How much does MagicBell cost?

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.

Is Pusher Beams free to use?

Yes. Pusher Beams has a free Sandbox plan that supports up to 1,000 subscribers with standard support, full documentation access, and 24/7 platform monitoring. Beyond that, paid plans start at the Startup tier once you need more subscribers.

Can I use MagicBell and Pusher Beams together?

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.

MagicBell vs Pusher Beams

Two push notification providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.

MagicBell wins featuresPusher Beams wins price and cost at scale

Updated October 2026

At a glanceMagicBellPusher Beams

Entry price$99Free

Free tierYesYes

G2 rating3.04.3

Trustpilot3.01.8

THE VERDICT

MagicBell wins on features. Pusher Beams wins on price and cost at scale.

MagicBell starts at $99 versus Pusher Beams's Free. Pusher Beams rates higher with developers (4.3 vs 3.0 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.

Which should you choose?

Pick MagicBell

✓Looking for a service that lets you send notifications in real-time? Use MagicBell

Set up MagicBell with Courier →

Pick Pusher Beams

✓You need a straightforward push notification API for iOS, Android, and web without a full engagement suite

✓Your team wants native SDKs plus server libraries across common backend languages

✓You want simple, flat, self-serve pricing tied to subscriber count

✓You do not need built-in in-app messaging, journeys, or audience segmentation

Feature by feature

Winner cells are tinted, green where MagicBell leads, violet where Pusher Beams does.

capability

MagicBell

Pusher Beams

Pricing

Starting paid plan

$249/mo

$29/mo

Free tier

Builder: free, 1,000 deliveries/mo, 1 project

Free Sandbox plan for up to 1,000 subscribers

Pricing model

Tiered by delivery volume (per-delivery overage)

Flat monthly tiers by subscriber count ($29/10k, $99/50k, $199/115k, $399/250k), custom above that

Platforms

iOS

Yes

Android

Yes

Web push

Yes

Desktop

Yes

Capabilities

Segmentation

Yes

In-app messaging

Yes

Journeys / automation

Yes

A/B testing

Geofencing

Rich media

Yes

Developer experience

Official SDKs

Client: React, Preact, Svelte, JS/web components. Server: Go + REST API (OpenAPI)

iOS (Swift/macOS), Android (Kotlin/Java), Web (JavaScript), Flutter; server: Go, PHP, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java/Kotlin, Swift

REST API

Yes

Event webhooks

Yes

Compliance

SOC 2

—

HIPAA

Unknown

GDPR

Yes

Support

Support channels

Email/docs, GitHub Discussions; Enterprise priority

Email/ticket support; docs and tutorials; standard tiers get best-effort response, Business/Premium tiers target 24-hour response

24/7 support

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FAQ

Common questions

MagicBell starts at $99 versus Pusher Beams's Free. Compare your expected monthly volume against the per-message rates above.

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Why not both?

Use both behind one API.

Route MagicBell, Pusher Beams, or both, and switch providers without changing your code. Courier sits in front of every channel.

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Pricing, plans and feature availability as of October 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms.