{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "magicbell", "name": "MagicBell", "vendor": "MagicBell, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.magicbell.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "notifications", "summary": "MagicBell is a hosted notification service that sends one broadcast to users across an in-app inbox, mobile and web push, email, SMS, Slack and Teams. Agents reach it through a REST API, a CLI and typed clients.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/magicbell.json", "repo": "https://github.com/magicbell/magicbell-js", "license": "Proprietary service under MagicBell's terms. The Go client and the CLI are MIT. The JavaScript client carries MagicBell's own Licence Agreement", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.magicbell.com/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "magicbell-js" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "magicbell-cli" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/magicbell/magicbell-go" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve. Every call takes a JWT as a Bearer token. A Project JWT is created in the dashboard under Project Auth with a name and an expiry, is shown once and can be discarded. It covers the whole project (broadcasts, users, integrations, workflows, events). A User JWT is signed by the customer's backend with HS256 from the project's API key and secret key, and covers one user's inbox, channel tokens and preferences. No scopes on either.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Builder is $0 a month with 1,000 deliveries and one project, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Startup is $249 a month with 50,000 deliveries and five projects, then $0.0025 a delivery and $99 a month per extra project. Enterprise is custom. A delivery is one notification on one channel for one user. Whether sign-up asks for a card was not checked (https://www.magicbell.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$249 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 31, "npmWeekly": 48674, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.magicbell.com/docs", "openapi": "https://www.magicbell.com/docs/api/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "notify.push", "notify.in-app", "notify.multichannel", "notify.preferences" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "openapi", "typescript", "go", "swift", "java", "cli", "webhooks", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.8, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 515, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 68, "security": 50, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI 3.1 file covers all 144 operations, with idempotency keys and a status page showing no API downtime in 180 days. No batching or digest step, llms.txt, error code list, SLA or sub-processor list was found, and project tokens carry no scopes.", "bestFor": "A product team that wants an embeddable in-app inbox with push, email, SMS, Slack and Teams behind one broadcast call, and an agent that sends notifications with a project token it was given.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 file with 144 operations, published at `/docs/api/openapi.json` without a login", "`Idempotency-Key` header caches the first response for 24 hours on some endpoints", "Status page shows 100 per cent for the API and dashboard over 180 days to 7 October 2026", "Project tokens are named, take an expiry and can be discarded in the dashboard", "Builder plan at $0 with 1,000 deliveries a month, and overage on Startup at $0.0025 a delivery" ], "weaknesses": [ "No batching or digest step found. Workflows have four commands (broadcast, wait, pause, abort)", "No llms.txt or Markdown docs, and the OpenAPI file documents no error responses", "Project tokens are project-wide with no scopes or read-only mode", "No SLA, SOC 2 or ISO 27001 statement, security.txt or sub-processor list found", "The Trust Centre says data is never sold or shared, while the privacy policy of 2 July 2024 marks account data as sold or shared" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the owner for a Project JWT from the dashboard's Project Auth page. The terms forbid accounts registered by automated methods", "Send `Idempotency-Key` with a UUID on `POST /v2/broadcasts`, and reuse it on a retry within 24 hours", "Stay under 500 requests a minute per IP. A 429 blocks the address for 60 seconds, so put many recipients in one broadcast", "Use a Project JWT for broadcasts, users, integrations and workflows, and a User JWT for one user's inbox, tokens and preferences", "Read delivery failures from `GET /v2/events` and the broadcast's `status`, since email, SMS and push go through providers the owner connects" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 68, "security": 50, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install magicbell-js", "http": "curl --request POST \\\n --url 'https://api.magicbell.com/v2/broadcasts' \\\n --header 'content-type: application/json' \\\n --header \"authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" \\\n --data '{\"title\":\"Build finished\",\"recipients\":[{\"email\":\"test@example.com\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/notify.push", "tool": "https://letme.dev/magicbell" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Startup", "unit": "month", "usd": 249, "note": "50,000 deliveries and five projects included" }, { "item": "Startup overage, per delivery", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.0025 }, { "item": "Additional project", "unit": "month", "usd": 99 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "MagicBell, Inc.", "domain": "magicbell.com", "domainRegistered": "2004-04-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.magicbell.com/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.magicbell.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.magicbell.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/orgs/magicbell/discussions/categories/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The terms and the privacy policy name MagicBell, Inc., 2261 Market Street #4311, San Francisco, California 94114. Both are dated 2 July 2024.", "The terms cover the website, the service and the API in one document, with a short section of API usage terms. They are governed by the law of the place where the owner is based.", "www.magicbell.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The footer's vulnerability disclosure link is a contact form.", "RDAP for magicbell.com gives a registration date of 2004-04-17.", "The changelog is a category of GitHub Discussions, reached from magicbell.to/changelog." ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell.json", "live": { "slug": "magicbell", "probe": { "target": "https://api.magicbell.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:48.128001457Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 114, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 79, "p95ms24h": 120, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.magicbell.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:58:08.412277068Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:48.128001457Z" } }, "answer": "MagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pushover's 53.1 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pushover leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "pushover", "name": "Pushover", "vendor": "Pushover", "vendorUrl": "https://pushover.net", "kind": "http-api", "category": "notifications", "summary": "Push notification service for your own phone, tablet or desktop.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pushover", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pushover.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pushover.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pushover.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "An application token and a user or group key, both 30 characters, sent as the `token` and `user` parameters in the request body rather than a header.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Receiving needs the Pushover app, free for 30 days and then $4.99 once per platform (iOS, Android, desktop). Pushover for Teams is $5 per user a month. Sending is free up to 10,000 messages a month per account (25,000 for a team), shared across all of an account's applications since 2026-05-01. Capacity upgrades exist but their price isn't on the pricing page (https://pushover.net/pricing, https://support.pushover.net/i12-message-size-and-frequency-limitations, https://blog.pushover.net/posts/2026/4/app-limits).", "priceSummary": "$5 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://pushover.net/api", "capabilities": [ "notify.push" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-06-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 636, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 20, "payments": 30, "reliability": 62, "schema": 50, "security": 52, "transparency": 87 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One POST with three required fields, form or JSON. Recipients need the app, $4.99 per platform after a 30-day trial.", "bestFor": "An agent that must reach its owner or an on-call team and get an acknowledgement.", "strengths": [ "One POST with three required fields, form or JSON", "Emergency priority repeats until acknowledged, up to 3 hours, with pollable receipts", "Every response reports the remaining monthly quota in `X-Limit-App-*` headers", "Messages deleted from the servers once delivery is verified, and nine processors named", "10,000 free messages a month, 25,000 on Teams" ], "weaknesses": [ "Recipients need the app, $4.99 per platform after a 30-day trial", "No idempotency key, so a retry after a timeout can send twice", "No OpenAPI spec, llms.txt, official SDK or MCP server", "No product change since the 23 June 2026 GitHub endpoint deprecation", "At most 2 concurrent connections to the API" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use priority 2 with `retry` (30 or more) and `expire` (10,800 or less) when a person must act, then poll the receipt", "Don't retry a 4xx. Fix the parameter named in `errors`. Wait at least 5 seconds before retrying a 5xx", "Read `X-Limit-App-Remaining` before a batch. Over the monthly quota every send returns 429", "Keep messages to 1,024 characters and titles to 250", "Send to a group key to reach several people in one call. Each person still counts against the quota" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 20, "payments": 30, "reliability": 62, "schema": 50, "security": 52, "transparency": 77 }, "provenanceScore": 96 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -s https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json \\\n --form-string \"token=$PUSHOVER_APP_TOKEN\" --form-string \"user=$PUSHOVER_USER_KEY\" \\\n --form-string \"title=Build finished\" --form-string \"message=All tests passed\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/notify.push", "tool": "https://letme.dev/pushover" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pushover for Teams", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 5 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Pushover, LLC", "domain": "pushover.net", "domainRegistered": "2005-01-02", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://pushover.net/terms", "privacy": "https://pushover.net/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.pushover.net", "changelog": "https://blog.pushover.net", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The terms give no address and point to US law.", "Product changes are announced on the blog. The 2026-06-23 post deprecates the GitHub notification endpoint in favour of webhooks." ], "score": 96 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pushover.json", "live": { "slug": "pushover", "probe": { "target": "https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:53.670527775Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 161, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 187, "p95ms24h": 238, "samples24h": 260, "samples30d": 2098, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 114, "ok": 114 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.pushover.net", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:58:27.456498068Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://pushover.net/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2038-01-19T03:14:08.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:48.280141371Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "pushover.net", "registered": "2005-01-02", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/net/v1/domain/pushover.net", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:13.137695898Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://blog.pushover.net", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:49.77393558Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1c780b34fb64" }, { "url": "https://pushover.net/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:26.787691492Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6b0b637534bf" }, { "url": "https://pushover.net/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:28.936715656Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0642611ad7b6" }, { "url": "https://pushover.net/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:30.933561514Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "87db56879b09" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:53.670527775Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "MagicBell, Inc.", "b": "Pushover", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.magicbell.com/v2", "b": "https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under MagicBell's terms. The Go client and the CLI are MIT. The JavaScript client carries MagicBell's own Licence Agreement", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-07-29", "b": "2026-06-23", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-05-01", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-05-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "31 stars, 49k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3.5/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "MagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pushover's 53.1 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pushover leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, MagicBell or Pushover?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do MagicBell and Pushover need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. MagicBell has a hosted endpoint at https://api.magicbell.com/v2 and Pushover at https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json.", "question": "Can an agent call MagicBell and Pushover without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 75 against 62", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 68 against 50", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 49 against 20" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A product team that wants an embeddable in-app inbox with push, email, SMS, Slack and Teams behind one broadcast call, and an agent that sends notifications with a project token it was given.", "slug": "magicbell", "watchFor": "No batching or digest step found. Workflows have four commands (broadcast, wait, pause, abort)" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 87 against 58" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that must reach its owner or an on-call team and get an acknowledgement.", "slug": "pushover", "watchFor": "Recipients need the app, $4.99 per platform after a 30-day trial" } ], "job": { "capability": "notify.push", "name": "Notify push" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-magicbell.json", "title": "Amazon SNS vs MagicBell", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-magicbell" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-pushover.json", "title": "Amazon SNS vs Pushover", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-pushover" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-magicbell.json", "title": "Courier vs MagicBell", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-magicbell" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-pushover.json", "title": "Courier vs Pushover", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-pushover" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firebase-cloud-messaging-vs-magicbell.json", "title": "Firebase Cloud Messaging vs MagicBell", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firebase-cloud-messaging-vs-magicbell" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firebase-cloud-messaging-vs-pushover.json", "title": "Firebase Cloud Messaging vs Pushover", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firebase-cloud-messaging-vs-pushover" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/knock-vs-magicbell.json", "title": "Knock vs MagicBell", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/knock-vs-magicbell" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/knock-vs-pushover.json", "title": "Knock vs Pushover", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/knock-vs-pushover" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-novu.json", "title": "MagicBell vs Novu", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-novu" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-ntfy.json", "title": "MagicBell vs ntfy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-ntfy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-onesignal.json", "title": "MagicBell vs OneSignal", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-onesignal" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-suprsend.json", "title": "MagicBell vs SuprSend", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-suprsend" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novu-vs-pushover.json", "title": "Novu vs Pushover", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novu-vs-pushover" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-pushover.json", "title": "ntfy vs Pushover", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-pushover" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/onesignal-vs-pushover.json", "title": "OneSignal vs Pushover", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/onesignal-vs-pushover" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pushover-vs-suprsend.json", "title": "Pushover vs SuprSend", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pushover-vs-suprsend" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 13, "edge": "magicbell", "key": "reliability", "magicbell": 75, "name": "Reliability", "pushover": 62, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 18, "edge": "magicbell", "key": "schema", "magicbell": 68, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "pushover": 50, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "pushover", "key": "ergonomics", "magicbell": 63, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "pushover": 64, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "pushover", "key": "security", "magicbell": 50, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "pushover": 52, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "magicbell", "key": "payments", "magicbell": 35, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "pushover": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 29, "edge": "magicbell", "key": "maintenance", "magicbell": 49, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "pushover": 20, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 29, "edge": "pushover", "key": "transparency", "magicbell": 58, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "pushover": 87, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "MagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pushover's 53.1 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pushover leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do notify push.", "verdicts": { "magicbell": "A public OpenAPI 3.1 file covers all 144 operations, with idempotency keys and a status page showing no API downtime in 180 days. No batching or digest step, llms.txt, error code list, SLA or sub-processor list was found, and project tokens carry no scopes.", "pushover": "One POST with three required fields, form or JSON. Recipients need the app, $4.99 per platform after a 30-day trial." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-pushover", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-pushover.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-pushover.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-pushover.min.md" }, "markdown": "MagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pushover's 53.1 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pushover leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do notify push.\n\n- MagicBell: grade C, 58.8/100, rank #515 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/magicbell.json\n- Pushover: grade D, 53.1/100, rank #636 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pushover.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pushover.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### MagicBell (C)\n\nGood for: A product team that wants an embeddable in-app inbox with push, email, SMS, Slack and Teams behind one broadcast call, and an agent that sends notifications with a project token it was given.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 62\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 68 against 50\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 49 against 20\n\nWatch for: No batching or digest step found. Workflows have four commands (broadcast, wait, pause, abort)\n\n### Pushover (D)\n\nGood for: An agent that must reach its owner or an on-call team and get an acknowledgement.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 87 against 58\n\nWatch for: Recipients need the app, $4.99 per platform after a 30-day trial\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | MagicBell | Pushover | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 62 | MagicBell +13 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 50 | MagicBell +18 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 64 | Pushover +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 50 | 52 | Pushover +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 30 | MagicBell +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 20 | MagicBell +29 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 87 | Pushover +29 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.8 · C** | **53.1 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | MagicBell | Pushover |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | MagicBell, Inc. | Pushover |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.magicbell.com/v2` | `https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under MagicBell's terms. The Go client and the CLI are MIT. The JavaScript client carries MagicBell's own Licence Agreement | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-07-29 | 2026-06-23 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-05-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-05-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 31 stars, 49k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**MagicBell.** A public OpenAPI 3.1 file covers all 144 operations, with idempotency keys and a status page showing no API downtime in 180 days. No batching or digest step, llms.txt, error code list, SLA or sub-processor list was found, and project tokens carry no scopes.\n\n**Pushover.** One POST with three required fields, form or JSON. Recipients need the app, $4.99 per platform after a 30-day trial.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### MagicBell\n\n1. Ask the owner for a Project JWT from the dashboard's Project Auth page. The terms forbid accounts registered by automated methods\n2. Send `Idempotency-Key` with a UUID on `POST /v2/broadcasts`, and reuse it on a retry within 24 hours\n3. Stay under 500 requests a minute per IP. A 429 blocks the address for 60 seconds, so put many recipients in one broadcast\n4. Use a Project JWT for broadcasts, users, integrations and workflows, and a User JWT for one user's inbox, tokens and preferences\n5. Read delivery failures from `GET /v2/events` and the broadcast's `status`, since email, SMS and push go through providers the owner connects\n\n### Pushover\n\n1. Use priority 2 with `retry` (30 or more) and `expire` (10,800 or less) when a person must act, then poll the receipt\n2. Don't retry a 4xx. Fix the parameter named in `errors`. Wait at least 5 seconds before retrying a 5xx\n3. Read `X-Limit-App-Remaining` before a batch. Over the monthly quota every send returns 429\n4. Keep messages to 1,024 characters and titles to 250\n5. Send to a group key to reach several people in one call. Each person still counts against the quota\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, MagicBell or Pushover?\n\nMagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pushover's 53.1 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pushover leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do MagicBell and Pushover need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call MagicBell and Pushover without installing anything?\n\nYes. MagicBell has a hosted endpoint at https://api.magicbell.com/v2 and Pushover at https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-pushover.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-pushover.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"magicbell\", \"b\": \"pushover\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare magicbell pushover`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/magicbell.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pushover.json\n\n## Other comparisons with MagicBell or Pushover\n\n- [Amazon SNS vs MagicBell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-magicbell.md)\n- [Amazon SNS vs Pushover](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-pushover.md)\n- [Courier vs MagicBell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-magicbell.md)\n- [Courier vs Pushover](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-pushover.md)\n- [Firebase Cloud Messaging vs MagicBell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firebase-cloud-messaging-vs-magicbell.md)\n- [Firebase Cloud Messaging vs Pushover](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firebase-cloud-messaging-vs-pushover.md)\n- [Knock vs MagicBell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/knock-vs-magicbell.md)\n- [Knock vs Pushover](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/knock-vs-pushover.md)\n- [MagicBell vs Novu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-novu.md)\n- [MagicBell vs ntfy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-ntfy.md)\n- [MagicBell vs OneSignal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-onesignal.md)\n- [MagicBell vs SuprSend](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-suprsend.md)\n- [Novu vs Pushover](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novu-vs-pushover.md)\n- [ntfy vs Pushover](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-pushover.md)\n- [OneSignal vs Pushover](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/onesignal-vs-pushover.md)\n- [Pushover vs SuprSend](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pushover-vs-suprsend.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-09", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "MagicBell vs Pushover", "url": "" } ], "description": "MagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pushover's 53.1 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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