Stacks14.7K

Followers12.7K

+ 1

Votes1.8K

SignalR

Stacks251

Followers460

+ 1

Votes64

Socket.IO

Stacks5.4K

Followers4.3K

+ 1

Votes712

Advice on Firebase, SignalR, and Socket.IO

Anil Yadav

Mar 7, 2020 | 2 upvotes · 4.7K views

Needs advice

uWebSockets

Socket.IO

Node.js

I want to add uWebSockets.js in my application for real-time chatting, for that, I have to draw a UML and ufd diagram flow then I have to implement it in my code, my stack is node js, android, express, MongoDB, Redis. how can I do this? I want to add uWebSockets.js in my application for real-time chatting, for that, I have to draw a UML and ufd diagram flow then I have to implement it in my code, my stack is node js, android, express, MongoDB, Redis. how can I do this?I want to add uWebSockets.js in my application for real-time chatting, for that, I have to draw a UML and ufd diagram flow then I have to implement it in my code, my stack is node js, android, express, MongoDB, Redis. how can I do this?i want to add uWebSockets.js in my application for real time chatting, for that i have to draw a uml and ufd diagram flow then i have to implement it in my code , my stack is node js , android , express , mongoDb, redis . how can i do a this?

Pros of Firebase

Pros of SignalR

Pros of Socket.IO

13
Supports .NET server
9
Real-time
8
Fallback to SSE, forever frame, long polling
8
Free
7
WebSockets
6
JSON
6
Simple
4
Cool
2
Open source
1
Ease of use

200
Real-time
136
Event-based communication
132
Node.js
98
Open source
94
WebSockets
23
Binary streaming
17
No internet dependency
5
Fallback to polling if WebSockets not supported
3
Ease of access and setup
3
Large community
1
Push notification

Sign up to add or upvote prosMake informed product decisions

Cons of Firebase

Cons of SignalR

Cons of Socket.IO

16
Can become expensive
9
Scalability is not infinite
6
No open source, you depend on external company
5
Not Flexible Enough
4
Cant filter queries
3
Very unstable server

1
Requires jQuery
1
Weak iOS and Android support
0
Expertise hard to get

8
Bad documentation
3
Githubs that complement it are mostly deprecated
2
Small community
1
Doesn't work on React Native

Sign up to add or upvote consMake informed product decisions

- No public GitHub repository available -

What is Firebase?

Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications. Simply add the Firebase library to your application to gain access to a shared data structure; any changes you make to that data are automatically synchronized with the Firebase cloud and with other clients within milliseconds.

What is SignalR?

SignalR allows bi-directional communication between server and client. Servers can now push content to connected clients instantly as it becomes available. SignalR supports Web Sockets, and falls back to other compatible techniques for older browsers. SignalR includes APIs for connection management (for instance, connect and disconnect events), grouping connections, and authorization.

What is Socket.IO?

It enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication. It works on every platform, browser or device, focusing equally on reliability and speed.

What companies use Firebase?

What companies use SignalR?

What companies use Socket.IO?

Sign up to get full access to all the companiesMake informed product decisions

What tools integrate with Firebase?

What tools integrate with SignalR?

What tools integrate with Socket.IO?

Sign up to get full access to all the tool integrationsMake informed product decisions

What are some alternatives to Firebase, SignalR, and Socket.IO?

Parse

With Parse, you can add a scalable and powerful backend in minutes and launch a full-featured app in record time without ever worrying about server management. We offer push notifications, social integration, data storage, and the ability to add rich custom logic to your app’s backend with Cloud Code.

MongoDB

MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.

Auth0

A set of unified APIs and tools that instantly enables Single Sign On and user management to all your applications.

Heroku

Heroku is a cloud application platform – a new way of building and deploying web apps. Heroku lets app developers spend 100% of their time on their application code, not managing servers, deployment, ongoing operations, or scaling.

Realm

The Realm Mobile Platform is a next-generation data layer for applications. Realm is reactive, concurrent, and lightweight, allowing you to work with live, native objects.

See all alternatives

Interest over time

How much does Firebase cost?

How much does SignalR cost?

How much does Socket.IO cost?

Pricing unavailable

News about Firebase

Why Testim Left Google Firebase

(www.mongodb.com)

Nov 6, 2017

Better A/B Testing with Firebase

(analytics.googleblog.com)