# Courier vs Expo Push Notifications (slim)

> Courier scores 70.5 (BB) to Expo Push Notifications's 58.8 (C) for push notifications. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Courier scores 70.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Expo Push Notifications's 58.8 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Expo Push Notifications leads on payments & pricing. Both do push notifications.

- Courier: BB 70.5, rank #151 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier.min.md
- Expo Push Notifications: C 58.8, rank #571 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expo-push-notifications.min.md
- Courier, good for A product team that wants simple per-send billing and one API across many providers, and for agents that only send. Ahead on Reliability, 92 against 65; Schema & documentation, 84 against 60; Agent ergonomics, 68 against 63; Security & auth, 56 against 48; Maintenance & community, 86 against 74. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Expo Push Notifications, good for An agent that must push to an app already built with Expo, at no cost and with one call for both platforms. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 35.

| Category | Courier | Expo Push Notifications |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 92 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 60 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 86 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Courier | Expo Push Notifications |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Courier | Expo |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.courier.com` | `https://exp.host/--/api/v2/push/send` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Node SDK) | Proprietary service under Expo's terms of service. The Node.js server SDK is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 170 | none |
| MCP registry | `io.github.trycourier/courier` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-08-24 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-10 | 2025-05-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-12-08 | 2025-10-21 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 63 stars, 189k npm/wk, 35k PyPI/wk | 1k stars, 1.3M npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |