SocketCluster vs Syncano: What are the differences?

What is SocketCluster? An open, scalable realtime engine for Node.js. SocketCluster is a fast, highly scalable HTTP + realtime server engine which lets you build multi-process realtime servers that make use of all CPU cores on a machine/instance. It removes the limitations of having to run your Node.js server as a single thread and makes your backend resilient by automatically recovering from worker crashes and aggregating errors into a central log.

What is Syncano? a highly flexible real-time backend as a service. Syncano is a backend platform to build powerful real-time apps more efficiently. Integrate with any API, minimize boilerplate code and control your data - all from one place.

SocketCluster and Syncano can be primarily classified as "Realtime Backend / API" tools.

"Cluster mode is awesome" is the top reason why over 8 developers like SocketCluster, while over 11 developers mention "Admin GUI" as the leading cause for choosing Syncano.

SocketCluster is an open source tool with 5.35K GitHub stars and 283 GitHub forks. Here's a link to SocketCluster's open source repository on GitHub.