Novu comparisons
Novu is compared head-to-head with Firebase Cloud Messaging, Courier and OneSignal and more: 7 head-to-heads in Notification Infrastructure Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Novu head-to-head
- Novu vs Firebase Cloud Messaging
- Novu vs Courier
- Novu vs OneSignal
- Novu vs Notifly
- Novu vs AWS End User Messaging SMS
- Novu vs Expo Push Service
- Novu vs Pusher Beams
Novu vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Channels supported | Delivery controls | Provider options | Workflow builder | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Novu | Yes | $30/mo | Email, in-app, SMS, push, chat | Workflow routing, conditional steps, delays, digests, throttling, retries, and fallbacks | Both | Yes | 8.8 |
| 1 | Firebase Cloud Messaging | Yes | Free | 9.0 | ||||
| 2 | Courier | Yes | $0.005/unit usage-based | email, SMS, push, in-app inbox, Slack, Microsoft Teams | provider routing, per-channel backup-provider failover, automatic retries with backoff, provider rate-limit handling, throttling | Both | Yes | 8.9 |
| 3 | OneSignal | Yes | $19/mo | 8.9 | ||||
| 5 | Notifly | Yes | $19/mo | email, SMS, push, in-app, chat | workflow routing, retries, digests, throttling, per-user preferences, generic webhooks | Both | Yes | 8.7 |
| 6 | AWS End User Messaging SMS | 8.5 | ||||||
| 7 | Expo Push Service | Yes | Free | push notifications for Android and iOS | queued handoff to FCM/APNs; push tickets and receipts; documented retry with exponential backoff; SDK request throttling; 600 notifications/second/project rate limit | Both | No | 8.2 |
| 8 | Pusher Beams | Yes | 8.0 |
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