Pick Novu if
product teams who will stay on Free $0 (10k workflow runs, 20 workflows, no card) while they drop in Inbox, then buy Pro at $30/month when they need 30k runs, 7-day retention, and the email editor.
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Our take
Pick Novu if product teams who will stay on Free $0 (10k workflow runs, 20 workflows, no card) while they drop in Inbox, then buy Pro at $30/month when they need 30k runs, 7-day retention, and the email editor. Pick Svix if aPI teams who will stay on Free $0 (50k messages, 7-day retention, 50 msg/s, no card) while they send a first test, then buy Basic from $20/month when they need 99.9% SLA, 200 msg/s, and 30-day
Novu
notification inbox + workflow desk
Best for
Novu Workflow runs you start at $0 / 10k
Svix Outbound webhooks you start at $0
Free plan
Novu $0 · /month. No card. 10,000 workflow runs/mo. All channels (email, in-app, SMS, chat, push). US + EU residency. Up to 20 workflows. 2 environments (Dev + Prod). Activity feed 24 hours. Up to 3 team members
Svix $0 · /month. No card. 50k messages. 50 messages/second. 7-day payload retention. Embeddable webhooks UI. Dispatch, Stream, and Ingest
Lowest paid
Novu Pro $30/mo
Svix Basic $20/mo
Coding agent
Novu Novu Connect
Svix
Watch out
Novu Free keeps the activity feed for 24 hours
Svix Free is 50k messages and 7-day retention
Last checked
Novu 2026-10-22 · novu.co/pricing
Svix 2026-10-22 · svix.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Svix if
aPI teams who will stay on Free $0 (50k messages, 7-day retention, 50 msg/s, no card) while they send a first test, then buy Basic from $20/month when they need 99.9% SLA, 200 msg/s, and 30-day retention.
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