own abstraction …

"We realized that we, as Checkatrade, weren't doing enough to connect consumers and tradespeople, Providing in-app chat encourages both consumers and tradespeople to use just one communication method, reducing this common pain point."

“Generally, the integration went well — I think it was pretty straightforward. There was a little back and forth between our team and Stream’s team, and the support has gone well."

“Communication is a big area where I think Stream has helped us by allowing us to incorporate chat and announcements."

"It really just made sense to buy a commercially available product. We're not in a 'build' business. We're in the business of building marketplaces, not of building chat products."

"People were telling us, 'I'm ready to trade—I just need to ask one question or request another photo."

“It’s truly been a pleasure using Stream. Our app wouldn’t be as successful as it is without Stream’s activity feeds and chat APIs.”

"Stream's React Native SDK gives us the whole UI—and building that in-house is a nightmare. We also have offline support with the React Native SDK, which we could never build ourselves."

“We were getting positive signs from Stream, and that’s really how we landed on choosing their product.”

"The company and people profiles on Crunchbase are constantly changing, Our users, especially salespeople, want to know when these changes go live in the companies or markets that they’re interested in. By partnering with Stream, we were able to integrate a customizable activity feed into our paid products that boosted …

“From posting updates to commenting and more, Stream provided us with the most flexible and scalable solution for displaying all our user’s activities. The Stream team made implementing our news feed solution a collaborative experience and ultimately the right decision for us.”

"I am very familiar with everything that goes into building chat, When I started ShiftFlow, I knew right away — for a small team, building chat in-house is almost never a good call."

"Anything that is not free when you're a super early stage start-up is a little daunting. But when you think about the cost of building something from the ground up—the amount of development hours, research, and maintenance—I think our price point completely makes sense, and it's (chat) pretty integral to …

“Stream is pretty much a decision we made in the past and we don’t constantly have to worry about it. I think that’s a sign of great software because it allows our team to focus on building unique solutions.”