Pusher Alternative

Looking for a Pusher alternative? Scaledrone delivers a premium real-time messaging service at half the cost, providing both value and performance without compromise.

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Familiar Features,
Superior Functionality
Scaledrone aligns closely with Pusher's robust feature set — offering JavaScript & mobile API clients for seamless cross-platform data transfer — but goes a step further by providing more advanced and powerful features. Transitioning to Scaledrone is smooth and effortless, ensuring an upgraded experience with added capabilities.
Affordable Pricing
Scaledrone ensures that real-time messaging remains cost-effective, whether you're catering to a thousand or a million users. By seamlessly replacing Pusher with Scaledrone, you can instantly reduce your real-time messaging infrastructure costs by at least half, making it an economically smart choice for businesses seeking both efficiency and affordability.

Pusher vs Scaledrone features comparison

ScaledronePusher
Pricing
Subscription-based plans at afforable rates.
Price comparison example:
Daily MessagesConcurrent ConnectionsPrice
4M2,000$49/mo
20M10,000$249/mo
Each Scaledrone pricing plan is at least 50% more cost-effective than Pusher's.
Expensive subscription based plans model.
Price comparison example:
Daily MessagesConcurrent ConnectionsPrice
4M2,000$99/mo
20M10,000$499/mo
Private channels/roomsYes
Room-level publish and subscribe access enabled via JWT authentication
Yes
Using the private- prefix and authorization.
Channel presenceYes
Scaledrone offers presence support for unlimited members per room.
Yes
Pusher supports up to 100 members per channel for presence.
Message history (persisted data)Yes
Message history retains real-time messages in memory, storing up to 100 latest messages per room for up to 30 days.
No
Official API ClientsJavaScript, Java, Swift, React Native, Node.js, Go, Ruby, Python, PHP, RESTJavaScript, Java, Swift, Objective-C, .NET, Unity, Flutter, React Native, Go, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby
Open API protocol for custom client developmentYes
Scaledrone offers an open REST API for server-side publishing and a straightforward open socket API for custom client-side library development.
Yes
Server-to-client data transmissionYesYes
Client-to-server data transmissionYes
Scaledrone enables bi-directional communication with client-to-server data sending capability.
No
Client-to-client data transmissionYes
Facilitates direct client-to-client communication, ideal for chat features.
No
TLS connectionYes
All Scaledrone traffic, including REST and Socket connections, is secured with end-to-end SSL encryption.
Yes
Debug consoleYesYes
GDPR CompliantYesYes

Super simple API

PUBLISH MESSAGES
REST
const drone = new Scaledrone('CHANNEL_ID'); drone.on('open', error => { drone.publish({ room: 'notifications', message: 'Hello from JavaScript!' }); });import Scaledrone scaledrone = Scaledrone(channelID: "your-channel-id") scaledrone.delegate = self scaledrone.connect() func scaledroneDidConnect(scaledrone: Scaledrone, error: NSError?) { scaledrone.publish(message: "Hello from Swift", room: "notifications") }final Scaledrone drone = new Scaledrone("CHANNEL_ID"); drone.connect(new Listener() { @Override public void onOpen() { drone.publish("notifications", myObject); } }const Scaledrone = require('scaledrone-node-push'); const sd = new ScaleDrone({ channelId: 'channel_id', secretKey: 'secret_key' }); sd.publish('notifications', {foo: 'bar'});import "github.com/ScaleDrone/scaledrone-go" func main() { client := scaledrone.NewBasicAuthClient("channel_id", "secret_key") _ = client.Publish([]byte("Hello Go"), "notifications") }require 'scaledrone' sd = ScaleDrone.new({ channel_id: 'channel_id', secret_key: 'secret_key' }) sd.publish({foo: 'bar'}, 'notifications')from scaledrone import ScaleDrone sd = ScaleDrone('channel_id', 'secret_key') sd.publish('notifications', {'foo': 'bar'})$auth = array( 'channel_id' => 'channel_id', 'secret_key' => 'secret_key' ); $sd = new ScaleDrone\Client($auth); $message = ['foo' => 'bar']; $sd->publish('notifications', $message);curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -X POST \ -d '{"message": "Hello from ScaleDrone"}' \ https://api2.scaledrone.com/KtJ2qzn3CF3svSFe/notifications/publish
SUBSCRIBE TO MESSAGES
const drone = new Scaledrone('CHANNEL_ID'); drone.on('open', error => { const room = drone.subscribe('notifications'); room.on('data', message => { console.log('Received message', message); }); });import Scaledrone func scaledroneDidConnect(scaledrone: Scaledrone, error: NSError?) { let room = scaledrone.subscribe(roomName: "notifications") room.delegate = self } func scaledroneRoomDidReceiveMessage(room: ScaledroneRoom, message: String) { print(message) }final Scaledrone drone = new Scaledrone("CHANNEL_ID"); drone.connect(new Listener() { @Override public void onOpen() { drone.subscribe("myroom", new RoomListener() { @Override public void onMessage(Room room, JsonNode message) { System.out.println("Message: " + message.asText()); } //... } } }const Scaledrone = require('scaledrone-node'); const drone = new Scaledrone('CHANNEL_ID'); drone.on('open', error => { const room = drone.subscribe('notifications'); room.on('data', message => { console.log('Received message', message); }); });

Features

Enhanced WebSockets
Enhanced WebSockets
Scaledrone uses WebSockets where possible and seamlessly falls back to other technologies when needed.
User presence
User presence
Keep track of who's connected. Perfect for online user lists, collaboration and live maps.
Access control
Access control
Set specific access rules for each user and effortlessly integrate with your current authentication services.
Message history
Message history
Access past messages. Ideal for creating live chats, real-time dashboards, scoreboards and charts.
Debug tools
Debug tools
View users and rooms, examine their data, and send test messages for efficient debugging.
Pub/Sub messaging
Powerful Pub/Sub messaging
Send messages from server to users, user to user or user to server.
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