# HiveMQ vs Pusher Channels

**Leader by Vioscale score:** HiveMQ

| Attribute | HiveMQ | Pusher Channels |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 67.7 (62% (medium)) | 56.2 (62% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | HiveMQ is a real-time data streaming platform built on MQTT that provides reliable, high-performance connectivity for industrial systems and AI applications. It supports both fully-managed cloud deployments and self-hosted installations, enabling enterprises to move operational data reliably at enterprise scale. | 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. |
| integrations.count | 5 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Amazon Kinesis"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Graphite"}]` | `[{"name":"Librato"},{"name":"Datadog"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"GB","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Serverless Free","summary":"Free; shared infrastructure","features":["100 connections","10 GB/month throughput","Shared MQTT broker","TLS encryption","RBAC","Community support","No uptime SLA"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Shared broker for evaluation and testing","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"connections":"100","throughput_monthly":"10 GB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$0.34/hour + $0.80/million messages; 15-day free trial","features":["Production-ready MQTT with clustering and high availability","1 MB/sec max throughput","10,000 connections","TLS encryption, authentication, advanced authorization","Data Streaming Extensions","99.95% uptime SLA","Silver support tier"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.34,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"messages"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.8,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Production-ready platform with clustering and high availability","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"throughput":"1 MB/sec","connections":"10,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing based on capacity (connections + throughput)","features":["Complete HiveMQ Platform","Custom connection and throughput limits","Distributed Data Intelligence","Agentic AI for Operations (coming soon)","Up to 99.99% uptime SLA","Gold or Platinum support tier","Custom cloud infrastructure and deployment options"],"description":"Custom platform for large-scale deployments with distributed data intelligence","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Starter from $0.34/hour + $0.80/million messages. Enterprise custom.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.hivemq.com/pricing/fully-managed/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T18:27:03.839Z","freeTrialDays":15,"startingPrice":{"amount":0.34,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["hour","month"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Sandbox","summary":"Free","features":["Standard support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"200k","concurrent_connections":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Startup","summary":"$49/month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"1 million","concurrent_connections":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$99/month","features":["Monitoring integrations"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"4 million"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$299/month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":299,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"10 million"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$499/month","features":["Premium support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"20 million","concurrent_connections":"10,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$699/month","features":["Annual price discount"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":699,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"40 million","concurrent_connections":"15,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"$899/month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":899,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"60 million","concurrent_connections":"20,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth Plus","summary":"$1,199/month","features":["Premium customer support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1199,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"90 million","concurrent_connections":"30,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Custom plan","Outstanding uptime","Top-tier support"],"description":"For applications requiring 10+ million concurrent connections and 100+ billion messages","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Priority Support","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":3000,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $49/month for Startup plan. Free Sandbox tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://pusher.com/channels/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T18:23:22.878Z","startingPrice":{"amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.34,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":49,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Realtime Messaging Infra)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:30:56.246Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*