# Pusher vs Stream

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Stream

| Attribute | Pusher | Stream |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 51.5 (73% (medium)) | 80.3 (72% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A developer platform providing hosted APIs for real-time bidirectional communication between servers, web browsers, and mobile apps. It uses a publish/subscribe model with WebSockets and HTTP fallbacks to enable live updates, presence awareness, and event-driven features. | A platform providing SDKs and APIs for adding chat messaging, video calling, activity feeds, and content moderation to applications, supporting billions of end users across a globally distributed infrastructure. |
| features.capabilities | `{"two_way":true,"global_coverage":"global"}` | `{"chat":true,"video":true,"voice":true,"two_way":true,"global_coverage":"global","usage_pricing_transparent":true}` |
| integrations.count | 14 | 14 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Librato"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"JavaScript"},{"name":"Node.js"},{"name":"PHP"},{"name":"Python"},{"name":"Ruby"},{"name":"Java"},{"name":"Swift"},{"name":"React Native"},{"name":"Unity"},{"name":"C#"},{"name":"Go"}]` | `[{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Postman"},{"name":"Xcode"},{"name":"Android Studio"},{"name":"React"},{"name":"React Native"},{"name":"Flutter"},{"name":"Swift"},{"name":"SwiftUI"},{"name":"Kotlin"},{"name":"Jetpack Compose"},{"name":"Expo"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"GB","primaryMarkets":["US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Sandbox","summary":"Free","features":["standard support","24/7 platform monitoring"],"commitment":"monthly","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","features":["standard support","24/7 monitoring","annual discount available"],"commitment":"monthly","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":["standard support","24/7 monitoring","annual discount available"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"4 million","concurrent_connections":"2000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$299/month","features":["premium support (24-hour target response)","24/7 monitoring","annual discount available"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":299,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"10 million","concurrent_connections":"5000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$499/month","features":["premium support (24-hour target response)","24/7 monitoring","annual discount available"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"20 million","concurrent_connections":"10000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$699/month","features":["premium support (24-hour target response)","24/7 monitoring","annual discount available"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":699,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"40 million","concurrent_connections":"15000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"$899/month","features":["premium support (24-hour target response)","24/7 monitoring","annual discount available"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":899,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"60 million","concurrent_connections":"20000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth Plus","summary":"$1,199/month","features":["premium support (24-hour target response)","24/7 monitoring","annual discount available"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1199,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"messages_per_day":"90 million","concurrent_connections":"30000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["premium support (1-hour target response)","custom infrastructure","dedicated clusters available"],"description":"Custom plan supporting 10+ million connections and 100+ billion messages","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $49/month for paid tiers, free Sandbox tier available. Annual discounts on all plans.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://pusher.com/channels/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:42:55.085Z","startingPrice":{"amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"125k API calls, 5k activities/month","features":["Flat & Timeline Feeds","Notification & Aggregated Feeds","Security & Compliance","Global Edge Network"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monthly_api_calls":"125,000","monthly_activities":"5,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Start","summary":"$499/month billed annually, or $599/month","features":["All Feeds API features","Ranked Feeds","Ticketed Support","Security & Compliance","Global Edge Network"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monthly_api_calls":"1,250,000","monthly_activities":"50,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Elevate","summary":"$899/month billed annually, or $999/month","features":["All Feeds API features","Ranked Feeds","Ticketed Support","Security & Compliance","Global Edge Network"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":899,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monthly_api_calls":"3,750,000","monthly_activities":"150,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing, scales to 100M+ users","features":["Activity-based pricing","99.999% SLA","SAML/SSO","Private Dedicated Servers","24/7 Support"],"commitment":"annual","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Image & File CDN Bandwidth","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.17,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Image & File Storage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.07,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Image Resizing","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"images"},"kind":"metered","amount":5.8,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier plus $499–$899/month plans with activity and API call overages. Free Maker program for companies under 5 team members and $10k MRR.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://getstream.io/activity-feeds/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T10:25:51.982Z","startingPrice":{"amount":499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | high |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.999 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Communication APIs)

| Capability | Pusher | Stream |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Channels** |  |  |
| SMS | - | - |
| Voice | - | ✓ |
| WhatsApp | - | - |
| RCS | - | - |
| Transactional email | - | - |
| Video / real-time | - | ✓ |
| In-app chat | - | ✓ |
| Verify / OTP / 2FA | - | - |
| **Messaging** |  |  |
| Two-way messaging | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Geographic coverage | Global | Global |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Email deliverability tools | - | - |
| **Commercial** |  |  |
| Published per-unit pricing | - | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:35:15.079Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*