Two push notification providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.
Updated October 2026
THE VERDICT
Expo wins on price and compliance. MagicBell wins on developer experience and platform coverage.
Expo starts at $99 versus MagicBell's $99. Expo rates higher with developers (4.0 vs 3.0 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.
Winner cells are tinted, green where Expo leads, violet where MagicBell does.
FAQ
Expo starts at $99 versus MagicBell's $99. Compare your expected monthly volume against the per-message rates above.
Yes. The Expo push notification service is free and does not charge per notification. Sends are rate-limited to 600 notifications per second per project. You do not need a paid Expo Application Services (EAS) plan to send push notifications.
MagicBell's paid Startup plan is $249 per month and includes 50,000 monthly deliveries and 5 projects, with additional deliveries billed at $0.0025 each and additional projects at $99 each. An Enterprise plan is available at custom pricing. Note that a delivery is counted per channel, so one notification sent across two channels counts as two deliveries.
Yes. Many teams route different message types through different providers or fail over between them. Courier lets you send through both behind a single API and switch providers without changing your code.
Why not both?
Use both behind one API.
Route Expo, MagicBell, or both, and switch providers without changing your code. Courier sits in front of every channel.
Pricing, plans and feature availability as of October 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms.