Comments on: Why Doesn’t Google Provide a Free TURN Server? https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/ The leading authority on WebRTC Sun, 23 Apr 2023 13:58:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tsahi Levent-Levi https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/#comment-162404 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 13:58:54 +0000 https://bloggeek.me/?p=11030#comment-162404 In reply to Oleg Klenitsky (adminkov).

Oleg,

WebRTC is free, but hosting it isn’t. Standing up a machine in AWS or any other data center and sending and receiving packets on it costs real money. Someone needs to pay for that money, which means it can’t be free.

Let’s meet in 3-5 years and see how things are at that point in time.

]]> By: Oleg Klenitsky (adminkov) https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/#comment-162403 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 13:55:04 +0000 https://bloggeek.me/?p=11030#comment-162403 I am for free webrtc for all people on the planet and strongly condemn the position of robbery (demand money from everyone…) by Tashi Levent-Levi
Another 3-5 years will pass and webrtc will become the leader of free video communication, and the author of this article will be ashamed and no one will remember him.

]]> By: Dieskim https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/#comment-145106 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 03:29:07 +0000 https://bloggeek.me/?p=11030#comment-145106 Hi, does anyone know if these public servers have limits? I and wondering if it would be possible to query these servers too often and get our services blocked for running queries? More specifically the stun.l.google.com servers. Thanks

]]> By: Tsahi Levent-Levi https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/#comment-131894 Sun, 06 Jun 2021 19:19:28 +0000 https://bloggeek.me/?p=11030#comment-131894 In reply to Guillermo Cava.

True. STUN is practically free when it comes to bandwidth use.

You will still need to host it (or pay for it, or use a “free” service). And there are also your signaling hosting/costs, but that’s not much compared to the costs media relay via TURN.

]]> By: Guillermo Cava https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/#comment-131893 Sun, 06 Jun 2021 19:13:18 +0000 https://bloggeek.me/?p=11030#comment-131893 Hi amazing article, thank you so much for the info.

I did have one question regarding STUN. If using STUN and the connection being peer to peer there would essentially be no server costs as far as the bandwidth is concerned?

]]> By: Tsahi Levent-Levi https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/#comment-127642 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:11:53 +0000 https://bloggeek.me/?p=11030#comment-127642 In reply to Guilherme Siquinelli.

Nothing against them. Interesting it turned that way.

coturn is the most popular and widely used STUN/TURN server for WebRTC out there. If you want to use your own – then go with coturn. Don’t be adventurous and try other open source TURN servers.

(we use coturn as well at testRTC for certain services we offer)

]]> By: Guilherme Siquinelli https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/#comment-127641 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:58:20 +0000 https://bloggeek.me/?p=11030#comment-127641 I don’t see you commenting on coturn even once, if you like, for any specific reason? have a problem using them?

]]> By: Tsahi Levent-Levi https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/#comment-123669 Fri, 09 Oct 2020 11:20:21 +0000 https://bloggeek.me/?p=11030#comment-123669 In reply to Mihir.

Mihir,

Yes. You still need a TURN server, probably even more than with an SFU.

Look at Twilio STUN/TURN service or Xirsys for a third party provider. There’s little in the way of vendor lock-in, so nothing to lose by starting off with them.

]]> By: Mihir https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/#comment-123668 Fri, 09 Oct 2020 11:18:13 +0000 https://bloggeek.me/?p=11030#comment-123668 Hi Nice article.

We are trying to established only 1-1 live streaming application in our app through webRTC. There is no need to have SFU as video streaming will always happened 1:1 …. From same app. I have few queries

Are we still required to have TURN server ?

What would you recommend for this requirement

Should we implement our own Stun/Turn server or third party provider is needed ? which one would you recommend ?

]]> By: Sai https://bloggeek.me/google-free-turn-server/#comment-122272 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:51:14 +0000 https://bloggeek.me/?p=11030#comment-122272 Nicely written article. I’m just getting started with WebRTC (10 years too late I know), and this was a great read.

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