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FIG. 01 - fan-out diagramvask: 1 message billed · pusher: 24 messages billed
Unlimited appsGenerous free tierPusher protocolSub-50ms p99
Why teams switch
Pusher's protocol. Better bill.
Vask speaks the format you already use. Point your client at wss.vask.dev and ship - same SDKs, same channels. New bill.
Infrastructure
Built on Cloudflare.
Close to every user.
Vask runs on Cloudflare's edge network present in 330+ cities. Your subscribers connect to the closest node by default.
<50ms
P99 message latency
within region
330+
Cloudflare PoPs
globally distributed
FIG. 02 - live broadcast traffic, sampledstreaming
What you'd actually pay.
Pick the shape of your workload. We'll match it to the right Vask tier - and to whatever Pusher would charge for the same headroom.
Peak concurrent connections3,000
Server broadcasts / month3.0M
Avg. subscribers per broadcast300
14x cheaper on Vask's Team plan
That’s $649/mo back in your pocket.
Pusher limits are daily; estimate assumes even usage over a 30-day month.
How Vask compares.
Same protocol as Pusher. Same scale as Ably. Same control as Reverb. None of the trade-offs.
vask
This is us
2K concurrent · 10M broadcasts
$20/mo
Billing mechanic
Pay for what you send, not who's listening
Free tier
500K broadcasts · 100 concurrent
Support
Direct founder support
Pusher Channels
Pricing model
Tiered daily quotas
2K concurrent · 10M broadcasts
$99/mo
Billing mechanic
Every subscriber × every message
Ably
Pricing model
Per channel-message
2K concurrent · 10M broadcasts
~$154
Billing mechanic
Every subscriber × every message
Pricing reflects published list rates as of Apr 2026. Pusher Channels comparison requires Pro tier. Estimate assumes avg fanout 4 (50M messages/mo).
Pricing
Honest tiers. Generous limits.
No fan-out tax.
One bill per account. Spin up as many Vask apps as you need - they share your account's pool. Every plan includes client events, presence channels, and the same Pusher protocol you already use.
Free Tier500K broadcasts & 100 concurrentShared across unlimited apps. No credit card.
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The team
Built by people who ship.
Answered by the same people.
No support ticket carousel. No escalation tiers. When you email Vask, you get the engineer who wrote the code that's bothering you.
FOUNDER · ENGINEER
Ashley Hindle
21+ years shipping production systems. Former CTO.
"I built Vask for me, it's everything I've needed for all of my side projects. I don't want to manage infra, I don't want to pay $50/mo, and I don't want to worry that if my project is successful my bill will jump to $2,000/mo. Pusher's protocol is great. The pricing just grows too fast."
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