notifications

Novu

Open-source notification infrastructure — workflows across email, SMS, push, chat, in-app

Open-source (MIT) notification platform with code-first workflows, multi-channel providers, in-app Inbox component, subscribers management, and optional self-hosting. Alternative to Knock and Courier with transparent OSS core.

Novu website ↗Docs ↗

Pricing

Tier	Price	Notes
Free	Free	10K workflow runs/mo. All channels. 20 workflows, 2 environments, 3 team members, 24h retention.
Self-hosted (OSS)	Free	Open source (MIT). Run locally or on own infrastructure. No usage limits.
Pro	$30/mo	From $30/mo. 30K+ runs, 7-day retention, branding removal, advanced email editor.
Team	$250/mo	From $250/mo. 250K+ runs, 10 envs, 90-day retention, RBAC, 600 RPS.
Enterprise	Custom	Custom. 10M+ runs, HIPAA BAA, SSO/OIDC, data residency (SG/UK/AU/JP/KR), self-hosted/VPC.

Limits

Tier	Metric	Value	Notes
—	channels supported	email, in-app, SMS, chat, push	All channels all tiers
—	subscribers	unlimited (all paid)	Unlimited subscribers on paid plans
enterprise	hipaa	HIPAA BAA	Enterprise HIPAA
free	retention	1 days	Free tier activity retention
free	workflow runs monthly	10000 runs/mo	Free tier workflow runs
free	workflows	20 workflows	Free tier workflow count
oss	cost	0 USD	OSS cost
oss	license	MIT	OSS license
pro	run overage	$1.20 / 1K	Pro overage
pro	workflow runs monthly	30000 runs/mo	Pro base included
team	rbac	Role-based access control	Team RBAC
team	triggers rps	600 RPS	Team trigger rate limit
team	workflow runs monthly	250000 runs/mo	Team base included

Features

Activity Feed — Message-by-message delivery timeline.
Chat — Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Mattermost, WhatsApp, WeChat.
Email — SendGrid, Postmark, Mailgun, AWS SES, Resend, SMTP, Plunk, Mailjet, Sparkpost, Mandrill.
Inbox — React/Next/Vue/Angular in-app Inbox component. · docs
Layouts — Reusable email layouts with template nesting.
Multi-tenancy — Per-tenant branding, templates, preferences.
Novu Framework — Code-first workflow DSL (TypeScript) colocated with app code. · docs
Preferences — Per-subscriber + global notification preferences.
Push — APNs, FCM, Expo, OneSignal, Pushpad, Pusher.
Self-hosting — Docker Compose / Kubernetes deployment of full stack. · docs
SMS — Twilio, MessageBird, Plivo, Nexmo, Termii, Sendchamp, Africa's Talking, Kannel, Bandwidth.
Subscribers — Subscriber profiles with channels, preferences, topics.
Topics — Pub/sub style subscribe many users to a topic.
Translations — i18n support for templates.
Workflows — Code-first or visual notification workflows with steps, branches, delays. · docs

Developer interfaces

Slug	Name	Kind	Version
sdk-go	go-novu	sdk	1.x
sdk-node	@novu/api	sdk	2.x
cli	Novu CLI	cli	—
sdk-framework	@novu/framework	sdk	2.x
sdk-java	novu-java	sdk	1.x
sdk-kotlin	novu-kotlin	sdk	1.x
sdk-php	novu-php	sdk	2.x
sdk-python	novu (Python)	sdk	1.x
react-sdk	@novu/react (Inbox)	sdk	3.x
rest-api	Novu REST API	rest	v1
sdk-ruby	novu-ruby	sdk	1.x
webhooks	Outbound Webhooks	other	—
self-host	Self-hosted (Docker)	other	—

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