{"id":22194,"date":"2022-08-05T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mirrorfly.com\/blog\/?p=22194"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:36:27","slug":"webrtc-vs-websockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mirrorfly.com\/blog\/webrtc-vs-websockets\/","title":{"rendered":"WebRTC vs WebSockets – Which One is Right for Your Application?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the pace with which communication is happening, everyone wishes to experience lag-free video or voice chats in their chat platform, but unfortunately, it takes a tough stone to make a tender video calling app.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides the time and cost involved to build a video chat app<\/a>, many business owners are starting to feel gritty about whether to choose WebRTC vs WebSocket<\/strong><\/em> as the communication protocol as both are the front runners of communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, research has helped man in identifying that WebRTC is slightly preferred over any other protocols. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, in the article below, we’ll give a fair insight into the comparison of WebRTC vs WebSocket and other factors to help you make an educated decision for your app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>What is WebRTC?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WebRTC <\/strong>(Web Real-Time Communications)<\/a> is an open-source communication protocol created by Google that enables real-time chat, voice, and live video call<\/a> between web applications and devices. They can also handle multiple device connections without losing their integrity with the help of signaling servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WebRTC protocol is device and platform independent and so can be implemented as an open web standard on all mobile devices. Be it Android, iOS, or browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera, BlackBerry, and Internet Explorer, WebRTC technology supports any OS with simple JavaScript APIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>What is WebSocket?<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A WebSocket <\/strong>is a type of communication protocol<\/a> that allows for a persistent, bi-directional, and full duplex TCP connection between user’s browser and server. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This server-to-client message delivery tool is used by developers to predominantly establish real-time voice<\/a> and video communications<\/a>. In most cases, WebSockets are used to display data continuously on the client side. A perfect example of it would be a bitcoin trading website, where the backend server displays trading data continuously on the dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>How Does WebRTC<\/b><\/b> Work?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When two users send and receive messages using the WebRTC protocol, there comes the next challenge. They will be connected to Private networks (ISPs) but their apps will need Public IP addresses to connect them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s here, Network Access Travel (NAT) comes to help that translates the Private IP addresses into Public IP addresses without any breach of privacy and security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NAT works with 2 servers \u2013 STUN (Session Traversal Utilities for NAT) and TURN (Traversal Using Relays around NAT) servers for this process. At this point, we\u2019ll use WebRTCs to negotiate the connection between the computers via the servers mentioned above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In real-time, when user 1 starts a video call,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n