How much does Pusher Beams cost?

After the free 1,000-subscriber Sandbox plan, Pusher Beams uses fixed self-serve tiers: Startup is $29 per month for up to 10,000 subscribers, Pro is $99 per month for up to 50,000, Business is $199 per month for up to 115,000 (with premium support), and Premium is $399 per month for up to 250,000. Larger volumes require a custom enterprise quote from Pusher's sales team.

Can I use PagerDuty 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.

PagerDuty vs Pusher Beams

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

PagerDuty wins reviewsPusher Beams wins price and developer experience

Updated September 2026

At a glancePagerDutyPusher Beams

G2 rating4.54.3

Trustpilot4.31.8

THE VERDICT

PagerDuty wins on reviews. Pusher Beams wins on price and developer experience.

PagerDuty and Pusher Beams take different pricing approaches. PagerDuty rates higher with developers (4.5 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 PagerDuty

✓If you need a real-time incident and on-call management solution, PagerDuty is your best option.

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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 PagerDuty leads, violet where Pusher Beams does.

capability

PagerDuty

Pusher Beams

Pricing

Starting paid plan

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$29/mo

Free tier

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Free Sandbox plan for up to 1,000 subscribers

Pricing model

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

Platforms

iOS

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Yes

Android

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Yes

Web push

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Yes

Desktop

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Yes

Capabilities

Segmentation

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Yes

In-app messaging

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Journeys / automation

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A/B testing

—

Geofencing

—

Rich media

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Yes

Developer experience

Official SDKs

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

REST API

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Yes

Event webhooks

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Yes

Compliance

SOC 2

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HIPAA

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Unknown

GDPR

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Yes

Support

Support channels

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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

PagerDuty rates higher on G2 (4.5 vs 4.3). Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms as of the date shown.

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Why not both?

Use both behind one API.

Route PagerDuty, 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 September 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms.