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Alternatives to OneSignal
20 telecommunications tools sit alongside OneSignal in this directory. Below is what separates each from OneSignal on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 2
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- OneSignal starts at
- Free
Why people look past OneSignal
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the OneSignal entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
OneSignal publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the OneSignal pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Cloud phone system for modern business
- No free tier, where OneSignal has one.
- Starts $30 a month dearer, at $30/month.
Intelligent cloud contact center
- No free tier, where OneSignal has one.
- Starts $149 a month dearer, at $149/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
The world's leading cloud contact center
- No free tier, where OneSignal has one.
- Starts $110 a month dearer, at $110/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 5 tiers to OneSignal's 4.
Cloud contact center for innovative enterprises
- No free tier, where OneSignal has one.
- Starts $65 a month dearer, at $65/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 3 tiers to OneSignal's 4.
Cloud communications platform for SMS, voice, and video
- Starts $0.0083 a per SMS message dearer, at $0.0083/per SMS message.
- 1 tier to OneSignal's 4.
No downloads, no logins - just video meetings that work
- Starts $6.99 a month dearer, at $6.99/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 3 tiers to OneSignal's 4.
Every OneSignal alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OneSignal (this page) | Free | Freemium | 4 | |
| AircallCloud phone system for modern business | $30/month | - | - | vs OneSignal |
| Five9Intelligent cloud contact center | $149/month | Subscription | 4 | vs OneSignal |
| NICE CXoneThe world's leading cloud contact center | $110/month | Subscription | 5 | vs OneSignal |
| TalkdeskCloud contact center for innovative enterprises | $65/month | Subscription | 3 | vs OneSignal |
| Twilio | Free, then $0.0083/per SMS message | - | 1 | vs OneSignal |
| Whereby | Free, then $6.99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs OneSignal |
| Ozonetel | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OneSignal |
| Plivo | On request | Per message and per minute, priced by destination country | 1 | vs OneSignal |
| Bandwidth | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OneSignal |
| 46elks | €0.02/per SMS part | Per message and per minute, priced by destination country | 1 | vs OneSignal |
| Exotel | On request | Prepaid credit bundle with a fixed validity period | 4 | vs OneSignal |
| Knowlarity | 1999/month | Per agent per month | 4 | vs OneSignal |
| Telnyx | On request | Per message and per minute, priced by destination country | 1 | vs OneSignal |
| Telesign | On request | Per message and per verification, priced by destination country | 1 | vs OneSignal |
| Sinch | On request | Per message and per minute, priced by destination country | 1 | vs OneSignal |
| Infobip | On request | Per message and per minute, priced by destination country | 1 | vs OneSignal |
| MyOperator | On request | Per month by plan, ten users included | 4 | vs OneSignal |
| RingCentral | $24.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs OneSignal |
| Genesys Cloud | $75/month | Subscription | 3 | vs OneSignal |
| Vonage | On request | Usage-based | 3 | vs OneSignal |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the OneSignal badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
OneSignal is most often brought in for sending push notifications to mobile app users when orders ship, triggering email confirmations based on form submission events, creating multi-step sms and email journeys for onboarding users, sending in-app messages to users abandoning checkout flows. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If OneSignal is broadly right and the question is cost, the OneSignal pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Telecommunications category lists everything the directory holds, and best telecommunications tools ranks them.
OneSignal runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about OneSignal alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to OneSignal?
- 20 other telecommunications tools are listed in this directory, led by Aircall, Five9, NICE CXone, Talkdesk. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to OneSignal?
- 2 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Twilio, Whereby.
- Why do people look for an alternative to OneSignal?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from OneSignal?
- OneSignal is most often brought in for sending push notifications to mobile app users when orders ship, triggering email confirmations based on form submission events, creating multi-step sms and email journeys for onboarding users, sending in-app messages to users abandoning checkout flows. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to OneSignal?
- None of the telecommunications tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these OneSignal alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Telecommunications, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare OneSignal against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against OneSignal covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every telecommunications tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Telecommunications category, 20 tools beside OneSignal. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.