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Track your PubNub bills and renewals

PubNub, founded in 2010, operates a global network for realtime apps, offering programmable publish/subscribe messaging along with presence, message storage, analytics, message-handling logic and integrations with push, Kafka and webhooks. It provides 50+ SDKs and a 99.999% uptime SLA, prices its service by monthly active users, and has launched Blocks.ai as a networking layer for AI agents.

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Provider: PubNub
Website: pubnub.com
Category: Developer Tools
Type: realtime
Also searched as: pub nub

About PubNub

What people pay PubNub for

Programmable pub/sub messaging
Presence and message storage
Realtime analytics (Illuminate)
Message logic and integrations
Blocks.ai for AI agents

For: Apps in sports, media, transport, e-commerce, gaming and healthcare
Since: 2010
Wikipedia: PubNub

PubNub pricing and billing

Pricing: Usage-based
Free plan: Yes
Billed: Monthly or yearly
Plans: Free, Starter, Pro
Paid plans from: $98 per month for 1,000 MAU (Starter)

Billing depends only on monthly active users, with channels, messages and storage included; Pro has custom MAU packages and annual pricing discounts.

As listed on PubNub's site on 12 October 2026 · official pricing. Prices change; confirm before you buy.

Tracking tip

PubNub bills for what you use, so the amount changes from month to month. Record what was actually charged when each payment lands; your payment history then shows real costs, and Insights (Pro) flags changes of 5% or more.

How to track PubNub in SysCost

SysCost keeps every PubNub subscription in one ledger with the rest of your tools, reminds your team before each renewal, and converts every currency into yours.

Step 1
Pick PubNub
Add a subscription, choose PubNub as its provider and give it your own name.
Step 2
Set the cycle
Enter the amount, currency, billing cycle and next payment date.
Step 3
Get reminders
In Slack, Discord, Telegram or email, days before each renewal.
Step 4
Record payments
Mark each one paid, failed or skipped; unpaid ones show as overdue.

Useful PubNub links

Checked to load on 12 October 2026. Sources: pubnub.com, wikidata.org.

PubNub and SysCost: common questions

Can SysCost track my PubNub subscription?

Yes. PubNub is built into SysCost with its logo: pick it as the provider when you add a subscription.

Does PubNub have a free plan?

Yes, PubNub lists a free plan, according to its website (checked 12 October 2026). Paid plans start from $98 per month for 1,000 MAU (Starter).

How does PubNub bill?

PubNub offers monthly or yearly billing, priced usage-based. In SysCost, choose the matching cycle (monthly, quarterly or yearly) and every renewal is projected from your next payment date.