Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Pusher
The 20 closest Realtime messaging APIs alternatives to Pusher, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 10 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Pusher? The closest matches are PubNub, Sendbird and Pushy. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Pusher
Pusher pusher.com
Pusher | Leader In Realtime Technologies
Simple, scalable and reliable. Hosted realtime APIs loved by developers and trusted by giants. Build live dashboards, notifications, geotracking, chat and more.
Summary by Claude
Pusher provides hosted publish/subscribe APIs and SDKs that let developers add realtime features such as live updates, chat, notifications and location tracking to web and mobile apps. It is part of MessageBird.
- Who it’s for
- Web and mobile app developers
- Business model
- Usage-based subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Pusher’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Pusher
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Pusher, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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!
Very close cos 0.925 - 02
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.
Very close cos 0.902 - 03
Pushy - Lightning-Fast & Highly-Reliable Push Notifications
Pushy is a reliable push notification gateway for time-sensitive, mission-critical apps.
Very close cos 0.900 - 04
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.
Very close cos 0.897 - 05
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.
Close cos 0.884 - 06
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.
Close cos 0.882 - 07
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…
Close cos 0.881 - 08
Customer engagement platform: push, email, in-app | Pushwoosh
All-in-one customer engagement platform: omnichannel messaging, actionable CDP, advanced segmentation & automation. Turn customer data into high-converting campaigns.
Close cos 0.882 - 09
Spreaker
Discover a world of captivating podcasts and immersive audio experiences on Spreaker. Dive in and elevate your listening journey today!
Close cos 0.877 - 10
Mobile App Monetization | Verve
Grow your in-app revenue with premium demand and high-impact ad experiences from the highest brand and performance bidders.
Close cos 0.876 - 11
Snapchat - Say It In A Snap
Chat, send Snaps, explore Stories, and try Lenses on desktop, or download the app on mobile! See how to connect & create with friends on Snapchat, wherever you are.
Close cos 0.875 - 12
Substack
Substack is the app for independent voices: a free newsletter, video, and podcast hosting platform with paid subscriptions built in.
Close cos 0.876 - 14
Customer.io: Customer Engagement Platform For Better Outcomes
Customer.io is a customer engagement platform for creating personalized journeys and better business outcomes across email, push, SMS, and in-app messaging.
Close cos 0.873 - 15
SiriusXM: Music, Sports, Talk & Podcasts, Live & On Demand
Whether it’s new hip-hop and classic comedy or ‘90s jams and sports podcasts, everything you want to hear lives here at SiriusXM.
Close cos 0.870 - 16
King.com - Play the Most Popular & Fun Games Online!
Join millions of other players and enjoy the most popular and fun games online at King.com. Enter the Kingdom and make new friends in our player community!
Close cos 0.867 - 17
Strava | Running, Cycling & Hiking App - Train, Track & Share
Strava connects millions of runners, cyclists, hikers, walkers and other active people through the sports they love – all on our mobile app and website.
Close cos 0.868 - 18
BidMachine. Fastest Growing Mobile Ad Exchange
Trusted by top apps, DSPs, and agencies, BidMachine delivers real results at scale.
Close cos 0.867 - 19
Chartbeat
Chartbeat provides solutions combining instant real-time insights, rich engagement data, and powerful optimization tools for media publishers
Close cos 0.865 - 20
Bazaarvoice | The UGC Platform for Authentic Shopper Experiences
The leading UGC platform for authentic ratings, reviews, visual UGC, and review syndication that powers discovery, shopper trust, and higher ecommerce conversion.
Close cos 0.868
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to pusher.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Pusher uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Pusher is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:mail.zendesk.com ip4:23.249.208.0/20 ip4:23.251.224.0/…
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=253833e5bcf2b01078e766d5469218189714e895451634a97…
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: -TqXepeLlcSoKVRlZ36_FIiop3oeEPFLjKJg68h9I0G1BKxx8N7QlA==
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx/1.27.5
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-703.awsdns-23.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=vd7utsg0to48
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: jwI7PUfsfRwYM53d07lRhnl4D1JJfEUrk9JXvtmH180
Stack changes
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What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 14/20
- React 11/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on pusher.com 11/20
- Zendesk 10/20
- Next.js · not on pusher.com 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 9/20
- Atlassian · not on pusher.com 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on pusher.com 8/20
- Apple Business · not on pusher.com 7/20
- OneTrust · not on pusher.com 7/20
- OpenAI · not on pusher.com 7/20
- DocuSign · not on pusher.com 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on pusher.com 7/20
- Miro · not on pusher.com 6/20
- Adobe · not on pusher.com 6/20