The simple, affordable OneSignal alternative.
Same browser notifications, 6–25× cheaper — with flat pricing instead of per-subscriber metering, a five-minute drop-in setup, and standard Web Push you can walk away from any time.
No credit card required · Free tier never expires
What you'd pay, head-to-head
Identical web-push workload. OneSignal's per-subscriber metering is what opens the gap.
| Web-push subscribers | LitePush | OneSignal | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 subscribers | $9 | $59 | $50/mo |
| 100,000 subscribers | $30 | $419 | $389/mo |
| 500,000 subscribers | $79 | $2,019 | $1,940/mo |
OneSignal Growth plan: $19/mo base + $0.004 per web-push subscriber. Web-push-only workload with email / SMS / in-app channels excluded for parity. Verified June 2026 from OneSignal's public pricing page.
Why teams switch
Flat pricing, no per-subscriber tax
OneSignal's paid plans meter at $0.004 per web-push subscriber on top of the base fee — so your bill climbs with every visitor who opts in. LitePush is a flat monthly price per tier. Grow your audience without watching the meter.
Five-minute setup, one script tag
No SDK to learn, no configuration console to wire up, no app-group provisioning. Drop in one script tag, host one service-worker file on your origin, and call subscribe(). We've timed it at under five minutes to a first push.
Standard Web Push — no lock-in
LitePush uses the browser's native PushSubscription and the VAPID standard. There's no proprietary player SDK wrapping your users. Export your full subscriber list as CSV any time, straight from the dashboard or the API.
Just web push, done well
OneSignal is a multi-channel suite — email, SMS, in-app, journeys — and you pay for the whole platform. LitePush does one thing: browser notifications, with a dashboard, broadcast queue, groups, analytics, and webhooks. Nothing you won't use.
When OneSignal is the better choice
We'd rather you pick the right tool than churn in a month. OneSignal (or a multi-channel platform like Knock or Courier) is the better fit if you need:
- Multi-channel messaging — email, SMS, and in-app inbox alongside push, orchestrated together.
- Native mobile app push — iOS / Android app notifications via native SDKs. LitePush does web push, not native mobile apps.
- Journeys & automation — visual drip campaigns, segmentation builders, and A/B testing suites.
LitePush is deliberately narrower: the simplest, cheapest way to ship browser notifications. If that's the box you're trying to check, it's hard to beat.
Switching over
Export your OneSignal subscribers, swap the script tag, and ship. One honest caveat: Web Push subscriptions are cryptographically tied to the VAPID keys they were created under, so your users re-opt-in on LitePush — that's a property of the Web Push standard, required moving between any two providers, not a LitePush quirk.