Knock vs Novu

Side-by-side — pricing, strengths, tradeoffs, and fit.

Knock

Notifications infrastructure — orchestrate email, push, SMS, and in-app messages.

Novu

Open-source notification infrastructure

At a glance

Free TierEnterprise
● Established·From $250/mo
Open SourceFree Tier
· Not enough data·From Freemium

Overview

One-liner

Notifications infrastructure — orchestrate email, push, SMS, and in-app messages.

One-liner

Open-source notification infrastructure

Maturity

Established

Maturity

Not enough data

Open source

✕ No

Open source

✓ Yes

Pricing

Free tier

✓ Available

Free up to 10,000 notifications/month

Free tier

✓ Available

Starts at

$250/mo

Starts at

Freemium

Model

Usage-based

Model

Hybrid

Enterprise

✓ Available

Enterprise

✕ None

Best for

✓ Best for

Multi-channel product notificationsOne API across email/push/SMS/in-app
Notification preferences/digestsBuilt-in preference and batching logic

✓ Best for

Dev teams building multi-channel notification systems (email + push + in-app + SMS)

Not ideal for

✕ Not for

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✕ Not for

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Strengths

↑ Strengths

Cross-channel orchestration
Preferences and batching
Good developer experience

↑ Strengths

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Weaknesses

↓ Weaknesses

Pricing steps up for scale
Another service to integrate

↓ Weaknesses

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