Web Sockets on Vercel
Can I host a Web Socket server on vercel? I know you can't directly cause of it's serverless architecture but is there a work around? and if not what are the alternatives
just for context I'll be using that web socket server as a signaling server to send data between 2 peers
just for context I'll be using that web socket server as a signaling server to send data between 2 peers
Solution
Hi @.Boody
You can't deploy websocket server to vercel and you wouldn't want to, based on how their pricing works.
If your two peers are Servers with a public facing IP/Domain, you probably could switch to webhooks. Or if it is just one pair of peers and you're ok with not having realtime data, a pull/poll method might also a cheaper option than the following:
Otherwise, have a look at Pusher.com, Ably.com, soketi.app, ParyKit. The first two provide ws as a service, the last two give a kickstart to host the ws yourself.
You can't deploy websocket server to vercel and you wouldn't want to, based on how their pricing works.
If your two peers are Servers with a public facing IP/Domain, you probably could switch to webhooks. Or if it is just one pair of peers and you're ok with not having realtime data, a pull/poll method might also a cheaper option than the following:
Otherwise, have a look at Pusher.com, Ably.com, soketi.app, ParyKit. The first two provide ws as a service, the last two give a kickstart to host the ws yourself.
