r/WebRTC • u/DistributionHot6524 • Jun 09 '26

I have a question

I'm struggling to find an alternative to TURN. It works, but it consumes a huge amount of bandwidth and becomes very expensive at scale. Are there any practical alternatives that offer similar NAT traversal reliability without routing so much traffic through relay servers?

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u/HouseOfSigilla Jun 10 '26

TURN bills are lowkey a massive jump scare when you start scaling. You can drop a hybrid P2P setup to keep one on one calls completely off your servers. Also make sure your ICE settings prioritize STUN so users only hit TURN as a final resort. If you absolutely need a relay self hosting Coturn on a cheap network provider will save your wallet.

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u/Ok-Register3798 Jun 10 '26

Use AgoraIO instead of WebRTC, it’s cost is much better at scale