Prompt
What should I use instead of building my own signaling and TURN servers
Latest observation
If you’re trying to avoid running your own signaling and TURN infrastructure for WebRTC, the usual answer is: use a managed WebRTC platform.
Good alternatives
- Twilio Video
- Daily
- Agora
- Vonage Video API
- LiveKit Cloud
- 100ms
- Cloudflare Calls (depending on your use case / availability)
- Janus / mediasoup hosted by a provider if you want more control but not full self-hosting
What they replace
- Signaling: handled by the provider’s SDK / APIs
- TURN/STUN: typically included as part of the service
- Scaling and reliability: also handled for you
If you want the lightest-weight option
If your app is just peer-to-peer and you want to minimize backend work, look at:
- LiveKit Cloud
- Daily
- Twilio
- Agora
If you only need signaling, not a full media platform
You can use:
- Firebase Realtime Database / Firestore
- Supabase Realtime
- Pusher
- Ably
- Socket.IO on a small backend
Then still use a managed STUN/TURN service:
- Twilio Network Traversal
- Xirsys
- Metered.ca
- Agora TURN services depending on plan
Practical recommendation
- For a production app: LiveKit Cloud or Daily
- For a quick prototype: Firebase + Twilio/Xirsys TURN
- For full managed simplicity: Twilio Video or Agora
If you want, I can recommend the best option based on your app type:
- 1:1 calls
- group rooms
- live streaming
- data channels only
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