What’s the Best Way to Host a Websocket on AWS?

If you're looking for low latency, deploying a websocket on EC2 can be great. I set up a t4g.micro instance using Go, and it handles a couple hundred users effortlessly. It might be worth considering based on your user load.

You could also use ECS or EC2 for your websocket setup, but don't forget to include a Network Load Balancer (NLB) for better performance.

We opted for a route through CloudFront to an Application Load Balancer and then to our websocket service. You could check out NLB options too, or pair it with an API for a smoother setup.