Lightstreamer vs Mongoose Web Server
Lightstreamer
lightstreamer.com
Mongoose Web Server
mongoose.wsSide by side
| Figure | Lightstreamer | Mongoose Web Server |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 3 |
| Spec score · WebSocket Tools | 8.1 (#5) | 8.0 (#6) |
| Founded | 2003 | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy | Dublin, Ireland |
| Integrations | Ready-made connectors integrate with Kafka, MQTT, and JMS; named examples include Confluent Cloud, Amazon MSK, Redpanda, AWS IoT Core, IBM MQ, and ActiveMQ. | Mongoose can work with existing network stacks such as lwIP, Zephyr, and NetX, or run with its own built-in TCP/IP stack. |
| Intended users | The maker describes Lightstreamer for business-critical real-time applications across finance, gaming, aerospace, logistics, and media. | The maker describes Mongoose for developers building connected products and embedded device interfaces, including dashboards, REST APIs, telemetry, remote control, and software updates. |
| Support | Every license includes unlimited technical support tickets and unlimited upgrades; 24×7 support is available as an additional option. | Commercial support provides direct engineering access; reports are acknowledged and classified within two working days, and critical issues are worked on immediately. |
Plans
Lightstreamer
- Demo LicenseFree
- Annual subscription — Per Client LicensePrice not published
- Annual subscription — Per Server LicensePrice not published
- PAYG — Per Client-Hour LicensePrice not published
- PAYG — Per Core-Hour LicensePrice not published
Mongoose Web Server
- GPLv2 Open SourceFree
- CommercialPrice not published
- EvaluationPriced on request
In their own words
Lightstreamer
Lightstreamer is an event broker for delivering real-time data to web and mobile applications, including across proxies, firewalls, disconnections, and network congestion. Intelligent Streaming adjusts data flow to network conditions and can resample or combine updates to keep users synchronized. Messaging options include publish/subscribe, request/response, client-to-server messaging, and fine-grained item and field subscriptions. StreamSense chooses WebSockets or HTTP connections for each client, including through restrictive firewalls and legacy proxies.
Ready-made connectors cover Kafka, MQTT, and JMS, with named examples including Confluent Cloud, Amazon MSK, Redpanda, AWS IoT Core, IBM MQ, and ActiveMQ. Custom adapters can be built with Java, Python, Node.js, .NET, and TCP sockets. Lightstreamer supports TLS, certificates, mutual authentication, and custom authentication and authorization. It can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud, with Helm, Docker, and Kubernetes support. Monitoring options include a web dashboard, configurable logs, JMX, Prometheus, and Grafana integrations. The free Non-Production Limited License requires a Production License and a server restart after at most 210 minutes of uptime.
Mongoose Web Server
Mongoose Web Server has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.