Is WebRTC better than #WebSockets?

21 Feb 2025 · 0 min

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Short conversational clip from a YouTube video (uploaded/created by Tsahi Levent-Levi) where two speakers compare WebRTC and WebSockets. Main points: they serve different purposes; WebRTC is used for media (and sometimes data) with low-latency media transport, while WebSockets is a general-purpose data channel commonly used for signaling in WebRTC applications. The speakers note you would not use them for the same purpose and that sending media over WebSockets is possible but not suited for low-latency media.

Is WebRTC better than WebSockets?
They are completely different.
Okay.
In a way that you use them both in a typical WebRC application, because for Web3 you need a signaling server, and a very good choice for that is a websocket server for signaling.
True, but.
You would never use them for the same purpose. WebRCY's purpose is to send media and maybe data, whereas WebSockets is purely data.
Yes, that's true. Well, you could send media over a websocket, but that would be something different. Not really low latency or that's not going to be where you aim it for.
Yes.