Chumbaq or CleverTap? An honest answer.
A full engagement suite with analytics, built for large consumer apps. Here's where each one wins, including the rows where we lose.
Choose CleverTap if
- You need deep product analytics and engagement in one enterprise contract
- You need a SOC 2 report and enterprise procurement today
- You want AI-led recommendations and a large services team
Choose Chumbaq if
- You're a small or mid-size app team that wants to start today without a sales call
- You want prices on the page and a free plan
- Your data has to stay on your own servers
- You want to read the code that touches your users
Feature by feature
| Chumbaq | CleverTap | |
|---|---|---|
| Open source | Yes | No |
| Run it on your own servers | Yes | No |
| Prices on the website | Yes | Partly |
| Free plan | Up to 2,500 MAU | No |
| Sign up without a sales call | Yes | Partly |
| 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 |
CleverTap details are from clevertap.com as of November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
What changes when you switch
No annual contract
Pay monthly, start free, and leave whenever you want with all your data.
Self-host when you must
Run the same platform on your own servers when your data can't leave.
Built for founders
Set up in an afternoon with our help, not a quarter-long onboarding.
Chumbaq and CleverTap
Does Chumbaq have product analytics like CleverTap?
No. Chumbaq reports on campaigns: deliveries, engagement, conversions and revenue. For funnels and retention charts, keep your analytics tool; Chumbaq syncs Mixpanel cohorts.
Bring your users back
Free up to 2,500 monthly active users. No card, no sales call.