How much does OneSignal cost?

OneSignal's paid Growth plan starts at $19 per month plus usage-based charges. Mobile push is billed at about $0.012 per monthly active user and web push at about $0.004 per subscriber, so costs scale with audience size. Professional and Enterprise plans are custom-priced by channel with volume discounts.

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 OneSignal Push 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.

OneSignal Push vs Pusher Beams

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

OneSignal Push wins features and compliancePusher Beams wins cost at scale

Updated October 2026

At a glanceOneSignal PushPusher Beams

Entry price$9Free

Free tierYesYes

G2 rating4.74.3

Trustpilot2.61.8

THE VERDICT

OneSignal Push wins on features and compliance. Pusher Beams wins on cost at scale.

OneSignal Push starts at $9 versus Pusher Beams's Free. OneSignal Push rates higher with developers (4.7 vs 4.3 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.

Which should you choose?

Pick OneSignal Push

✓To send millions of push notifications and messages to your users reliably, use OneSignal.

Set up OneSignal Push 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 OneSignal Push leads, violet where Pusher Beams does.

capability

OneSignal Push

Pusher Beams

Pricing

Starting paid plan

$19/mo

$29/mo

Free tier

Free: unlimited mobile push; web push capped at 10k subscribers/send; 10k emails/mo

Free Sandbox plan for up to 1,000 subscribers

Pricing model

Free + paid; $19/mo base + per-MAU/subscriber usage

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

Yes

Geofencing

Yes

Rich media

Yes

Developer experience

Official SDKs

iOS, Android, Web, React Native/Expo, Flutter, Unity, Cordova, Ionic, Capacitor, .NET MAUI

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

Yes

HIPAA

BAA

Unknown

GDPR

Yes

Support

Support channels

Email, Chat, KB, Forum; phone on higher plans

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

24/7 support

Yes

FAQ

Common questions

OneSignal Push starts at $9 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 OneSignal Push, 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.