{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "ntfy", "name": "ntfy", "vendor": "ntfy", "vendorUrl": "https://ntfy.sh", "kind": "http-api", "category": "notifications", "summary": "Open-source publish-subscribe service for push notifications.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ntfy", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ntfy.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ntfy.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ntfy.json", "repo": "https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy", "license": "Apache-2.0 and GPL-2.0 (dual)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://ntfy.sh", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No auth needed on the public server, where topic names are public, so an unguessable name is the only protection. Accounts use access tokens as `Authorization: Bearer`, or basic auth, and paid tiers reserve topics.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free without an account, limited by IP to 250 messages and 5 emails a day, with messages cached 12 hours and attachments up to 2 MB. Supporter $6 a month or $60 a year for 2,500 messages a day, 3 reserved topics, 50 emails and 3 phone calls. Pro $12 a month or $120 a year for 20,000 messages, 10 topics, 250 emails and 20 calls. Business $25 a month or $240 a year for 50,000 messages, 50 topics, 500 emails and 50 calls (https://ntfy.sh/v1/tiers, https://ntfy.sh). Self-hosting is free (https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy).", "priceSummary": "$6 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 33500, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.ntfy.sh", "capabilities": [ "notify.push" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-key", "open-source", "self-hosted" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-27", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.6, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 226, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 67, "payments": 50, "reliability": 83, "schema": 53, "security": 38, "transparency": 79 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Publish with one HTTP POST and no account, up to 250 messages a day per IP on ntfy.sh. Unreserved topics on ntfy.sh can be read and written by anyone who knows the name.", "strengths": [ "Publish with one HTTP POST and no account, up to 250 messages a day per IP on ntfy.sh", "Apache-2.0 and GPL-2.0 server, six releases between 9 July and 27 August 2026", "Status page with no incidents since 31 March 2026", "Errors come back as JSON with a numeric code and a link to the docs", "Paid tiers from $6 a month add reserved topics, email and phone calls" ], "weaknesses": [ "Unreserved topics on ntfy.sh can be read and written by anyone who knows the name", "No idempotency key, so a retried publish arrives twice", "No OpenAPI spec, llms.txt, official MCP server or SDKs", "The terms promise no uptime or delivery, and there's no Retry-After on 429", "325 open GitHub issues against one main maintainer" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use a long random topic name, or a reserved topic with a Bearer token", "Keep the body under 4,096 bytes, the title under 1 KB and all tags under 512 bytes, or you get a 400", "Don't blind-retry a publish. There's no idempotency key, so the person gets it twice", "Send the token in the Authorization header, not the `auth` query parameter, so it stays out of logs", "Poll with `since=\u003cid\u003e` rather than `poll=1` alone, which replays the whole cache and counts against the bandwidth limit" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 67, "payments": 50, "reliability": 83, "schema": 53, "security": 38, "transparency": 82 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -H \"Authorization: Bearer $NTFY_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Title: Build finished\" -H \"Priority: high\" -H \"Tags: white_check_mark\" \\\n -d \"All tests passed\" \"https://ntfy.sh/$NTFY_TOPIC\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/notify.push", "tool": "https://letme.dev/ntfy" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Supporter", "unit": "month", "usd": 6, "note": "2,500 messages a day" }, { "item": "Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 12, "note": "20,000 messages a day" }, { "item": "Business", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "50,000 messages a day" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "ntfy LLC", "domain": "ntfy.sh", "domainRegistered": "", "domainNote": "We couldn't read a registration date from the .sh registry's RDAP server.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://docs.ntfy.sh/terms/", "privacy": "https://docs.ntfy.sh/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://ntfy.statuspage.io", "changelog": "https://docs.ntfy.sh/releases/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Terms are governed by Connecticut law.", "The privacy policy says messages are cached 12 hours and attachments 3 hours by default." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ntfy.json", "live": { "slug": "ntfy", "probe": { "target": "https://ntfy.sh", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:27.043686687Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 236, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 245, "p95ms24h": 308, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 903, "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": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://ntfy.statuspage.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T00:11:25.861115752Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "binwiederhier/ntfy", "version": "v2.28.0", "released": "2026-08-27", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:34:42.599762308Z" } ], "githubStars": 34620, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://ntfy.sh/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:56.181795167Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "ntfy.sh", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:41.08288357Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.ntfy.sh/releases/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:52.329185938Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:52.329185938Z", "fingerprint": "68ece810e5e5" }, { "url": "https://docs.ntfy.sh/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:50.195547148Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c956c27ca8f1" }, { "url": "https://docs.ntfy.sh/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:54.348128214Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c6bc41ff43a5" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:27.043686687Z" } }, "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": 53.3, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 334, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 20, "payments": 30, "reliability": 62, "schema": 50, "security": 52, "transparency": 89 }, "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.", "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, $4.99 per platform after a 30-day trial", "No idempotency key, so a retry after a timeout can send twice", "No OpenAPI spec, llms.txt, official SDK or MCP server", "No product change since the 23 June 2026 GitHub endpoint deprecation", "At most 2 concurrent connections to the API" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use priority 2 with `retry` (30 or more) and `expire` (10,800 or less) when a person must act, then poll the receipt", "Don't retry a 4xx. Fix the parameter named in `errors`. Wait at least 5 seconds before retrying a 5xx", "Read `X-Limit-App-Remaining` before a batch. Over the monthly quota every send returns 429", "Keep messages to 1,024 characters and titles to 250", "Send to a group key to reach several people in one call. Each person still counts against the quota" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 20, "payments": 30, "reliability": 62, "schema": 50, "security": 52, "transparency": 77 }, "provenanceScore": 100 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -s https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json \\\n --form-string \"token=$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": 100 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pushover.json", "live": { "slug": "pushover", "probe": { "target": "https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:28.692963341Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 171, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 177, "p95ms24h": 231, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 903, "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": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.pushover.net", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:24.763378215Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://pushover.net/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2038-01-19T03:14:08.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:59.302964153Z" }, "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": "2026-10-04T15:41:35.823122708Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1c780b34fb64" }, { "url": "https://pushover.net/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:09.214033855Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6b0b637534bf" }, { "url": "https://pushover.net/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:11.330682251Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0642611ad7b6" }, { "url": "https://pushover.net/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:13.330043972Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "87db56879b09" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:28.692963341Z" } }, "summary": "ntfy has a score of 61.6 (C) against Pushover's 53.3 (D). Both do notify push. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 47 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-pushover", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-pushover.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-pushover.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-pushover.min.md" }, "markdown": "ntfy has a score of 61.6 (C) against Pushover's 53.3 (D). Both do notify push. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 47 points.\n\n- ntfy: grade C, 61.6/100, rank #226 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ntfy.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ntfy.json\n- Pushover: grade D, 53.3/100, rank #334 of 452. 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\nPick ntfy for reliability (+21), payments \u0026 pricing (+20), maintenance \u0026 community (+47).\n\nPick Pushover for security \u0026 auth (+14), transparency \u0026 trust (+10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ntfy | Pushover | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 62 | ntfy +21 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 50 | ntfy +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 64 | ntfy +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 38 | 52 | Pushover +14 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 30 | ntfy +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 20 | ntfy +47 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 89 | Pushover +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **61.6 · C** | **53.3 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ntfy | Pushover |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | ntfy | Pushover |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://ntfy.sh` | `https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 and GPL-2.0 (dual) | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-08-27 | 2026-06-23 |\n| Popularity | 34k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ntfy.** Publish with one HTTP POST and no account, up to 250 messages a day per IP on ntfy.sh. Unreserved topics on ntfy.sh can be read and written by anyone who knows the name.\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### ntfy\n\n1. Use a long random topic name, or a reserved topic with a Bearer token\n2. Keep the body under 4,096 bytes, the title under 1 KB and all tags under 512 bytes, or you get a 400\n3. Don't blind-retry a publish. There's no idempotency key, so the person gets it twice\n4. Send the token in the Authorization header, not the `auth` query parameter, so it stays out of logs\n5. Poll with `since=\u003cid\u003e` rather than `poll=1` alone, which replays the whole cache and counts against the bandwidth limit\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## Other comparisons with ntfy or Pushover\n\n- [Courier vs ntfy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-ntfy.md)\n- [Courier vs Pushover](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-pushover.md)\n- [Knock vs ntfy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/knock-vs-ntfy.md)\n- [Knock vs Pushover](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/knock-vs-pushover.md)\n- [Novu vs ntfy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novu-vs-ntfy.md)\n- [Novu vs Pushover](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novu-vs-pushover.md)\n- [ntfy vs OneSignal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-onesignal.md)\n- [ntfy vs SuprSend](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-suprsend.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": "2026-10-05", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "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": "ntfy vs Pushover", "url": "" } ], "description": "ntfy has a score of 61.6 (C) against Pushover's 53.3 (D). 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