Pricing
PubNub pricing context
Human-reviewed pricing summary paired with DevTune’s public AI search visibility benchmark.
Reviewed pricing summary
- PubNub uses a MAU (Monthly Active Users) pricing model with three tiers.
- Free: $0/month for up to 200 MAU, 1GB storage (7-day retention), and 1M transactions—no credit card required.
- Starter: $98/month for 1,000 MAU with up to 6 months storage and BizOps Workspace.
- Pro: Custom MAU packages with volume discounts; representative examples are $330/month for 5,000 MAU and $500/month for 10,000 MAU (capped), scaling to ~$1,910/month at 50,000 MAU.
- Enterprise pricing via sales for 50,000+ MAU.
- Per-message fees, concurrent connection fees, and channel fees are all included in the MAU cost.
- Unlimited storage, 99.999% SLA, HIPAA BAA, and advanced analytics are Pro-tier features.
- Annual commitment discounts are available.
Benchmark context
#8
of 9 in Messaging & Event Streaming
0.8%
AI search visibility
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