Alternatives to Novu
Novu: One API and an in-app inbox component that let software teams send notifications by email, SMS, push, chat and in-app. Here are 24 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 17 have a free plan.
- DashClaw
Holds risky actions from unattended AI coding agents until someone approves them from a dashboard or phone, and logs each decision.
Free trial · Security and passwords · Developers
- Databasus
Self-hosted tool that runs scheduled PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB backups to cloud storage and alerts your team.
Since 2025
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- EventSend
Send app events with one HTTP call, then search them and get them delivered to Slack, Discord, Telegram or webhooks.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Omnara
An open-source API and dashboard for developers to deploy and run stateful AI agents on any model, either hosted or on their own servers.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Velane
Hosts agents, small APIs and internal tools with sandboxes, secrets, environments and many app connections, run from your editor.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AgentLine
Gives AI agents a US or Canadian phone number for calls and SMS, usable over MCP, REST or an agent skill.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AgentsProof
Traces AI agent runs, scores them against your own rules and test cases, and gives a shareable report link.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AI Commander
Lets AI assistants like Claude, Codex or ChatGPT run shell commands and background jobs on machines you own, with no inbound ports opened.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AnyHook
Sits in front of your server to receive webhooks from Stripe, Shopify and others, logging each one so missed events can be resent.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Capgo
Sends live JavaScript fixes to Capacitor mobile apps without store review, plus cloud iOS and Android builds and push messages.
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- CloudForecast
Sends engineering teams a daily summary of AWS and Azure spending changes by Slack, Teams or email.
Since 2018
Subscription · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- CTFreak
Self-hosted scheduler that runs, chains and logs scripts, SQL and Ansible jobs across many servers for sysadmins and MSPs.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Failproof AI
Traces AI coding agent runs, spots where they fail and enforces rules that stop repeat failures as they happen.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- machine0
Persistent cloud virtual machines with up to 60 vCPUs and optional GPUs, which coding agents drive via CLI or MCP, charged per minute.
Since 2026
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- Yokka
A kanban board that shows what each AI coding agent is doing and alerts you when one needs your input.
Free plan · Projects and tasks · Developers
- Cord
Runs Claude Code and OpenCode sessions side by side in cloud sandboxes, started from Slack, Linear, GitHub or a phone.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- DeepSQL
A self-hostable agent that watches Postgres and MySQL databases, suggests indexes and fixes slow queries, and builds BI dashboards.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Dittofeed
Sends automated email, SMS, push and WhatsApp messages using user segments and a visual journey builder, and can be embedded in your app.
Subscription · Email marketing · Health and clinics
- LogClaw
Log monitor that runs in your own cloud, spots incidents and sends alerts with likely causes to Slack or PagerDuty.
Since 2026
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Dorothy
Mac app for developers to run, watch and coordinate several AI coding agents side by side with a task board.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Composio
Gives AI assistants and agents authenticated access to over 1,500 apps so they can take actions, with a managed MCP gateway.
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- AgentReady
Crawls a website and gives AI agents an MCP endpoint, llms.txt and cited answers, plus stats on agent visits.
Free plan · SEO
- Athas
A light open-source code editor with coding agents, terminals and Git built in, for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Skyvern
AI agents that run browser tasks like logging into portals, filling forms and pulling out data, without fragile scripts.
Subscription · Developer tools