SashiDo hosting starts at $4.95/mo ($59/year) and includes unlimited push notifications at no extra cost. You pay for infrastructure (API requests, database size, traffic), not per-user push fees. Airship requires $25,000-35,000/year minimum for 250K-500K MAUs with opaque enterprise pricing, onboarding fees, and tiered support costs. At 50K users, SashiDo costs ~$25-50/mo total vs Airship's $2,083-2,500/mo. Save 95%+ on total costs while getting complete backend infrastructure, not just push. See our transparent pricing.

Airship requires complex certificate setup (CSR generation, .p12/.p8 file conversion, team password coordination), dedicated SDK integration (2-8MB iOS, 556KB Android), platform-specific configuration for iOS/Android, and extensive testing across environments. React Native requires separate @ua/react-native-airship SDK; Expo has no official support, forcing custom dev builds. Documentation states Message Center integration alone took "weeks or months" before SDK 7.0 improvements. SashiDo setup: upload APNs/FCM credentials to dashboard, call Parse.Push.send() from Cloud Code, done. No SDK bloat, works with Expo Go, production-ready in 15 minutes.

Airship migration is complex and takes weeks-months. The platform uses proprietary APIs, custom data models (Channel IDs, Named Users), and platform-specific journey definitions that don't export to competitors. You must manually rebuild campaigns, recreate segmentation logic, and run dual providers for 30-60 days during transition. User reviews report "switching from proprietary wrappers will not be a 5 minute process." SashiDo uses standard APNs/FCM with open-source Parse Server. Export entire MongoDB database anytime, migrate to any Parse host or self-host. Simple token migration, no vendor lock-in. See our migration guide guide.

Airship adds a wrapper layer: Your request → Airship servers → APNs/FCM → device. Each hop introduces potential latency. Users report "significant delays" with notifications taking 2+ hours during incidents, RSS-triggered notifications having "up to 15-minute delays by design," and Message Center coupling causing "a few minutes throttling." G2 reviews mention "long delays (test emails taking up to 15 minutes)." SashiDo uses direct APNs/FCM integration eliminating the middleman: Your Cloud Code → APNs/FCM → device. Sub-second delivery, zero wrapper overhead, and you see raw APNs error codes for instant debugging.

Yes! Airship requires dedicated @ua/react-native-airship SDK with platform-specific native configuration, TypeScript-first interface, and complex initialization. Expo has no official Airship support—developers must eject to bare workflow or use custom development builds. GitHub issues show integration friction. SashiDo uses Parse's universal JavaScript SDK and REST API. Works seamlessly with React Native, Expo Go, Flutter, and all frameworks. No platform-specific native modules, no eject required, no build system issues. Pure JavaScript/TypeScript for push logic.

Airship's enterprise MAU pricing escalates from ~$25,000/year (50K MAUs) to $35,000-60,000/year (500K MAUs)—a 1.4-2.4x increase as you grow. Opaque pricing requires renegotiation. Third-party benchmarks show "costs scale unpredictably" with hidden fees for support tiers, channels, and features. With SashiDo, you pay for infrastructure scaling (from ~$50/mo to ~$200/mo for 500K users), but push notifications stay included with no per-user fees. Predictable costs based on actual usage (requests, storage, traffic), not arbitrary MAU metrics. Scale confidently without pricing cliffs.