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Pusher vs Infisical

Realtime pub/sub WebSocket Channels + programmatic push (Beams)
vs. Open-source secrets, PKI and SSH — self-hostable Doppler/Vault alternative

Pusher website ↗Infisical (OSS) ↗

Pricing tiers

Pusher

Beams: Sandbox
Free. 1K subscribers.
$0 base (usage-based)
Channels: Sandbox
Free. 100 concurrent conns, 200K msg/day.
$0 base (usage-based)
Beams: Startup
$29/mo. 10K subscribers.
$29/mo
Channels: Startup
$49/mo. 500 concurrent conns, 1M msg/day.
$49/mo
Channels: Pro
$99/mo. 2K concurrent conns, 4M msg/day.
$99/mo
Beams: Pro
$99/mo. 50K subscribers.
$99/mo
Beams: Business
$199/mo. 115K subscribers.
$199/mo
Channels: Business
$299/mo. 5K concurrent, 10M msg/day.
$299/mo
Beams: Premium
$399/mo. 250K subscribers.
$399/mo
Channels: Premium
$499/mo. 10K concurrent, 20M msg/day.
$499/mo
Channels: Growth
$699/mo. 15K concurrent, 40M msg/day.
$699/mo
Channels: Plus
$899/mo. 20K concurrent, 60M msg/day.
$899/mo
Channels: Growth Plus
$1,199/mo. 30K concurrent, 90M msg/day.
$1199/mo
Channels: Enterprise
Custom. 10M+ concurrent, 100B+ msg/day. SLA, dedicated support.
Custom
Pusher website ↗

Infisical

Free (Cloud)
$0. Unlimited users. 5 projects. 30-day audit. Community support.
Free
Self-Host CE (OSS)
Free forever. MIT license. Core features free. Docker Compose.
$0 base (usage-based)
Pro
$18/user/mo. Unlimited projects, secret rotation, dynamic secrets, 90-day audit, Slack alerts.
$18/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SAML, SCIM, SLA, dedicated deploy, HIPAA-ready, audit 1yr+.
Custom
Self-Host EE (BSL)
Custom. BSL-licensed enterprise features for self-hosted deploys.
Custom
Infisical (OSS) ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing be-sandbox on Pusher vs free on Infisical.

MetricPusherInfisical
subscribers1000 subscribers—

Features

Pusher · 11 features

  • Beams — Push notifications for iOS/Android/Web with device interest groups.
  • Beams Authenticated Users — Target users by auth user ID across devices.
  • Channels — WebSocket pub/sub — realtime events, live updates, notifications.
  • Channels Webhooks — Receive server-side notifications of channel activity.
  • Client Events — Publish events from clients directly (triggered from browser).
  • Debug Console — Live channel debugging dashboard.
  • Encrypted Channels — End-to-end encrypted messages.
  • Global Clusters — US, EU, AP-Southeast, etc. Pick nearest region.
  • Presence Channels — Track who is online in a channel.
  • Private Channels — Auth-required channels with server-signed tokens.
  • Stats — Connection / message dashboards.

Infisical · 18 features

  • Approval Policies — PR-style approvals.
  • Audit Log — Full activity trail.
  • Dynamic Secrets — Generate on-demand creds.
  • E2E Encryption — Optional zero-knowledge mode.
  • Environments — Multi-env (dev/staging/prod).
  • Infisical Agent — Sidecar for secret injection.
  • Infisical CLI — Command-line access.
  • Kubernetes Operator — Native K8s controller.
  • PKI (Certificates) — Private CA + cert lifecycle.
  • RBAC — Roles + permissions.
  • SCIM — User provisioning.
  • Secret Rotation — Auto-rotate keys.
  • Secrets Management — Core secret storage.
  • Secret Sync — Sync to cloud/hosting.
  • Self-Host (CE + EE) — Docker / Helm / AMI.
  • SSH — Ephemeral SSH access.
  • SSO (SAML) — Enterprise auth.
  • Webhooks — Change events.

Developer interfaces

KindPusherInfisical
CLI—infisical CLI
SDKPusher Beams Android, Pusher Beams iOS, Pusher Beams Web SDK, pusher-http-go, pusher-http-java, pusher-http-php, pusher-js (client), pusher (Node), pusher (Python), pusher (Ruby), PusherSwift, pusher-websocket-java (Android)infisical-python, @infisical/sdk
RESTBeams Publish API, Pusher HTTP APIInfisical REST API
OTHERChannels Webhooks, Pusher WebSocketInfisical Agent, Infisical Dashboard, Kubernetes Operator, Self-Host (Docker)
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