--- title: WebRTC vs HLS — Which One Is Better for Your Streaming Proj… description: A practical comparison of WebRTC and HLS for streaming applications, covering latency (sub-500ms vs 2–30+ seconds), scalability, cost, synchronization, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/webrtc-vs-hls-which-one-is-better-for-your-streaming-proj--pvfetdbde twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: WebRTC vs HLS — Which One Is Better for Your Streaming Proj… | daily.dev og:description: A practical comparison of WebRTC and HLS for streaming applications, covering latency (sub-500ms vs 2–30+ seconds), scalability, cost, synchronization, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/webrtc-vs-hls-which-one-is-better-for-your-streaming-proj--pvfetdbde og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PVfeTdBDE.png og:image:alt: WebRTC vs HLS — Which One Is Better for Your Streaming Proj… og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # WebRTC vs HLS — Which One Is Better for Your Streaming Proj… **[Software Mansion](https://daily.dev/sources/swmansion)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical comparison of WebRTC and HLS for streaming applications, covering latency (sub-500ms vs 2–30+ seconds), scalability, cost, synchronization, and implementation complexity. WebRTC excels for interactive, low-latency use cases like video calls and live auctions, while HLS is simpler, cheaper, and scales effortlessly via CDN for traditional broadcast scenarios. The post advises against building custom WebRTC infrastructure due to its complexity and cost, recommending managed providers instead. It concludes with a promotion of Fishjam, the author's own WebRTC platform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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