Best Push Notification Services
Airship alternatives
8 tools scored in the same category. 5 score higher than Airship's 3.2/5.
Ranked by independent composite score, not by payment. Nobody on this page paid to be here.
Before you switch — what Airship does well
- Enterprise-grade: proven at 100B+ messages with guaranteed SLA
- Sophisticated journey orchestration for personalised multi-channel engagement
- Strong analytics and A/B testing for large subscriber populations
And where it was marked down
- Enterprise-only pricing — inaccessible for smaller publishers
- Complexity appropriate for enterprise scale — overkill for simpler needs
- Implementation requires dedicated marketing technology resource
An owned audience marketing platform for digital publishers to engage, retain, and monetize their audience.
Scores 0.9 higher than Airship
A leading omnichannel engagement platform specializing in push notifications and multi-channel messaging
Scores 0.8 higher than Airship
A programmatic push notification platform built for publisher monetization and audience retention
Scores 0.5 higher than Airship
A high-speed omnichannel customer engagement platform for personalized push, email, SMS, and WhatsApp messaging.
Scores 0.4 higher than Airship
The leading web push notification platform to increase traffic, engagement, and sales with automated messaging. (Now: PushEngage was acquired by Awesome Motive in 2020. It continues to operate under the PushEngage brand as part of their growth-focused software suite.)
Scores 0.2 higher than Airship
High-performance web and mobile push notification platform offering real-time messaging and advanced segmentation. (Now: Acquired by Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) in September 2023 to expand Brevo's real-time interaction and multi-channel marketing capabilities.)
Scores 0.2 lower than Airship
Advanced monetization platform for publishers and affiliates to generate extra revenue via push subscriptions.
Scores 0.3 lower than Airship
High-performance web push notification platform with advanced segmentation and a generous 10k subscriber free tier.
Scores 0.3 lower than Airship
Common questions
What is the best alternative to Airship?
On Benchmark Grid's independent scoring, iZooto is the highest-scoring alternative in Best Push Notification Services at 4.1/5, against Airship at 3.2/5. Which is right for you depends on your publication's size, revenue model and vertical.
Why would a publisher move away from Airship?
Our editors flagged: Enterprise-only pricing — inaccessible for smaller publishers; Complexity appropriate for enterprise scale — overkill for simpler needs; Implementation requires dedicated marketing technology resource. Whether those matter depends on your setup — many publishers run Airship successfully despite them.
Are these alternatives ranked by paid placement?
No. Every tool here is ranked by a composite score set by SODP's editorial team across 12 criteria. Vendors cannot pay for inclusion, for a score, or for a position on this page.
