# Firebase Cloud Messaging vs ntfy (slim)

> Firebase Cloud Messaging scores 69.8 (B) on agent readiness against ntfy's 61.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ntfy leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do notify push. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Firebase Cloud Messaging scores 69.8 (B) on agent readiness against ntfy's 61.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ntfy leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do notify push.

- Firebase Cloud Messaging: B 69.8, rank #162 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firebase-cloud-messaging.min.md
- ntfy: C 61.5, rank #420 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ntfy.min.md
- Firebase Cloud Messaging, good for The push transport under an app that already holds device registrations, at no charge. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 86 against 53; Security & auth, 68 against 38; Maintenance & community, 83 against 67.
- ntfy, good for An agent that has to reach its own operator or a small team on their phones with no setup. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 66; Payments & pricing, 50 against 40. Also Open source.

| Category | Firebase Cloud Messaging | ntfy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 66 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 86 | 53 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 38 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 67 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 78 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Firebase Cloud Messaging | ntfy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google | ntfy |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://fcm.googleapis.com` | `https://ntfy.sh` |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The Firebase Admin SDKs are Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 and GPL-2.0 (dual) |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-08-27 |
| Terms last updated | 2021-11-09 | 2026-01-26 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-06-15 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 11.5M npm/wk, 3.8M PyPI/wk | 34k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |