{"data":{"slug":"magicbell","name":"MagicBell","tagline":"Multichannel notification API + inbox; Builder free to 1k deliveries/mo","category":"notifications","categoryName":"Notifications","url":"https://www.magicbell.com","github":null,"pricing":"freemium","hook":"MagicBell is the notification inbox + routing fabric when Knock is workflow-orchestration-first and OneSignal is push-marketing-heavy.","whatsGood":"One API across in-app, email, mobile/web push, Slack, SMS. Built-in preferences, smart delivery, delivery observability. Builder $0: 1k deliveries/mo, all integrations, unlimited users/members, 1 project.","theCatch":"Closed SaaS — not Novu self-host. LOUD: Startup jumps to $249/mo (50k deliveries; $0.0025 overage). Multi-channel = multi-delivery counts. You still pay SendGrid/Twilio/FCM underneath. Not Knock twin for complex workflow DAGs.","verdict":"Notification inbox SaaS. Free to 1k deliveries; Startup $249.","addedAt":"2026-09-04","featured":false,"domain":"Comms","subSpecialty":"Notifications","capabilities":["push","in-app","email"],"surfaces":["API","Hosted"],"ecosystem":["Multi-platform"],"licenseModel":"Freemium","githubStars":null},"related":[{"slug":"ntfy","name":"ntfy","tagline":"HTTP pub-sub notifications you can curl from cron"},{"slug":"novu","name":"Novu","tagline":"MIT notification workflows with a real 0 USD Cloud"},{"slug":"listmonk","name":"Listmonk","tagline":"AGPL-3.0 self-hosted newsletters and transactional mail"},{"slug":"apprise","name":"Apprise","tagline":"BSD-2-Clause CLI that talks to a hundred notifiers"},{"slug":"gotify","name":"Gotify","tagline":"MIT self-host push server; Android-first, no ntfy.sh twin"}],"links":{"self":"/api/gems/magicbell","html":"/gems/magicbell","markdown":"/gems/magicbell.md","category":"/api/gems?category=notifications","categoryPage":"/stacks/notifications"}}