Pushalot vs Socket.io
A side-by-side look at Pushalot and Socket.io. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Pushalot
Pushalot is a lightweight push notification service that allows you to send notifications to your devices. It supports iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari through browser extensions. You can use its API or browser extensions to send push notifications for things like app updates, new emails, server monitoring alerts, etc.
Socket.io
Socket.io is a JavaScript library that enables real-time, bidirectional and event-based communication between web clients and servers. It works by creating a persistent connection between the client and server that both can use to start sending data at any time, allowing for faster and more dynamic real-time web applications.