Introduction
Hotsock creates and connects private resources in your AWS account to deploy a full-featured, fully-managed, standalone WebSockets service that is ready to use to develop real-time experiences in your web and mobile applications. No servers, no containers, nothing to manage.
Know what you're looking for? Here are a few starting points:
💰 Upgrade an installation to the paid tier
📝 Message publishing documentation
Quick setup
You can have your installation up and running in 20 minutes or less.
Installation is fully automated using AWS CloudFormation. Hotsock runs on AWS services such as API Gateway, Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, and DynamoDB. Each is configured and deployed in just a few minutes using infrastructure-as-code. Get started now →
Features
Whether you're a hobbyist, start-up, small business, or enterprise, all licenses have access to all features. Here's the full breakdown.
| Free Tier | Paid Tier | |
|---|---|---|
| Fully private in your AWS Account | ✅ | ✅ |
| Standard (Private) Channels | ✅ | ✅ |
| Presence Channels | ✅ | ✅ |
| Unlimited Channels | ✅ | ✅ |
| WebSocket Messages | 1 million per month | Unlimited |
| Custom Domains | ✅ | ✅ |
| Pub/Sub Events with SNS and EventBridge | ✅ | ✅ |
| HMAC/RSA/ECDSA Auth JWT Support | ✅ | ✅ |
| Zero-Downtime JWT / API Key Rotation | ✅ | ✅ |
| Single-use JWT enforcement | ✅ | ✅ |
| Web Console | ✅ | ✅ |
| Automatic Updates | ✅ | ✅ |
| Dedicated Support | None | |
| Pricing | Free forever | More Info → |
| Purchasing | N/A | Credit Card |
Deploy to AWS regions around the world
Choose a region closest to your application and users to achieve the lowest possible latency. See available regions →
Security on your terms
Since it installs to your AWS account, you own all the data and its functionality is bound to your policies.
You own the data forever, and only you can access it.
Serverless
Hotsock runs entirely on AWS managed, Serverless, multi-datacenter, pay-as-you-go, auto-scaling services.
There's never anything for you to manage, no servers to maintain or patch, no scaling knobs to turn. It just works and you're only paying for actual usage.