> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://v0.x-docs.novu.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Novu Providers

> Learn about the default Novu email and sms providers

## Novu Providers

To help you evaluate our services better, Novu provides an email and sms provider by default for every account. After signing up, you can go to the [Integrations store](https://web.novu.co/integrations?utm_campaign=docs-default-providers) on the Novu web dashboard to see this.

<Note>
  This feature is available only in Novu cloud. This feature will not work in community self
  hosted version and local environment.
</Note>

## Novu Email Provider

If you've a newly signed-up account on Novu, it will look like this:

<Frame caption="Novu Email provider on Novu web dashboard's Integration store">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/novu-v2-docs/RjdbijoFZs-J-RVM/images/default-providers/SCR-20230829-uosu.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=RjdbijoFZs-J-RVM&q=85&s=08e90b37a86b096127a41a9e2fb2701f" width="2968" height="1566" data-path="images/default-providers/SCR-20230829-uosu.png" />
</Frame>

## Novu SMS Provider

And this is what the default Novu SMS provider looks like:

<Frame caption="Novu SMS provider on Novu web dashboard's Integration store">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/novu-v2-docs/RjdbijoFZs-J-RVM/images/default-providers/SCR-20230829-uppz.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=RjdbijoFZs-J-RVM&q=85&s=ce1f121b8bc2798449254184e7366138" width="2966" height="1566" data-path="images/default-providers/SCR-20230829-uppz.png" />
</Frame>

<Info>
  The default email and sms providers are for evaluation purposes only and their use in production-grade apps is not recommended. You should switch to any of our [numerous other providers](/additional-resources/glossary#3-providers) for production apps. Also, there are two modes for default Novu providers - Development and Production.
</Info>

## Novu In-app Provider

In addition to email and sms, we also have in-app provider:

<Frame caption="Novu in-app provider on Novu web dashboard's Integration store">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/novu-v2-docs/RjdbijoFZs-J-RVM/images/default-providers/SCR-20230829-uqld.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=RjdbijoFZs-J-RVM&q=85&s=95e04ec157744ee1c0005b0650f7ab9c" width="2966" height="1564" data-path="images/default-providers/SCR-20230829-uqld.png" />
</Frame>

It is the only provider for the in-app channel and it *can be used in production apps*. Unlike sms and email, it is not active by default and needs to be turned on separately. It can be scaled as per your need and it is a 'pay as you go' offering. You can check [this](https://novu.co/pricing/?utm_campaign=docs-default-providers) for more details.

## Limits of the Novu Providers

Following are the limits for our email and sms providers:

1. Email: 300 emails per organization per month
2. SMS: 20 messages per organization per month

To send more than these limits, you can configure a different provider for a specific channel. Read more about them [here](/channels-and-providers/integration-store).