OneSignal vs. Pusher

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
OneSignal
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
OneSignal’s omnichannel customer engagement platform offers push notifications, email, in-app messages, and SMS. OneSignal’s automated customer Journeys and one-off campaigns allow users to create messaging strategies that convert, inform, and retain audiences, with little to no coding required for setup.
$9
per month
Pusher
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
London-based Pusher supports mobile application development with pub/sub messaging and "presence channel" which supports discovery of live users of applications as well as messaging or chat room capabilities to applications, and finally location services as well (e.g. geolocation).
$49
per month
Pricing
OneSignalPusher
Editions & Modules
Growth
9+
per month
Professional
999+
per month
Free
Free
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Startup
$49
per month
Pro
$99
per month
Business
$299
per month
Premium
$499
per month
Growth
$699
per month
Plus
$899
per month
Growth Plus
1,199
per month
Sandbox
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
OneSignalPusher
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
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Small Businesses
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Score 8.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
OneSignalPusher
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
7.9
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
OneSignalPusher
Likelihood to Recommend
I think One Signal is very well suited for mobile app owners who want to be in touch with their user base more easily by sending push notifications and in-app messages. I'm not sure how well that works for SMS messaging as I haven't yet tried it. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it if your in-apps are very rare.
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As I told you earlier, if you just want to send regular push notifications to the app users, then Pusher shall not be your first choice. However, if you wish to make the app a little more interactive by making live changes in the app using Pusher and sending your user's real-time notifications, then you should definitely try it.
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Pros
  • Send instant notifications without any delay.
  • Provide all the necessary features for testing.
  • Highly cost effective.
  • Great system to handle huge volume.
  • Great customer support.
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  • Nearly zero downtime, it works reliably 24x7.
  • There pricing is also competitive, as of now.
  • It is straightforward to use Pusher in various use cases.
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Cons
  • They should develop features a bit faster as per user requirements.
  • Old users should get freemium model for new features.
  • Admin can look a bit better.
  • In-built and easy to use segmentation should be there too.
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  • Implementation is quite tricky. A lot of terms to remember from the documentation.
  • Not a large community.
  • They could restructure the pricing to make it more suitable for low-budget startups.
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Usability
I give an 8 in this question mainly for 2 reasons: the products even if they look like complete and are highly customizable and usable, they are still missing some logical features. For example, send messages to a list of users - now days you can do it with postman and get calls. A second example is App messaging that is still in development and has many opportunities.
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Support Rating
Their customer support has been top-notch. They are able to assist you in getting through any problems that you may have and respond in a very timely manner. I've dealt with them on 4-5 instances over the years and my issues were always resolved within a matter of a few business days.
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Alternatives Considered
Look Firebase is a complete platform that includes a Push notification/InApp space. We had a lot of troubles while implementing Firebase: sometimes we thought it was ready until we tried to attach an image for Push notifications. This being said, the developers had to review the integration several times until we decided to change to OneSignal. Also while using Firebase I was not convinced with the look and feel of the Notifications. My vote here is OneSignal.
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Return on Investment
  • We've seen direct-purchase conversions on new offers.
  • It does a great job of driving traffic to off-site locations like YouTube for new videos.
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  • Saves our day, as implementation is not a lengthy process.
  • Makes the app more efficient and reliable.
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