PubNub Pricing

PubNub pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free plan; paid plans begin at $98/mo for the Starter plan and up to $190/mo for the Pro plan, with annual discounts available.

PubNub's cheapest business-usable plan is Starter at $98/mo. Lowest paid tier that supports production use.

Yes — PubNub publishes a free tier. 200 MAU or 1M transactions.

Yes — PubNub's purchase motion is self-serve. A checkout URL is published on the pricing page. No demo is required.

xpay scored PubNub as human-assisted: some plans are self-serve, others require sales contact. PubNub publishes a pricing page with 5 discoverable plan tier(s). No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. Self-serve signup exists alongside a sales-led / custom tier. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. A free or freemium tier is offered. For the full purchase simulation see the linked Agent-Ready Index scorecard.

In the Cloud Communication Platform category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for PubNub to compare with 3 nearest peers.