Chumbaq or MoEngage? An honest answer.
An enterprise customer engagement platform with AI-led personalisation. Here's where each one wins, including the rows where we lose.
Choose MoEngage if
- You're an enterprise brand with a dedicated CRM team
- You need AI-led personalisation and recommendations
- You need a SOC 2 report and enterprise support contracts
Choose Chumbaq if
- You want to start free, today, without a demo call
- You want prices you can see before you talk to anyone
- You want open source and the option to self-host
Feature by feature
| Chumbaq | MoEngage | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
MoEngage details are from moengage.com as of November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
What changes when you switch
Start without a sales cycle
Sign up, add three SDK calls, and send your first campaign the same week.
Read every line
Chumbaq is open source, so you can see exactly what touches your users' data.
Prices on the page
Know what you'll pay at 25,000 or 100,000 users before you commit.
Chumbaq and MoEngage
Is Chumbaq as feature-rich as MoEngage?
No. MoEngage has years of enterprise features and AI tooling. Chumbaq covers the core loop (segments, journeys, five channels, A/B tests scored on sales) for teams that want it simple and open.
Bring your users back
Free up to 2,500 monthly active users. No card, no sales call.