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Amazon SNS vs Socket.IO: What are the differences?

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In this Markdown code, we will outline the key differences between Amazon SNS and Socket.IO.

  1. Scalability and Flexibility: Amazon SNS is a fully managed pub/sub messaging service, whereas Socket.IO is a JavaScript library for enabling real-time, bidirectional communication between web clients and servers. Amazon SNS allows for scalable and flexible messaging between distributed systems, while Socket.IO is primarily focused on real-time communication within a single application.

  2. Supported Platforms: Amazon SNS is a platform-agnostic service, which means it can be used across various platforms such as mobile, web, and server applications. On the other hand, Socket.IO is primarily used in web-based applications that utilize JavaScript for real-time communication.

  3. Messaging Model: Amazon SNS follows a publish-subscribe messaging model where messages are published to topics and then delivered to subscribers. Socket.IO, on the other hand, uses a client-server model where messages are exchanged between a client and a server using events.

  4. Message Persistence: Amazon SNS provides basic message persistence and delivery guarantees, ensuring that messages are delivered at least once to subscribers. Socket.IO does not offer built-in message persistence, as it is designed for real-time communication where immediate response is crucial. However, developers can implement their own persistence mechanisms if needed.

  5. Scalability and Latency: Amazon SNS is designed to scale to millions of messages per second with low latency, making it suitable for high-volume messaging scenarios. Socket.IO relies on the underlying web server's scalability and may have limitations in handling extremely high loads or large numbers of concurrent clients.

  6. Integration with Other Services: Amazon SNS seamlessly integrates with other AWS services, such as AWS Lambda, AWS IoT, and Amazon SQS, allowing for easy integration into a broader ecosystem of AWS offerings. Socket.IO can be integrated with various back-end frameworks and libraries, but it does not have native integration with specific cloud services like SNS.

In summary, Amazon SNS is a scalable pub/sub messaging service that can be used across platforms, while Socket.IO is a JavaScript library focused on real-time communication within a single application.

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We are starting to work on a web-based platform aiming to connect artists (clients) and professional freelancers (service providers). In-app, timeline-based, real-time communication between users (& storing it), file transfers, and push notifications are essential core features. We are considering using Node.js, ExpressJS, React, MongoDB stack with Socket.IO & Apollo, or maybe using Real-Time Database and functionalities of Firebase.

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Timothy Malstead
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I would recommend looking hard into Firebase for this project, especially if you do not have dedicated full-stack or backend members on your team.

The real time database, as you mentioned, is a great option, but I would also look into Firestore. Similar to RTDB, it adds more functions and some cool methods as well. Also, another great thing about Firebase is you have easy access to storage and dead simple auth as well.

Node.js Express MongoDB Socket.IO and Apollo are great technologies as well, and may be the better option if you do not wish to cede as much control to third parties in your application.

Overall, I say if you wish to focus more time developing your React application instead of other parts of your stack, Firebase is a great way to do that.

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Hello Noam 👋,

I suggest taking a look at Ably, it has all the realtime features you need and the platform is designed to guarantee critical functionality at scale.

Here is an in depth comparison between Ably and Firebase

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Hey Noam,

I would recommend you to take a look into 8base. It has features you've requested, also relation database and GraphQL API which will help you to develop rapidly.

Thanks, Ilya

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Pros of Amazon SNS
Pros of Socket.IO
  • 12
    Low cost
  • 6
    Supports multi subscribers
  • 219
    Real-time
  • 142
    Node.js
  • 141
    Event-based communication
  • 102
    Open source
  • 102
    WebSockets
  • 26
    Binary streaming
  • 21
    No internet dependency
  • 10
    Large community
  • 9
    Fallback to polling if WebSockets not supported
  • 6
    Push notification
  • 5
    Ease of access and setup
  • 1
    Test

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Cons of Amazon SNS
Cons of Socket.IO
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    • 12
      Bad documentation
    • 4
      Githubs that complement it are mostly deprecated
    • 3
      Doesn't work on React Native
    • 2
      Small community
    • 2
      Websocket Errors

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    What is Amazon SNS?

    Amazon Simple Notification Service makes it simple and cost-effective to push to mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, and internet connected smart devices, as well as pushing to other distributed services. Besides pushing cloud notifications directly to mobile devices, SNS can also deliver notifications by SMS text message or email, to Simple Queue Service (SQS) queues, or to any HTTP endpoint.

    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.

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