The best chat API for in-app messaging
Drive higher engagement, more transactions, and better business outcomes with the most feature-rich, customizable, and scalable in-app chat messaging platform for web and mobile apps.
TRUSTED BY 4,000+ APPS GLOBALLY
The deepest in-app chat platform anywhere
Our chat API service lets you build in-app chat messaging with all the features of a modern messenger without sacrificing control over your data or user experience.
Get your first message out in minutes
Get to market fast and build a custom messaging app with the best chat API, native chat SDKs, and chat UIKits for Android, iOS, JavaScript, Flutter, React Native, React, .Net, Unity, and more.
Digital connections drive real results
“Sendbird powers our core transaction flows via a fast and reliable messaging layer between our buyers and sellers.”
Carousell Head of Engineering
“Sendbird’s client base gave us confidence that they would be able to handle our traffic and projected growth.”
Hinge CTO
“With Sendbird’s developer-friendly chat API and SDKs we were quickly able to build in-app chat.”
Accolade Director of Product Management
“With Sendbird we provide a 100% digital customer support experience for our customers with native in-app chat based interactions.”
Virgin Mobile UAE Senior Manager
“Sendbird powers our core transaction flows via a fast and reliable messaging layer between our buyers and sellers.”
Carousell Head of Engineering
“Sendbird’s client base gave us confidence that they would be able to handle our traffic and projected growth.”
Hinge CTO
“With Sendbird’s developer-friendly chat API and SDKs we were quickly able to build in-app chat.”
Accolade Director of Product Management
“With Sendbird we provide a 100% digital customer support experience for our customers with native in-app chat based interactions.”
Virgin Mobile UAE Senior Manager
Trusted by 330 million monthly active users across apps
Power messaging for millions of users and thousands of customers on our highly scalable infrastructure, built for security and reliability and certified by leading compliance standards.
All-in-one chat service your users will love
A messaging service created for developers
Developers of the world’s leading companies are building next-generation interactions with the Sendbird chat API.
We believe it should be easy to build messaging into your app, which is why our chat API works right out of the box with clear instructions for ease of use — that’s why more developers prefer the Sendbird API.
Build in-app chat for free
Start with our free Chat plan tailored to developer’s experimental needs.
No code dashboard setup
Create and test your chatbots and messaging in minutes.
Low code chat API integration
Revamp your chatbot experience with just a few lines of code.
High system usability scale
Developers rated Sendbird a 71.11 on the SUS scale (compared to Stream’s 56.67).
Developer resources
Learn how to implement Sendbird through our developer portal, which features tutorials, demos, and articles to get you started.
Onboard with ease
We’ve taken time to understand the developer onboarding experience through quantitative and qualitative benchmarking.
Low completion time
Compared to competitors, developers can complete tasks and subtasks with ease, quickly.
Save time with our ready-made UI kits
Sendbird’s ready-to-ship chat UI Kits include pre-built UI components, sample apps, and a no-code dashboard feature configuration tool for React, iOS, Android, and React Native.
Our UI libraries are available for Sketch and Figma.
A third-party chat service with solutions for every industry
Financial services
Increase transactions and customer experience with a chat API. Build trust with added context around payments.
Identity-based transactions: Allow consumers and merchants to create a secure and authenticated profile in your app.
Helpful notifications: Entice your customers to engage further with Push and In-app notifications.
Customer support: Feature-rich, AI-enabled in-app messaging enables you to provide better customer support within your branded app.
Advisory services: Consumers increasingly use chat messaging apps for wealth management or investment advice over face-to-face meetings.
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Social & communities
Build stronger digital communities with in-app chat messaging. Grow engagement with a scalable chat API that connects users and your brand to customers.