Pusher Alternatives

Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)

Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications for mobile and web.

PubNub is a real-time messaging system for web and mobile apps that can handle API for all platforms and push messages to any device anywhere in the world in a fraction of a second without having to worry about proxies, firewalls or mobile drop-offs.

Customer engagement platform used by over 1 million developers and marketers; the fastest and most reliable way to send mobile and web push notifications, in-app messages, emails, and SMS.

freemium $9.0 / Monthly (Plus usage-based costs. (Growth Plan). )

SignalR is a server-side software system designed for writing scalable Internet applications, notably web servers.

Serious realtime infrastructure

APIs for the development of scalable newsfeeds and chat applications.

paid

NATS Server is an open source messaging system for cloud native applications, IoT messaging, and microservices architectures.

SendBird is messaging-as-a-service.

IFTTT puts the internet to work for you. Create simple connections between the products you use every day.

Connect the apps you use everyday to automate your work and be more productive. 1000+ apps and easy integrations - get started in minutes.

See metrics from all of your apps, tools & services in one place with Datadog's cloud monitoring as a service solution. Try it for free.

freemium $15.0 / Monthly (per host)

Realtime messaging service