Agora vs Pusher
On the evidence we track, Agora leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for communication apis. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Agora
LeaderA global real-time engagement platform providing APIs and infrastructure for developers to build voice calling, video calling, live streaming, messaging, and conversational AI agent experiences without building the underlying infrastructure.
Pusher
A cloud platform providing APIs for real-time communication and data synchronization in applications, supporting web, mobile, and backend integrations through language-specific SDKs.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Agora
LeaderFree tier available. Support plans from $1,200–$4,900/month (annual billing).
- FreeFree
- Tickets/Emails Support
- Professional$1200/mo
- Tickets/Emails Support
- Reference Apps Access
- HIPAA Support
- Guaranteed Response Time P2/P3
- Analytics Standard
- Business$2900/mo
- Tickets/Emails Support
- Reference Apps Access
- HIPAA Support
- Guaranteed Response Time P1/P2/P3
- Analytics Premium
- +1 more
- Enterprise$4900/mo
- Tickets/Emails Support
- Reference Apps Access
- HIPAA Support
- Guaranteed Response Time P1/P2/P3
- Analytics Enterprise
- +3 more
Pusher
From $49/month for paid tiers, free Sandbox tier available. Annual discounts on all plans.
- SandboxFree
- standard support
- 24/7 platform monitoring
- Startup$49/month
- standard support
- 24/7 monitoring
- annual discount available
- Pro$99/month
- standard support
- 24/7 monitoring
- annual discount available
- Business$299/month
- premium support (24-hour target response)
- 24/7 monitoring
- annual discount available
- Premium$499/month
- premium support (24-hour target response)
- 24/7 monitoring
- annual discount available
- Growth$699/month
- premium support (24-hour target response)
- 24/7 monitoring
- annual discount available
- PlusContact sales
- premium support (24-hour target response)
- 24/7 monitoring
- annual discount available
- Growth PlusContact sales
- premium support (24-hour target response)
- 24/7 monitoring
- annual discount available
- EnterpriseContact sales
- premium support (1-hour target response)
- custom infrastructure
- dedicated clusters available
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- DataDog
- Unity
Agora
Leader- ActiveFence
- DeepAR
- FaceUnity
- Banuba
- Palabra
- OKTA
- OpenAI
- Unreal Engine
- React
- Flutter
Pusher
- Librato
- Webhooks
- JavaScript
- Node.js
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- Java
- Swift
- React Native
- C#
- Go
Agora or Pusher: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.