Soketi
by Soketi · Open-source, Pusher-compatible WebSockets server you host yourself
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Overview
Soketi is an open-source WebSockets server that speaks the Pusher Protocol v7, so existing Pusher client code connects by changing only the host and port. It runs via NPM, Docker or Kubernetes on your own cloud or on-premises machines, and scales across servers using a Redis or NATS adapter. It includes app credential management, HTTP webhooks and a Prometheus metrics endpoint.
- Best for
- Teams replacing a hosted Pusher service who can run and scale their own WebSockets servers.
- Pricing
- No Soketi price list is published — the server is open source and you pay only for infrastructure, which the site puts at about $5/month on a DigitalOcean droplet, or roughly $5–12/month per app for the Cloudflare Workers deployment.
- Runs on
- Self-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Pusher Protocol v7 compatible, so existing client code still works
- Self-host via NPM, Docker or Kubernetes, in cloud or on premises
- Scales across servers with a Redis or NATS adapter
- Built-in app credentials and HTTP webhooks on channel occupancy
Trade-offs
- You run, scale and monitor the infrastructure yourself
- The Cloudflare Workers option is in open beta and closed source
- Speed and cost figures come from the vendor's own comparison table
- No support terms, SLA or managed hosting described
How Soketi markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Soketi’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Stop paying for €xpen$ive realtime.”
- Angle: ROI / cost-saving
- Hero: Terminal / CLI
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Soketi’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Soketi pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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