# Expo Push Notifications vs OneSignal (slim)

> OneSignal scores 69.3 (B) 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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OneSignal scores 69.3 (B) on agent readiness against Expo Push Notifications's 58.8 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Expo Push Notifications leads on payments & pricing. Both do push notifications.

- Expo Push Notifications: C 58.8, rank #571 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expo-push-notifications.min.md
- OneSignal: B 69.3, rank #189 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/onesignal.min.md
- 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.
- OneSignal, good for A team whose main channel is push to its own mobile or web app and who wants delivery handled without a separate push provider. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 65; Schema & documentation, 87 against 60; Security & auth, 74 against 48; Maintenance & community, 81 against 74.

| Category | Expo Push Notifications | OneSignal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 60 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 64 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Expo Push Notifications | OneSignal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Expo | OneSignal |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://exp.host/--/api/v2/push/send` | `https://api.onesignal.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Expo's terms of service. The Node.js server SDK is MIT | Modified MIT (Node SDK, use limited to OneSignal's services) |
| Tools exposed | none | 43 |
| Last release | 2026-08-24 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-05-29 | 2024-06-12 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-21 | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1k stars, 1.3M npm/wk | 52 stars, 231k npm/wk, 28k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |