🆚 PubNub vs. PushOwl

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 PushOwl is three times more popular than PubNub.
🌎 PushOwl is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
🌍 PubNub is more popular in Norway.

PubNub

PushOwl

Type

Push notification platform

About

PubNub is a fully managed, globally distributed real-time communication platform that provides APIs for developers to build real-time web, mobile, and IoT apps.

PushOwl is an omnichannel marketing application for Shopify that enables merchants to engage customers through web push notifications alongside email and SMS messaging.

It supports automated campaigns for abandoned carts, back-in-stock and price-drop alerts, welcome and browse-abandonment messages, customer segmentation based on behavior, performance analytics, and customizable opt-in widgets.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Paris, France

Website

pubnub.com #262,527

pushowl.com #594,316

Pricing

Free version ✔️Up to 200 MAU

Starter$98/month

ProCustom

Free version ✔️Basic Bundle: 500 emails and 500 web push per month

Plus Bundle
(500+ emails, 10K+ web push)$19+/month

Power Bundle
(500+ emails, 25K+ web push)$79+/month

SMS$10/1K credits

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The PushOwl platform is 2.7 times more popular than PubNub.

Total websites

Market share

Push Notifications

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

PushOwl is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while PubNub is more popular in Norway.

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

Pakistan

India

Germany

France

Canada

Italy

South Africa

Awards

🔥 16th most popular in the United States in the Push Notifications category.

🥉 Third most popular in Pakistan in the Push Notifications category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Pakistan in the Marketing Automation category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Pakistan in the Email Marketing category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Australia in the Push Notifications category.
⭐ 7th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Push Notifications category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

PushOwl is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, fashion and beauty, and business, while PubNub is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, health, and entertainment sites.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Fashion/Beauty

Business

Health

Sports

Tobacco

Entertainment

Internet Services

Real Estate