Pusher
Pusher is a hosted realtime APIs platform offering Channels for pub/sub messaging and Beams for push notifications, enabling developers to add scalable realtime features to web and mobile applications.
Overview
| Category | Realtime |
| Self-Hostable | No |
| On-Prem | No |
| Best For | startup, growth, enterprise |
| Last Verified | 2026-02-13 |
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths:- dx
- reliability
- support
When to Use
Best when:- need easy setup
- private and public channels
- webhook automation
- push notifications
- require self-hosting
- want unlimited free tier