Soketi
by Soketi · Open-source, Pusher-compatible WebSockets server you host yourself
37 — BenchRank score out of 100
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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 this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 20 out of 100
- Documentation
- 55 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 25 out of 100
- Pricing transparency
- 100 out of 100
- Changelog
- 25 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 60 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 35 out of 100
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
- 40 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 20 out of 100
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