real-time data sync, WebSockets or Server-Sent Events?

hey everyone, i'm wrestling with a common problem for our new real-time dashboard. we need to push updates from the server to the client as they happen. i've been looking at WebSockets and server-sent events (SSE). web sockets seem powerful but also more complex to implement and manage. SSE feels simpler for one-way communication, but i'm wondering about its limitations for truly interactive real-time features. what are your experiences? when did you choose one over the other, and what trade-offs did you consider