Push Notification Services · reliability comparison
Expo Push Notifications vs Firebase Cloud Messaging: which is more reliable? (2026)
Expo Push Notifications and Firebase Cloud Messaging are effectively tied on reliability (90.8 vs 89.3). Over the last 90 days Expo Push Notifications reported 4 incidents and Firebase Cloud Messaging reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.93% and 99.91% respectively. Expo Push Notifications resolves incidents faster on average (2h 20m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Expo Push Notifications | Firebase Cloud Messaging |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 90.8 | 89.3 |
| Rank (push notification services) | #3 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.93% | 99.91% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 4 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 20m | 3h 51m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Expo Push Notifications and Firebase Cloud Messaging differ
- Expo Push Notifications reported 4× as many incidents as Firebase Cloud Messaging over the last 90 days (4 vs 1).
- Firebase Cloud Messaging had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Expo Push Notifications.
- Expo Push Notifications fixes problems faster: 2h 20m on average, against 3h 51m for Firebase Cloud Messaging.
- Expo Push Notifications's longest incident on record lasted 4h 41m (Sep 8, 2026); Firebase Cloud Messaging's lasted 3d (Mar 8, 2026).
90-day uptime
Expo Push Notifications
Firebase Cloud Messaging
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Expo Push Notifications incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 5, 2026 · resolved in 2h 13m
Website and services partially unavailable due to high database load
Affected: Website, Dev Tools API, Push Notifications Broker
- Degraded performanceSep 8, 2026 · resolved in 4h 41m
iOS push notification degraded performance
Affected: Push Notifications Broker
- Degraded performanceSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 1h 1m
Delayed iOS push notification delivery
Affected: Push Notifications Broker
- Degraded performanceAug 4, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
iOS Push Notifications partial outage
Affected: Push Notifications Broker
Recent Firebase Cloud Messaging incidents
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 3h 51m
RESOLVED: Firebase Cloud Messaging - low availability in North America
Affected: Cloud Messaging
Other push notification services to consider
- Novu · #1 · 100% uptime
- Courier · #2 · 99.99% uptime
- Batch · #5 · 99.83% uptime
- Airship · #6 · 99.81% uptime
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