What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about self-hosted push notification tools — measured weekly across 4 engines, published as open data.
Updated 2026-08-02 · 56 sampled answers · rolling 4-week window · methodology
Rankings are measured from sampled AI answers — never editorial, never paid. Orbator builds AI-visibility tooling; when Orbator itself appears in any category, it is measured by the same rules as everyone else.
Sample: 56 AI answers · Window: Jul 5, 2026 – Aug 2, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (42 answers)
Across 56 sampled AI answers from 4 engines, Ntfy is recommended most often — appearing in 82.1% of recommendations, followed by FCM (66.1%) and Gotify (57.1%).
This is a measurement of share of voice across 4 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ntfy ntfy.sh Best for: AI recommends Ntfy most when buyers ask “how do I self-host a push notification server that supports iOS, Android, and web browsers” (100% of those answers) | 82.1% 95% CI 70.2–90% 46 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 37% | — | GEMINI 81%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 85.7%PERPLEXITY 76.2% | Claim |
| 2 | FCM Best for: AI recommends FCM most when buyers ask “self-hosted open-source push notifications vs managed cloud notification services — latency and cost trade-offs” (100% of those answers) | 66.1% 95% CI 53–77.1% 37 mentions · avg pos 5.4 first pick 21.6% | — | GEMINI 76.2%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 47.6% | Claim |
| 3 | Gotify gotify.net Best for: AI recommends Gotify most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (100% of those answers) | 57.1% 95% CI 44.1–69.2% 32 mentions · avg pos 7.6 first pick 6.3% | — | GEMINI 66.7%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 33.3% | Claim |
| 4 | APNs Best for: AI recommends APNs most when buyers ask “best self-hosted push notification service for a mobile app that can't use commercial cloud messaging” (87.5% of those answers) | 55.4% 95% CI 42.4–67.6% 31 mentions · avg pos 4.4 first pick 29% | — | GEMINI 57.1%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 42.9% | Claim |
| 5 | Novu novu.co Best for: AI recommends Novu most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (100% of those answers) | 50% 95% CI 37.3–62.7% 28 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 21.4% | — | GEMINI 47.6%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 38.1% | Claim |
| 6 | UnifiedPush unifiedpush.org Best for: AI recommends UnifiedPush most when buyers ask “best open-source push notification platform for a privacy-first web application” (87.5% of those answers) | 50% 95% CI 37.3–62.7% 28 mentions · avg pos 5.7 first pick 39.3% | — | GEMINI 66.7%CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 33.3% | Claim |
| 7 | Firebase firebase.google.com Best for: AI recommends Firebase most when buyers ask “best self-hosted push notification service for a mobile app that can't use commercial cloud messaging” (87.5% of those answers) | 50% 95% CI 37.3–62.7% 28 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 10.7% | — | GEMINI 52.4%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 33.3% | Claim |
| 8 | OneSignal onesignal.com Best for: AI recommends OneSignal most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (62.5% of those answers) | 25% 95% CI 15.5–37.7% 14 mentions · avg pos 15.7 first pick 14.3% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 9 | Docker docker.com Best for: AI recommends Docker most when buyers ask “how do I self-host a push notification server that supports iOS, Android, and web browsers” (87.5% of those answers) | 23.2% 95% CI 14.1–35.8% 13 mentions · avg pos 4.9 first pick 38.5% | — | GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 23.8% | Claim |
| 10 | Uniqush uniqush.org Best for: AI recommends Uniqush most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (50% of those answers) | 23.2% 95% CI 14.1–35.8% 13 mentions · avg pos 5.4 first pick 7.7% | — | GEMINI 47.6%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 11 | Namma Push Best for: AI recommends Namma Push most when buyers ask “self-hosted open-source push notifications vs managed cloud notification services — latency and cost trade-offs” (50% of those answers) | 12.5% 95% CI 6.2–23.6% 7 mentions · avg pos 3.2 first pick 28.6% | — | GEMINI 23.8%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 12 | AppWrite appwrite.io Best for: AI recommends AppWrite most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (50% of those answers) | 12.5% 95% CI 6.2–23.6% 7 mentions · avg pos 5.1 first pick 14.3% | — | GEMINI 23.8%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 13 | Node.js nodejs.org Best for: AI recommends Node.js most when buyers ask “what open-source notification tool should I use to send transactional and marketing push notifications” (37.5% of those answers) | 12.5% 95% CI 6.2–23.6% 7 mentions · avg pos 16 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 14 | MQTT Best for: AI recommends MQTT most when buyers ask “best self-hosted push notification service for a mobile app that can't use commercial cloud messaging” (37.5% of those answers) | 10.7% 95% CI 5–21.5% 6 mentions · avg pos 4.6 first pick 16.7% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 28.6%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 15 | Redis redis.io | 10.7% 95% CI 5–21.5% 6 mentions · avg pos 14 first pick 33.3% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 57.1% | Claim |
| 16 | AWS aws.amazon.com Best for: AI recommends AWS most when buyers ask “self-hosted open-source push notifications vs managed cloud notification services — latency and cost trade-offs” (37.5% of those answers) | 8.9% 95% CI 3.9–19.3% 5 mentions · avg pos 7.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 17 | AeroGear UnifiedPush Server Best for: AI recommends AeroGear UnifiedPush Server most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (50% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 6.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 18 | Beams | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 20.3 first pick 25% | — | CHATGPT 28.6%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 19 | Pusher Beams pusher.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 20.3 first pick 25% | — | CHATGPT 28.6%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 20 | Dev.to dev.to Best for: AI recommends Dev.to most when buyers ask “how do I self-host a push notification server that supports iOS, Android, and web browsers” (37.5% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 21 | Notif.me notifme.github.io Best for: AI recommends Notif.me most when buyers ask “what open-source notification tool should I use to send transactional and marketing push notifications” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 3.3 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 22 | AirNotifier Best for: AI recommends AirNotifier most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 6.5 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 23 | LaraPush Best for: AI recommends LaraPush most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 6.7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 24 | WebSockets Best for: AI recommends WebSockets most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 25 | Apple Podcasts Connect apple.com | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 26 | Suprsend suprsend.com | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 13.5 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 42.9% | Claim |
| 27 | OpenAlternative openalternative.co Best for: AI recommends OpenAlternative most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (50% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 14 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 28 | web-push | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 21.3 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 29 | Python python.org | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 21.7 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 30 | RabbitMQ rabbitmq.com | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 22.7 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 42.9% | Claim |
| 31 | Web Push Protocol | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 22.7 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 32 | PostgreSQL postgresql.org | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 52 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 42.9% | Claim |
| 33 | Web Push API | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 50% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 34 | Expo | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 35 | Pushkin | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 36 | Pushy Enterprise pushy.me Best for: AI recommends Pushy Enterprise most when buyers ask “self-hosted push notifications for a fintech app that must keep user data on-premise” (37.5% of those answers) | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 37 | Simple Push | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 38 | Centrifugo centrifugo.dev | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 4.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5% | Claim |
| 39 | PubNub pubnub.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 4.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5% | Claim |
| 40 | Nextcloud nextcloud.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 41 | Braze braze.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 50% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 42 | Nitroping | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 43 | Mattermost mattermost.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 44 | SendGrid sendgrid.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 14 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 45 | Twilio twilio.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 14 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 46 | pywebpush | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 14 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 47 | Courier courier.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 19.5 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 48 | Caddy caddyserver.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 20 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 49 | Knock knock.app | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 20 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 50 | NGINX nginx.org | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 20 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 51 | Notification Hubs | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 24 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 52 | apn | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 26 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 53 | NATS nats.io | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 31.5 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 54 | Apache Kafka kafka.apache.org | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 32.5 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 55 | Airship | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 33 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 56 | Pushy | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 39 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 57 | Resend resend.com Best for: AI recommends Resend most when buyers ask “open-source push notification alternatives to large hosted notification delivery platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 58 | PushBits | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 59 | Service Workers | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 60 | Pushwoosh pushwoosh.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 61 | Pushsphere | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 62 | node-apn | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 63 | node-gcm | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 64 | node-pushnotifications | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 65 | Klaviyo klaviyo.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 12 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 66 | apns2 | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 12 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 67 | go-fcm | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 12 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 68 | PyAPNs2 | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 13 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 69 | pyfcm | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 13 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 70 | webpush-go | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 21 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 71 | NotificationAPI | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 25 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 72 | Railway railway.app | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 27 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 73 | Java | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 39 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 74 | PushSharp | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 42 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 75 | Axum | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 46 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 76 | Fastify | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 46 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 77 | Fiber | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 46 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 78 | Gin | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 46 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 79 | Prometheus prometheus.io | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 54 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 80 | Customer.io customer.io | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 81 | DigitalOcean digitalocean.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 82 | Django djangoproject.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 83 | EngageLab engagelab.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 84 | Laudspeaker | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 85 | Linode linode.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 86 | Notifuse notifuse.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 87 | Parse Platform parseplatform.org | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 88 | Perfecty Push | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 89 | Rails rubyonrails.org | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 90 | SoftwareSuggest softwaresuggest.com Best for: AI recommends SoftwareSuggest most when buyers ask “what open-source notification tool should I use to send transactional and marketing push notifications” (37.5% of those answers) | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 91 | Vultr vultr.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 56 sampled answers, so each row also shows its 95% CI — the Wilson score interval around that share. When two products' intervals overlap, the gap between them isn't statistically meaningful at this sample size. First pick is the share of a product's recommending answers where it was named first, which separates “always mentioned” from “usually the top recommendation”. Full methodology.
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