Chumbaq or Braze? An honest answer.
The enterprise standard for cross-channel engagement. Here's where each one wins, including the rows where we lose.
Choose Braze if
- You're a large brand with a CRM team and an enterprise budget
- You need data-warehouse integrations and enterprise compliance today
- You want the most mature tooling on the market
Choose Chumbaq if
- You're a startup or mid-size app and Braze is out of budget
- You want to start free and self-serve
- You want open source and self-hosting
Feature by feature
| Chumbaq | Braze | |
|---|---|---|
| Open source | Yes | No |
| Run it on your own servers | Yes | No |
| Prices on the website | Yes | No |
| Free plan | Up to 2,500 MAU | No |
| Sign up without a sales call | Yes | No |
| Push (iOS, Android, web) | Yes | Yes |
| In-app messages | Six native layouts | Yes |
| Through your SES, Resend or Brevo | Yes | |
| SMS | Through your Twilio | Yes |
| Meta, Twilio, Gupshup, Interakt | Yes | |
| Multi-step journeys | Yes: wait, branch, send, exit | Yes |
| A/B tests with a control group, scored on sales | Yes | Yes |
| No-code in-app widgets and gamification | Partly | Yes |
| AI featuresChumbaq's MCP server for AI assistants is in development | No | Yes |
| SOC 2 report | No | Yes |
| Years of enterprise track record | New | Yes |
Braze details are from braze.com as of November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
What changes when you switch
Priced for app teams
Free up to 2,500 MAU, with every plan's price on the page.
No implementation project
Three SDK calls and we help you build your first campaign.
Your servers, if you want
Run it yourself on your own servers when your data has to stay home.
Chumbaq and Braze
Is Chumbaq a Braze replacement for enterprises?
Not today, and we won't pretend otherwise. Chumbaq is built for founders and app teams who need the core engagement loop without an enterprise contract.
Bring your users back
Free up to 2,500 monthly active users. No card, no sales call.