Fomo is a solid social proof tool that shows live activity notifications, and it meters every plan by how many notifications you show each month, from 8,000 on Starter up to 300,000 on Pro, with automatic upgrades turned on by default. Amabrik shows the same real sales and signup notifications with no notification cap on any plan, no automatic tier jump when a sale goes well, and nine more widgets your site actually needs. For most sites, a flat price beats a notification meter that raises your bill on your best month.
Live notifications that never meter what you show, inside the full website toolkit, vs a single tool priced by your monthly notification count.
Fomo meters every plan by how many notifications it shows each month: 8,000 on Starter, 40,000 on Business, and 300,000 on Pro. Automatic upgrades are on by default, so the month you cross your limit Fomo moves you up a tier and your bill goes with it. Amabrik has no notification cap and no view cap on any plan. You pay one flat price, so a viral week or a big sale never trips an upgrade and never stops your social proof from showing.
Amabrik shows a notification only when a real event comes in: a purchase, a signup, a review, or a custom event you send. It never invents a name, never randomizes a sale, and shows nothing at all when you have sent nothing. Events flow through to the toast and are not stored, so there is no second copy of your customer data sitting on our servers. The moment a visitor senses a notification is fake, it does the opposite of its job, which is why the widget runs only on your own data. The US FTC also bans fabricated activity outright.
Fomo's Starter plan shows notifications on one website, and unlimited websites start on the Business plan at $75 a month. Amabrik's Lifetime plan is $99 once for unlimited sites, so an agency or a maker with a dozen projects pays the same flat price. The annual plan covers one site for $59 a year.
Fomo does social proof notifications and little else. Amabrik's single snippet also adds cookie consent, a banner, popups, forms, an AI chatbot, reviews, social feeds, bookings, and a chat button, plus a Security scan and an SEO/AEO scan. One bill and one script for every widget your site is missing.
You feed Amabrik from a webhook (Stripe checkouts are parsed for you, or POST a small JSON for WooCommerce, PayPal and Zapier), a one line Amabrik.event() call on your success page, or your approved reviews. Each event can carry a location and a product detail, so a toast reads "Someone in Paris just bought the Pro plan" instead of a bare line.
To be fair, Fomo also shows a live visitor counter, roundup notifications that total recent activity, and around a hundred prebuilt integrations that can pull reviews from Google, Yotpo and Judge.me. Amabrik shows individual real event toasts (a purchase, a signup, a review, a custom event), not running totals or visitor counts, and its own Reviews widget is where approved reviews come from. If a live counter or a big integration catalogue is central to your plan, Fomo has it. If honest one at a time notifications fit your site, Amabrik does that inside the full widget suite.
Every row is a concrete fact. Fomo figures from usefomo.com/pricing as of September 2026.
| Feature | AmabrikRecommended | Fomo |
|---|---|---|
| Free option | 7 day trial, no card, then paid | 14 day trial, no free plan |
| Paid plans from | $59/year (1 site) or $99 once (unlimited) | $25/mo Starter (8,000 notifications/mo) |
| Metered by | Nothing, one flat price | Monthly notifications, 8k to 300k by plan |
| Notification or view caps | None on any plan | 8k / 40k / 300k a month by plan |
| Automatic upgrade on overage | Never, the price is fixed | On by default, crossing the limit raises your tier |
| Sites per plan | 1 on annual, unlimited on lifetime | 1 on Starter, unlimited from $75/mo Business |
| Branding | No badge on any plan | Optional Guaranteed by Fomo badge |
| Where events come from | Webhook (Stripe parsed), in page call, approved reviews | 100+ integrations, Zapier, webhooks, reviews |
| Notification types | Purchase, signup, review, custom | Sales, live visitors, reviews, signups, roundups |
| Live visitor counter | Not offered, individual real events only | Yes, active visitors counter |
| Roundup or combined counter | Not offered, individual real events only | Yes, roundup notifications |
| Review sources | Your approved reviews from the Reviews widget | Google, Yotpo and Judge.me |
| Stored by the tool | Nothing (events pass through) | Activity runs through its platform |
| Cookie consent | Included, worldwide compliant | Not offered |
| Other widgets | 10 widgets in one snippet | Social proof only |
| Security and SEO/AEO scan | Both included in every plan | Not offered |
Amabrik is $59 a year for one site, or $99 once for unlimited sites. Fomo's cost climbs with the notifications you show, from $250 a year on Starter to $1,490 on Pro, and its Unlimited plan is custom priced.
Amabrik keeps two flat plans with no metering. Annual is $59 a year for one site. Lifetime is $99 once for unlimited sites. Every plan includes all 10 widgets, both scanners, and 1000 scan credits.
$199 $99once Launch price for the first 100 customers
Fomo has no free plan, only a 14 day trial. Starter is $25 a month, or $250 a year, and shows 8,000 notifications a month on one website. Business is $75 a month ($750 a year) for 40,000 notifications and unlimited sites, and Pro is $149 a month ($1,490 a year) for 300,000. Automatic upgrades are on by default, so passing your monthly notification limit moves you up a tier and raises your bill.
$25/mo
Fomo's cost climbs with the notifications you show, from $250 a year on Starter to $1,490 on Pro, and an automatic upgrade can move you up a tier mid month. Amabrik has two flat plans, $59 a year for one site or $99 once for unlimited sites, with no notification caps and no badge on any plan, plus nine more widgets and two scanners in every plan. For most sites that want live notifications without a meter, Amabrik is the better choice. See Amabrik pricing.
Fomo is a standalone social proof tool. Amabrik gives you the same live notifications plus nine more widgets and two scanners from one snippet, all with no badge.
Amabrik is a strong Fomo alternative for sites that want live social proof without a notification meter. Fomo prices every plan by how many notifications you show each month, from 8,000 on Starter to 300,000 on Pro, and turns on automatic upgrades by default. Amabrik shows the same real purchases, signups and reviews as live toasts, with no notification cap and no forced upgrade on any plan, and it bundles nine more widgets plus two scanners on one bill. For most sites, that flat price and full toolkit make Amabrik the better fit.
Amabrik is $59 a year for one site, or $99 once for unlimited sites, after a 7 day free trial with no card. Fomo has no free plan, only a 14 day trial, then Starter at $25 a month ($250 a year, 8,000 notifications), Business at $75 ($750 a year, 40,000), and Pro at $149 ($1,490 a year, 300,000). Amabrik's price never moves with your volume, and every plan already includes all ten widgets and both scanners.
Yes, Fomo caps how many notifications each plan shows every month: 8,000 on Starter, 40,000 on Business, and 300,000 on Pro. Automatic upgrades are on by default, so the month you cross your limit Fomo moves you up a tier and your bill rises with it. Amabrik has no notification or view cap on any plan, so your social proof keeps running no matter how busy the month gets, and the price does not change.
Every Amabrik notification is a real event. The widget only ever shows events you send in, so with none it shows nothing. There is no fake stream mode and Amabrik never invents a name or a purchase. Each toast is a genuine purchase, signup, review, or custom event from your own store or app, and nothing is stored on our side. Faking activity is also against the law in some places: the US FTC bans fabricated reviews and testimonials outright.
No, and it's worth being direct about. Fomo can show a live visitor counter and roundup notifications that total recent activity. Amabrik shows individual real event toasts (a purchase, a signup, a review, a custom event), not a running total or a live count. If a visitor counter is central to your plan, Fomo has it natively. If honest one at a time notifications fit your site, Amabrik does that inside the full widget suite.
Three ways, and you can mix them. Paste the widget's private webhook URL into Stripe, WooCommerce, PayPal or Zapier so each real sale or signup posts an event, and Stripe checkouts are parsed for you. Call Amabrik.event({ type: "signup" }) on your own success page. Or turn on the switch that shows recent approved reviews from your Reviews widget. Fomo instead leans on its own catalogue of around a hundred integrations and can pull reviews from Google, Yotpo and Judge.me.
Switch if you're tired of a bill that climbs with your volume and upgrades itself, because Amabrik has no notification caps and one flat price. Switch if you want more than social proof, since the same Amabrik snippet also adds consent, popups, forms, an AI chatbot, bookings, reviews, social feeds and a chat button, plus a security scan and an SEO/AEO scan. And switch if you would rather show honest one at a time notifications with nothing stored on a third party server. That mix is what makes Amabrik the Fomo alternative most sites should pick.