PWA Push Notification Software Comparison

FCM vs Progressier

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Compare	Progressier	FCM
Platform Support With FCM, you can integrate push notifications into your PWAs, native apps or even websites. Progressier is exclusively for PWAs.	Progressier PWA only FCM PWAs, websites, native apps	PWAs, websites, native apps
Integration Ease Progressier is designed specifically for PWAs, hence offers streamlined integration for web apps. FCM offers comprehensive documentation but is part of a larger suite of tools, which might complicate integration.	Progressier ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ FCM ⭐⭐	⭐⭐
iOS Workflow With Progressier, you can prompt users to install your app on their home screens, and then ask them to allow notifications right out of the box. FCM requires a lot of custom code to get users to allow notifications on their iPhone or iPad PWAs.	Progressier Fully supported FCM Limited support	Limited support
Prompts & Widgets Progressier comes with a series of prompts and widgets designed to maximize your app's subscription rate. Firebase Cloud Messaging doesn't come with any notification prompt UI.	Progressier FCM
Data Connection With Progressier, it's ridiculously easy to connect emails, user types, subscription statuses or other user data without changing anything to your existing database. With FCM, you'll have to save each device ID in your database.	Progressier ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ FCM ⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐
Categories & Tags Both solutions allow you to categorize users with tags and categories.	Progressier FCM
Geo & Device Targeting Both Progressier and Firebase Cloud Messaging allow targeting users by country, topic or browser.	Progressier FCM
User Privacy Progressier is designed to minimize data collected from end users. Progressier is fully GDPR compliant, and doesn't even require adding a cookie consent banner to your PWA. FCM is tightly integrated into Google's ecosystem and may collect more data than strictly required.	Progressier ⭐⭐⭐⭐ FCM ⭐⭐	⭐⭐
Notification Scheduling With Progressier, you can schedule notifications up to two weeks in the future without any additional effort. With FCM, you'll have to connect your PWA with other tools and services, such as Google Cloud Functions or other Firebase tools.	Progressier FCM
Push Notification API You can use the Progressier API or the FCM API to send push notifications to users based on what happens in your PWA.	Progressier FCM
Push Dashboard You can send notifications to users from the Progressier or FCM dashboards.	Progressier FCM
Zapier Integration Connect your PWA events to thousands of apps with Zapier.	Progressier FCM

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