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Alternatives to Pusher
Pusher: Hosted realtime APIs for building live features in web and mobile apps. 8 products similar to Pusher, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 8 of 8 have a free tier, 8 of 8 have an API, 6 of 8 offer an MCP server, 1 of 8 is open source.
- PubNub
Global infrastructure for real-time, interactive applications
- Scaledrone
Realtime messaging service for adding live updates, chat, and collaboration to apps
- Courier
Customer messaging platform for humans and AI agents
- Pocket Alert
Push notification service for iOS and Android via API, webhooks, CLI, and MCP server
- Pingram
Messaging APIs for emails, SMS, voice, and WhatsApp
- Ably
Realtime platform for chat, AI and live apps at scale
- Novu
Open-source notification and agent communication infrastructure
- Mockfly
Hosted mock API generator for frontend teams
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pusher | Freemium | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| PubNub | Freemium · from $0 (Free plan, 200 MAU); Starter $98/month for 1,000 MAU; Pro custom/volume pricing | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Scaledrone | Freemium | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| Courier | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Pocket Alert | Freemium · from $6/month | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Pingram | Freemium · from $20/month | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Ably | Usage-based · from $0 | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| Novu | Freemium · from $0/month (Free, 10,000 workflow runs); Pro from $30/month; Team from $250/month; Enterprise custom | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Mockfly | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
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