# Pusher Channels pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Sandbox). Among the 9 chat api we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** pusher.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Not published · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** JavaScript, React, iOS, Android, Python, Ruby, PHP, Laravel, Django, Go
**Best for:** real-time notifications; live dashboards; collaborative tools; event-driven UIs
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sandbox | $0 | — | flat | 200,000 messages/day; 100 concurrent connections; standard support. | pusher.com |
| Startup | $49 | — | flat | 1M messages/day; 500 concurrent connections; standard support; prorated billing. | pusher.com |
| Pro | $99 | — | flat | 4M messages/day; 2,000 concurrent connections; standard support. | pusher.com |
| Business | $299 | — | flat | 10M messages/day; 5,000 concurrent connections; premium support. | pusher.com |
| Premium | $499 | — | flat | 20M messages/day; 10,000 concurrent connections; premium support. | pusher.com |
| Growth | $699 | — | flat | 40M messages/day; 15,000 concurrent connections; premium support. | pusher.com |
| Plus | $899 | — | flat | 60M messages/day; 20,000 concurrent connections; premium support. | pusher.com |
| Growth Plus | $1199 | — | flat | 90M messages/day; 30,000 concurrent connections; premium support. | pusher.com |
| Enterprise | Quote-only | — | custom | Custom connections and message volumes; negotiated per customer. | pusher.com |

**Key features:** Per-day message + connection pricing (not MAU-based); ISO27001:2013 certified; 8 published self-serve tiers with transparent flat rates; Prorated billing on plan changes.

**Plan limits:** Sandbox: 200K messages/day, 100 connections; Pricing is per-day message and connection count, not MAU; Prorated billing — pay for days used.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-15
Provenance: Full pricing table fetched from pusher.com/channels/pricing (Sandbox $0 through Growth Plus $1,199 + Enterprise — all confirmed). Compliance from pusher.com/security: ISO27001:2013 + GDPR confirmed; SOC2 not listed; HIPAA guidance-only (not certified). HIPAA and SOC2 set to null.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/chat-api/pusher-channels/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Pusher Channels's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-15 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/chat-api/pusher-channels/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl