Stop Building Notification Infrastructure
No databases. No queues. No WebSocket servers. No polling logic. Notilayer is a fully managed notification service — from real-time delivery to the UI widget, everything is handled for you.
Zero Infrastructure
What you do not have to build
Notilayer replaces weeks of custom infrastructure work with a single integration.
No database for notifications
No PostgreSQL tables, no MongoDB collections, no schema migrations. Notilayer stores and indexes every notification for you.
No WebSocket or polling server
No connection managers, no heartbeats, no reconnection logic. Real-time delivery via SSE is fully managed by Notilayer.
No UI components
No bell icon to design, no inbox dropdown to build, no badge count logic. The pre-built widget handles everything in a Shadow DOM.
No delivery pipeline
No message queues, no retry logic, no dead letter handling. Notilayer manages the entire delivery pipeline with built-in reliability.
Fully Managed
What Notilayer manages for you
Focus on your product. Notilayer handles the entire notification stack.
SSE real-time delivery
Sub-second notification delivery via Server-Sent Events. Works behind all proxies and CDNs. Auto-reconnect built in.
Pre-built UI widget
Bell icon, inbox dropdown, unread badge, read/unread state, and mark-all-as-read. Shadow DOM for CSS isolation.
Notification storage
All notifications are stored, indexed, and queryable. History, pagination, and filtering are handled automatically.
Delivery pipeline
Message routing, retry logic, and guaranteed delivery. No queues or workers to configure.
Analytics dashboard
Track delivery rates, open rates, and engagement. Understand how users interact with your notifications.
Scaling and uptime
Notilayer scales with your user base. No capacity planning, no server monitoring, no on-call rotations for notification infra.
Three Steps
How it works
From zero to working notifications in under 10 minutes. No infrastructure to provision.
Add the widget script
One script tag in your HTML. Initialize with your project ID and user ID. The bell widget renders automatically.
Send from your backend
One POST request with a userId, title, and body. Standard HTTP from any language or framework.
Notification appears instantly
Notilayer delivers via SSE. The bell badge increments and the notification shows in the inbox. Sub-second delivery.
Widget handles SSE automatically
// 1. Add the widget to your frontend
<script src="https://api.notilayer.com/widget/widget.js"></script>
// 2. Initialize with your project
Notilayer.init({
projectId: 'your-project-id',
userId: 'current-user-id'
});
// Done. Bell widget renders. SSE connects.
// Real-time notifications just work.Send via REST API
// 3. Send a notification from your backend
const res = await fetch('https://api.notilayer.com/v1/notify', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.NOTILAYER_API_KEY}`,
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
userId: 'user_123',
title: 'New comment on your post',
body: 'Sarah replied to "Getting Started".',
}),
});
// Notilayer handles storage, delivery, and renderingComparison
DIY vs Notilayer
Weeks of custom infrastructure work or 10 minutes with a managed service.
| Component | Build It Yourself | Notilayer |
|---|---|---|
| Notification database | Design schema, manage migrations | Managed |
| Real-time delivery | Build WebSocket/SSE server | SSE (managed) |
| Message queue | Set up Redis/RabbitMQ | Managed |
| Bell widget UI | Build from scratch | Included |
| Read/unread state | Implement and sync | Automatic |
| Analytics | Build tracking layer | Dashboard included |
| Scaling | Capacity planning, load balancers | Auto-scales |
| Time to ship | Weeks | 10 minutes |
What you would build yourself
// What you would build yourself:
// 1. PostgreSQL/Mongo schema for notifications
// 2. Redis or RabbitMQ for pub/sub
// 3. WebSocket or SSE server
// 4. Connection manager with heartbeats
// 5. Reconnection logic on the client
// 6. React/Vue notification bell component
// 7. Inbox dropdown with infinite scroll
// 8. Read/unread state management
// 9. Badge count sync across tabs
// 10. Delivery pipeline with retries
// 11. Analytics and tracking
// 12. Scaling, monitoring, on-call...
// ...
// Weeks of work. Or 10 minutes with Notilayer.With Notilayer, you skip all of it
- No database to design or maintain
- No message queue to configure
- No real-time server to build or scale
- No UI components to develop
- No delivery pipeline to monitor
- Ship in minutes, not weeks
FAQ
Managed notification service questions
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Fully Managed Notifications. Zero Infrastructure.
From zero to working notifications in 10 minutes. No servers, no databases, no queues. Free plan included.