PushOwl alternative - Firepush
Looking for an alternative to PushOwl? Introducing Firepush. On the surface, these two push notification services may look similar – both platforms offer solutions that can help you sell more if you’re in e-commerce. However, they’re different when it comes to pricing, features, and most importantly, the number of channels covered.
Channel comparison
Compare Firepush and PushOwl below to help you make an informed decision.
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Include a large image inside your push notification for maximum impact.
Hero Images (large image inside the push notification)
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Promote your flash sale and set an expiry time for your campaign.
Flash sale (notifications with expiry time)
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Reward new push notification subscribers with a special time-limited discount code.
Countdown + discount code
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Send the same campaign again and again, for example, daily, weekly, or monthly.
Campaign boost
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Welcome new subscribers, to keep your store on their radar and increase the chances of early sales.
Welcome campaigns
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Improve sales via abandoned cart campaigns and encourage would-be buyers to finish their purchase.
Abandoned cart campaigns
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Give your customers the chance to be the first in the queue for every discount.
Price Drop
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Let your customer know when the item they are after comes back in stock.
Back-in-stock
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Send to the user once payment has been accepted and processed.
Payment accepted
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Update your customer every step of the way on every delivery.
Order dispatched
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Send SMS confirmation once the refund is issued.
Payment refund
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Send tracking numbers to customers as part of your delivery update messages.
Tracking number assigned
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Ask your customers for a product review a few weeks after the order was fulfilled.
Ask for review campaigns
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Keep up to date with sales, orders and stock levels with your specially tailored Store Owner Update pushes.
Shop owner update pushes
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Step one is a popup where you can explain what type of notifications your subscribers can expect. Step two is the automatic browser prompt used to capture permission.
2 step opt-in
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The fly-out widget is an icon that sits at the side of your website. When clicked on, a subscriber popup form appears.
Flyout widget
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Add a signup box to your webpages to encourage subscriber growth.
Sign-up box
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Embed a subscriber signup button into your website.
Embed button
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Analyze campaign performance with basic stats, including impressions, clicks and total revenue.
Basic reports (subscribers, impressions, clicks)
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Analyze campaign performance in detail with stats on CTR, ROI, conversions, orders and revenue generated by channel.
Advanced reports (CTR, conversions, orders, revenue, ROI)
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Get speedy responses to your questions with round-the-clock customer support.
24/7 Email and Chat Support
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Speed up your omnichannel marketing efforts with a strategic phone call from one of our marketing experts.
Phone Support
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Benefit from a dedicated Customer Success Manager to help you make the most of Firepush.
Dedicated Strategy Manager
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Get fast help with app integrations by using our expert Integration Engineer.
Integration Engineer
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Easily import existing subscribers from other platforms and export them whenever you need to.
Subscriber migration (import & export of existing subscribers from other
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Set up and launch campaigns quickly with ready-made templates that you can tweak to your requirements.
Templates
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Summarized the key differences
- Firepush has more types of push notifications than PushOwl, and most of these are available via the free plan.
- Firepush includes discount codes and countdown timers, whereas PushOwl doesn’t.
- Firepush includes ‘flash sale’ notifications in its free plan; this is available in PushOwl’s Enterprise plan.
- Finally, Firepush has more advanced analytics.
(Date of analysis: 2020 March)
Plan comparison
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Free plan
| Length | Foreover free | Foreover free |
| No. of subscribers | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Channels | SMS, Emails, Web push | Web push only |
| No. of free web pushes | 1000 web pushes per month | 500 impressions per month |
Paid plan
| Starter plan | $10 / month | 5000 web pushes | ||
| Business plan | $19 / month | 10000 web pushes | $19 / month | 10000 impressions |
| Enterprise plan | Custom | Custom | ||
Summarized the key differences
- Firepush offers a starter plan, whereas PushOwl doesn’t.
- Firepush Business plan includes features that are only available in PushOwl’s Enterprise plan.
(Date of analysis: 2020 March)
Finally, which browsers and devices Firepush and PushOwl support?
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Summarized the key differences
- Pushes are not available on iPhones as, at present, Apple doesn't support web pushes. Will be added to Firepush as soon as it arrives.
(Date of analysis: 2020 March)
