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Comparison

EMQX vs Pusher Channels

No clear leader: Pusher Channels (56.2) and EMQX (53.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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EMQX54
Pusher Channels56
Score
Vioscale score
EMQX54 / 100medium · 61%
Pusher Channels56 / 100medium · 62%
Pricing
Free tier
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels✓
Model
EMQXfreemium
Pusher Channelsfreemium
Price level
EMQXlow
Pusher Channelsmid
Starting price
EMQX–
Pusher Channels$49
Transparent
EMQX✗
Pusher Channels✓
Integrations
Count
EMQX50
Pusher Channels2
Security
Disclosure policy
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels–
Gdpr
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels✓
Hipaa
EMQX–
Pusher Channels✓
Iso27001
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels✓
Soc2
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels–
Reliability
Sla pct
EMQX99.99
Pusher Channels–
Status page
EMQX–
Pusher Channels✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for realtime messaging infra. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Presence
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Message history replay
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Delivery guarantee
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Global edge network
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Scaling model
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Offline reconnect catchup
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Push notification bridge
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Auth model
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Self hostable
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Mqtt support
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Deployment
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-
Pricing model
EMQX-
Pusher Channels-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

EMQX

An MQTT-based infrastructure platform that enables real-time communication between numerous IoT devices and cloud systems, with built-in data processing, 50+ integrations to enterprise backends, and AI agent capabilities for autonomous device monitoring and control.

Independently observed

Pusher Channels

Pusher Channels provides cloud-based WebSocket infrastructure that allows developers to build real-time features such as live dashboards, presence awareness, and collaborative editing without managing underlying network complexity.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

EMQX

SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Tiered subscription model with different SLA levels (99.9% and 99.99%). Pricing not transparently displayed.

  • Standard-
  • Enterprise-
as of verify ↗

Pusher Channels

from $49/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $49/month for Startup plan. Free Sandbox tier available.

  • SandboxFree
    • Standard support
  • Startup$49/month
  • Pro$99/month
    • Monitoring integrations
  • Business$299/month
  • Premium$499/month
    • Premium support
  • Growth$699/month
    • Annual price discount
  • Plus$899/month
  • Growth Plus$1,199/month
    • Premium customer support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom plan
    • Outstanding uptime
    • Top-tier support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels✓
Linux
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels✗
CLI
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels✓
Self-hosted
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels✗
On-premise
EMQX✓
Pusher Channels✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

EMQX

23 total
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Oracle Cloud
  • AWS
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google Gemini
  • ClickHouse
  • Snowflake
  • Kafka
  • Pulsar
  • RabbitMQ
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • InfluxDB
  • TDengine
  • TimescaleDB
  • BigQuery
  • S3
  • Azure Blob
  • Confluent Cloud
  • Webhook
Independently observed

Pusher Channels

2 total
  • Librato
  • Datadog
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.