Is Frontegg or Pusher better?

Neither clearly leads. Frontegg starts at Free and Pusher at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Frontegg or Pusher?

Frontegg starts at Free and Pusher at Free.

Does Frontegg or Pusher run on more platforms?

Frontegg runs on web, api. Pusher runs on web, ios, android, api.

Can I use Frontegg for free?

Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.

What is Frontegg best used for?

Frontegg is most often used for adding enterprise sso/scim to a b2b saas product, multi-tenant customer identity management, white-labeled, custom-domain login experiences, securing ai agent access to a saas product via agen.co. Of those, adding enterprise sso/scim to a b2b saas product and multi-tenant customer identity management are not what Pusher is typically brought in for.

What can Frontegg do that Pusher cannot?

Frontegg covers Hosted login, Enterprise SSO/SCIM, Multi-tenant organizations, Custom domains. Pusher covers Pub/sub channels, Presence channels, Client libraries, Webhooks.

Software · head to head

Frontegg vs Pusher

Frontegg

Software

Customer identity and access management platform for SaaS applications

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Pusher

Software

Realtime messaging API for building live features into apps

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Frontegg detailed per-unit pricing beyond the free tier is not published, requiring use of an online calculator or sales contact to estimate costs.; Pusher the free Sandbox plan is capped at 100 concurrent connections, which is quickly outgrown by production apps.
They diverge on capability: Frontegg covers Hosted login, Pusher covers Pub/sub channels.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Frontegg and Pusher actually diverge.

Attributes where Frontegg and Pusher differ
Attribute	Frontegg	Pusher
Pricing model	usage-based	freemium
Platforms	web, api	web, ios, android, api

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Frontegg

Hosted login
Enterprise SSO/SCIM
Multi-tenant organizations
Custom domains
M2M tokens
Fraud protection

Only in Pusher

Pub/sub channels
Presence channels
Client libraries
Webhooks
24/7 monitoring
Priority support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Frontegg

Adding enterprise SSO/SCIM to a B2B SaaS productnot Pusher
Multi-tenant customer identity managementnot Pusher
White-labeled, custom-domain login experiencesnot Pusher
Securing AI agent access to a SaaS product via Agen.conot Pusher

Pusher

Adding live chat to a web or mobile appnot Frontegg
Showing realtime presence of online usersnot Frontegg
Pushing live notifications or dashboard updatesnot Frontegg
Building collaborative features without managing WebSocket serversnot Frontegg

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Frontegg

Detailed per-unit pricing beyond the free tier is not published, requiring use of an online calculator or sales contact to estimate costs.
Advanced fraud protection and multiple environments are Enterprise-only, unavailable on the Pay As You Go plan.
The 7,500 free monthly active users is comparatively modest next to some competitors' free tiers.
As a broader CIAM platform, it can be more complex to integrate than lighter-weight developer-first auth tools for smaller apps.

Pusher

The free Sandbox plan is capped at 100 concurrent connections, which is quickly outgrown by production apps.
Pricing jumps sharply between tiers (e.g. $49 to $99 to $299), leaving few options for teams with moderate but growing usage.
Priority support with faster response times costs an additional $3,000/month on top of plan pricing.

Pricing, plan by plan

Frontegg

Free

Pay As You GoFree
- 7,500 monthly active users included
- 5 enterprise connections (SSO/SCIM)
- Unlimited organizations
Enterprise$undefined/month
- Custom pricing
- Multiple environments
- Advanced fraud protection

Pusher

Free

SandboxFree
- 200k messages/day
- 100 concurrent connections
- Standard support
Startup$49/month
- 1M messages/day
- 500 concurrent connections
Pro$99/month
- 4M messages/day
- 2,000 concurrent connections
Business$299/month
- 10M messages/day
- 5,000 concurrent connections
- Premium support

Which should you pick?

Choose Frontegg if

You need hosted login.
You want to start without paying.
You work on web, api.
You also want enterprise sso/scim.

Frontegg review

Choose Pusher if

You need pub/sub channels.
You want to start without paying.
You work on web, ios, android, api.
You also want presence channels.

Pusher review

Questions people ask

Is Frontegg or Pusher better?: Neither clearly leads. Frontegg starts at Free and Pusher at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Frontegg or Pusher?: Frontegg starts at Free and Pusher at Free.
Does Frontegg or Pusher run on more platforms?: Frontegg runs on web, api. Pusher runs on web, ios, android, api.
Can I use Frontegg for free?: Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Frontegg best used for?: Frontegg is most often used for adding enterprise sso/scim to a b2b saas product, multi-tenant customer identity management, white-labeled, custom-domain login experiences, securing ai agent access to a saas product via agen.co. Of those, adding enterprise sso/scim to a b2b saas product and multi-tenant customer identity management are not what Pusher is typically brought in for.
What can Frontegg do that Pusher cannot?: Frontegg covers Hosted login, Enterprise SSO/SCIM, Multi-tenant organizations, Custom domains. Pusher covers Pub/sub channels, Presence channels, Client libraries, Webhooks.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Frontegg: What does Frontegg cost?

Frontegg's Pay As You Go plan is free up to 7,500 monthly active users, after which pricing scales with users, enterprise connections and M2M tokens via an online calculator; Enterprise pricing is custom.

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Pusher: What does Pusher cost?

Pusher Channels offers a free Sandbox plan (200k messages/day, 100 connections) and paid plans starting at $49/month for Startup, scaling up through Pro, Business, and several higher tiers up to $1,199/month, plus custom Enterprise pricing.

Source

Frontegg: Is there a free plan and what are its limits?

Yes, the free Pay As You Go plan includes 7,500 monthly active users, 5 enterprise SSO/SCIM connections, unlimited organizations, and a custom domain.

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Pusher: Can I change or cancel my plan?

Yes, customers can log into the dashboard and adjust their plan at any time, including upgrading, downgrading, or cancelling.

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Frontegg: How is usage metered?

Pricing is consumption-based, driven by monthly active users, monthly enterprise connections (SSO/SCIM), and monthly M2M tokens, with customers paying only for usage beyond the free 7,500-user threshold.

Source

Pusher: How is usage metered?

Usage is measured by concurrent connections and messages per day; a message counts both the publish and each delivery, so publishing one message to 50 subscribers counts as 51 messages.

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Frontegg vs Pusher

Frontegg

Pusher

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Frontegg

Only in Pusher

What people use each for

Frontegg

Pusher

Where each one falls short

Frontegg

Pusher

Pricing, plan by plan

Frontegg

Pusher

Which should you pick?

Choose Frontegg if

Choose Pusher if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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