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Centrifugo compared with condense
DetailCentrifugo logo Centrifugocondense logo condense
What it doesScalable self-hosted real-time messaging and state sync platform Cut your AI agent bill
StageEstablished Not given
Founded2023 Not given
Based inCY LT
Pricing modelOpen source Freemium
PricingOpen source version is free. Centrifugo PRO available with flat licensing (no per-connection or per-message fees) and requires contacting sales for a quote. Proxy API: 15% of savings on provider bill. Models API: $0.40 per 1M tokens removed (Helene 1.1), $0.90 per 1M tokens removed (Adeline 1). Free tier available with Condense Lite (approximately 20% compression).
Key features
  • WebSocket, HTTP-streaming, SSE, WebTransport, and gRPC transports
  • Channel history and message recovery
  • Flexible authentication and authorization
  • State synchronization with transactional consistency
  • Connection event proxying to backend
  • Online presence detection for users
  • Efficient binary Protobuf protocol
  • Resumable streams and transport fallback for AI applications
  • Proxy API for seamless integration requiring only one base URL and header change
  • Maintains 98.6% cache hit rate
  • Preserves instructions, questions, answers, code and error messages
  • Direct billing from provider with no stored API keys
  • SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 compliance in progress
  • Zero data retention with GDPR export and erasure support
What makes it different
  • Set up once and works forever with no ongoing configuration needed
  • Handles millions of concurrent connections with minimal hardware
  • Self-hosted so messages and data never leave your infrastructure
  • No per-connection or per-message billing
  • Works in production at scale with proven reliability
  • Removes 37.3% of bills on average sessions and 66-72% on sessions over 800k tokens
  • Pay only 15% of savings on Proxy API with no fee if no savings occur
  • Built around cache architecture rather than against it
  • Public benchmark allowing comparison with alternatives before purchase
  • Operates transparently with audit logs and ability to inspect rewritten requests
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)51 no change since last check12 +2 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)107
Citation Flow (Majestic)3717
Referring domains (Majestic)34612

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