# Novu vs Pingram (slim)

> Novu scores 64.2 (B) to Pingram's 57.4 (C) for push notifications. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Novu scores 64.2 (B) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do push notifications.

- Novu: B 64.2, rank #358 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novu.min.md
- Pingram: C 57.4, rank #611 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram.min.md
- Novu, good for A team that wants multi-channel user notifications with an Inbox component and the option to self-host. Ahead on Reliability, 93 against 58; Schema & documentation, 92 against 69; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 67; Security & auth, 64 against 51; Maintenance & community, 92 against 81; Transparency & trust, 66 against 54. Also Open source.
- Pingram, good for An agent that needs to send transactional email and SMS and read replies through one account without separate carrier or SMTP providers.

| Category | Novu | Pingram |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 93 | 58 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 69 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 84 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 92 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 66 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Novu | Pingram |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Novu | Pingram |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.novu.co/v1` | `https://mcp.pingram.io` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Licence | MIT (core), commercial licence for the enterprise directories | Proprietary service under Pingram's terms of service. The Node.js SDK and CLI are MIT on npm. The Go SDK repository has no licence file |
| Tools exposed | 30 | none |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.pingram/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-04-16 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-04-16 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 40k stars, 135k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk | 1 stars, 13k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.4/5 (8) | none |