Pushpad
Professional web push notifications for websites and web apps
About Pushpad
Pushpad is a web push notification service trusted by over 220 million subscriptions and used by companies like 37signals, Gumroad, and Discourse. It delivers billions of notifications across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera, and Samsung Internet on both desktop and mobile. With a REST API, SDKs for six languages, Zapier integration, and a WordPress plugin, Pushpad lets developers send marketing and transactional notifications at scale with near real-time delivery of thousands of messages per second.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Over 10 years in business with 220M+ subscriptions managed and billions of notifications delivered
- Simple usage-based pricing with no feature gating — every feature available on all plans
- Generous 1-month free trial with no credit card required
- Privacy-first approach with no tracking cookies and EU compliance built in
- SDKs for six programming languages plus WordPress plugin and Zapier integration
- Trusted by well-known companies including 37signals, Gumroad, Feedbin, and Discourse
Cons
- Usage-based pricing can get expensive at scale (200K subscribers = €500/mo)
- Web push notifications only — no mobile app push, email, or SMS channels
- No free plan beyond the 1-month trial period
- Smaller company compared to competitors like OneSignal or Firebase Cloud Messaging
- Dashboard and documentation have a utilitarian design
Key Features
Web Push Notifications
Send push notifications to users across all major browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera, and Samsung Internet on desktop and mobile
Subscriber Widget & SDK
Customizable subscription widget and JavaScript SDK for collecting push notification opt-ins with full control over appearance and behavior
User Authentication & Targeting
Authenticate users and target specific audiences with tags, custom segments, and user-level routing for transactional notifications
REST API & Multi-Language SDKs
Full REST API with OpenAPI specification and official libraries for Ruby, PHP, Node.js, Python, Java, and Go
Scheduled & Automated Notifications
Schedule notifications for future delivery, set up welcome series automations, and trigger notifications via Zapier or API
Analytics & Monitoring
Project overview dashboard, per-notification delivery stats, custom metrics for click-through rate tracking, and delivery monitoring
Urgent Priority Mode
Flag notifications as urgent to bypass device power-saving modes for immediate display even when screen is locked or device is dormant
Privacy-First Architecture
EU privacy compliant with no tracking cookies, no data reselling, two-factor authentication, and 99.9% uptime SLA
Pricing
- + €0.002 per subscriber
- Unlimited notifications
- Unlimited websites
- Marketing & transactional
- Full API access
- 1-month free trial
- For 2M+ subscribers
- Volume discounts
- Custom SLA
- Dedicated support
- Enterprise security