SAMA
by SAMA · Open source chat server for mobile and web apps
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Overview
SAMA is an open source chat server for mobile and web apps. It offers a messaging API with private and group chats, typing/sent/read statuses, file attachments and message history, plus user management, multi-device delivery, presence tracking and push notifications. The stack comprises a frontend, a clustering-capable backend, an admin dashboard and an API.
- Best for
- Teams self-hosting a chat backend for their own mobile and web apps.
- Pricing
- A Free plan at $0 with all chat and calling features under a GPL-3.0 code licence; Enterprise and Premium Support are custom-priced with no figures shown.
- Runs on
- Web
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Clustering supported out of the box for large user bases
- APNS, FCM and web push notifications supported
- Ships frontend, backend, admin dashboard and API together
- Free tier gives full API access under GPL-3.0
Trade-offs
- Enterprise and Premium Support prices are not published
- Commercial code licence only on the paid Enterprise plan
- Free tier support is community only
- XMPP bridge is an Enterprise add-on, not in the free tier
How SAMA markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on SAMA’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Next-Gen open source chat server”
- Angle: Open source / ownership
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from SAMA’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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