pusher.com

Pusher

Who runs Pusher, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest Realtime messaging APIs alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
PubNub

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Pusher

Pusher pusher.com

Simple, scalable and reliable. Hosted realtime APIs loved by developers and trusted by giants. Build live dashboards, notifications, geotracking, chat and more.

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Pusher tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 20 alternatives below has fewer; 15 have more.

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We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Pusher’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Pusher

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Pusher, thumbs down if it isn’t.

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    PubNub pubnub.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Build, manage, & optimize real-time apps at scale | PubNub

    Power your real-time app with PubNub - the world's largest pub/sub network. Scale to 3 trillion API calls/month, with <30ms global delivery. Start building now!

    Compare PubNub with Pusher →
  2. 02
    Ably ably.com English Free plan 2 trackers

    Ably | Realtime platform for chat, AI and live apps at scale

    Ably is the realtime platform built for scale and reliability. Power live chat, messaging, collaborative apps, and AI experiences that never drop.

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  3. 03
    Liveblocks liveblocks.io English No trackers

    Liveblocks | Realtime and sync for the agentic web

    Liveblocks provides the infrastructure to handle concurrent edits on shared data, so people and AI agents can collaborate without breaking your app.

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  4. 04
    Pushy pushy.io Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Pushy - Lightning-Fast & Highly-Reliable Push Notifications

    Pushy is a reliable push notification gateway for time-sensitive, mission-critical apps.

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  5. 05
    Sendbird sendbird.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    The AI customer experience platform for enterprise | Sendbird

    Engage your customers and improve customer loyalty with an AI customer experience platform trusted by enterprises worldwide.

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  6. 06
    getstream.io English 2 trackers

    Stream: Chat, Video, Feeds & Moderation APIs and SDKs

    Stream provides APIs and SDKs for in-app chat, video calling, livestreaming, activity feeds and AI moderation. Trusted by 2,000+ apps. Start free.

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  7. 07
    CometChat cometchat.com English 1 tracker

    In-app Chat SDK & API For Messaging And Calling - CometChat

    In-app chat, voice, and video calling for web and mobile. UI kits, SDKs, and APIs for React, iOS, Android, Flutter, and more. Start free.

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  8. 08
    Zego即构科技 zego.im 1 tracker

    ZEGO即构科技 - 帮助全球企业即刻构建语音视频通讯能力

    ZEGO即构科技致力于为全球企业提供语音视频通讯能力,为各类实时互动场景提供技术支持和服务。开发者通过调用SDK & API,4行代码,30分钟便可在应用内构建出高质量的实时音视频业务。

    Compare Zego即构科技 with Pusher →
  9. 09
    Socket.IO socket.io English No trackers

    Socket.IO

    JavaScript library for realtime web applications

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  10. 10
    Airship airship.com English 2 trackers

    Customer Experience Platform | Airship

    Airship is the only mobile-first customer experience platform that delivers measurable results through AI-powered, unified cross-channel experiences.

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  11. 11
    Agora agora.io Top 1K English 6 trackers

    Real-Time Engagement & Conversational AI Platform | Agora

    Build ultra-low latency voice, video, chat, and voice AI experiences for meaningful human-to-human and human-to-AI conversations, with flexible APIs and no-code & low-code tools.

    Compare Agora with Pusher →
  12. 12
    Mapbox mapbox.com Top 10K English 5 trackers

    Mapbox | Maps, Navigation, Search, and Data

    APIs and SDKs for AI-powered maps, location search, turn-by-turn navigation, and geospatial data in mobile or web apps. Get started for free.

    Compare Mapbox with Pusher →
  13. 13
    OneSignal onesignal.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Customer Engagement Platform for Email, Push… - OneSignal

    The world's leader for mobile push notifications, web push, SMS, email and in-app messaging. Trusted by 2 million+ businesses to send 12 billion+ messages per…

    Compare OneSignal with Pusher →
  14. 14
    telegram.org Top 1K No trackers

    Telegram Messenger

    Fast. Secure. Powerful.

    Compare telegram.org with Pusher →
  15. 15
    Bird messagebird.com English 1 tracker

    Communications for developers — Bird

    Deliver transactional notifications, run marketing broadcasts, and handle two-way customer replies across Email, SMS, WhatsApp, Apple Messages, and Voice with Bird's REST API, SDKs, CLI, and MCP server.

    Compare Bird with Pusher →
  16. 16
    Zoom zoom.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    One platform to connect | Zoom

    Modernize workflows with Zoom's trusted collaboration tools: including video meetings, Zoom Chat, VoIP phone, webinars, whiteboard, contact center, and events.

    Compare Zoom with Pusher →
  17. 17
    Sinch sinch.com English 8 trackers

    SMS Messaging, Voice, Email, Video & Verification APIs | Sinch

    Unlock meaningful conversations across the customer journey with programmable SMS, voice, email, video, & verification APIs!

    Compare Sinch with Pusher →
  18. 18
    Appwrite appwrite.io English No trackers

    Appwrite · The open-source cloud for developers and agents

    Appwrite is an open-source developer platform with Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, and Sites. The open-source cloud for agents and developers.

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  19. 19
    ReadMe readme.com English 2 trackers

    ReadMe · Developer-friendly API documentation

    ReadMe helps you create beautiful, interactive API documentation that developers love.

    Compare ReadMe with Pusher →
  20. 20
    Buffer buffer.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Buffer: Social media management for everyone

    Use Buffer to manage your social media so that you can create and share your content everywhere, consistently. Try our forever free plan or upgrade for more.

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Pusher adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 10 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
36 ms

Competitor map

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