Yes — Azure Notification Hubs has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes access to 1 million pushes per subscription per tier, up to 100 namespaces per tier, and up to 100 hubs per namespace. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $1.00/mo, and a credit card is required at signup.
About
Microsoft Azure Notification Hubs is a cross-platform push notification service for sending mobile notifications from any backend to iOS, Android, Windows, Kindle, and other connected devices. It supports APNs, GCM, WNS, and related platform notification services, and can be used from .NET, PHP, Java, Node.js, or cloud and on-premises back ends.
The service includes audience targeting through tags, localized notification templates, and scaling to millions of devices and billions of notifications. The pricing page lists three tiers: Free, Basic, and Standard. The Free tier includes 1 million pushes per subscription, 100 namespaces per tier, 100 hubs per namespace, and 500 active devices per namespace.
- Cross-platform mobile push delivery
- 1 million pushes per subscription
- 500 active devices per namespace
- 100 namespaces per tier
- 100 hubs per namespace
- Tag-based audience targeting
- Localized notification templates
- Basic and Standard service tiers
Free Tier Value
This free tier has real monthly value because it includes up to 1 million pushes, 100 namespaces, 100 hubs per namespace, and 500 active devices per namespace, with core push features and limited telemetry. The paid tiers are usage-based and the page does not publish a concrete monthly base price, so the free tier is best treated as a small but usable starter allowance worth about $1/month, with no credit-card-free signup explicitly stated.
What's included in the free tier
- Access to 1 million pushes per subscription per tier.
- Up to 100 namespaces per tier.
- Up to 100 hubs per namespace.
- Up to 500 active devices per namespace.
- Cross-platform push to individual devices.
- Push variables support.
- Limited telemetry.
- Queryable audience via registration queries.
- Flexible disaster recovery region availability.
See Azure Notification Hubs pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Basic
- included pushes per subscription per tier
- 10 million
- namespaces per tier
- 100
- hubs per namespace
- 100
- active devices per namespace
- 200,000
- Cross-platform push to individual devices
- Push variables support
- Limited telemetry
- Queryable audience via registration queries
- Flexible disaster recovery region availability
Standard
- included pushes per subscription per tier
- 0 million
- namespaces per tier
- Unlimited
- hubs per namespace
- 100
- active devices per namespace
- 10,000,000
- Cross-platform push to individual devices
- Push variables support
- Rich telemetry
- Queryable audience via registration queries
- Scheduled push
- Bulk import
- Multi-tenancy
- Flexible disaster recovery region availability
Pricing extracted from Azure Notification Hubs's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Azure Notification Hubs free forever?
Yes. Azure Notification Hubs has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Azure Notification Hubs require a credit card?
Yes. Azure Notification Hubs asks for a card at signup, even for the free tier.
What is Azure Notification Hubs's free tier worth?
We estimate Azure Notification Hubs's free tier is worth about $1.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 38/100. See freetier.co/ftv for how we calculate it.
