Photon Engine

Photon Engine is ranked #4 of 26 in game backend services on The Geeks Club. It runs on Android, API, iOS, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $125/mo.

Photon Engine plans and pricing

All plans

Development Only 20 CCU Free 20 connected users · 60.0 GB traffic per month · development only · no CCU burst photonengine.com · 30 Sept 2026

Free 100 CCU Free 100 connected users · one app per customer · games only · 0.3 TB traffic per month · no CCU burst photonengine.com · 30 Sept 2026

100 CCU $95 once for 12 months 100 connected users · games only · 0.3 TB traffic per month · no CCU burst photonengine.com · 30 Sept 2026

500 CCU $125/mo PER MONTH 500 connected users · 1.5 TB traffic per month · CCU burst included photonengine.com · 30 Sept 2026

1000 CCU $250/mo PER MONTH 1,000 connected users · 3.0 TB traffic per month · CCU burst included photonengine.com · 30 Sept 2026

2000 CCU $500/mo PER MONTH 2,000 connected users · 6.0 TB traffic per month · CCU burst included photonengine.com · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on game backend services

Free plan: Yes
Multiplayer networking: Yes
Player accounts: Yes
Matchmaking: Yes
Cloud data: Yes
Live-ops tools: Yes
Deployment model: hybrid

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Photon Engine

Product: Photon provides multiplayer networking products and infrastructure for developing and running real-time multiplayer games and applications.
Fusion: Photon Fusion provides state synchronization networking with tick-based simulation, client-side prediction, and snapshot interpolation.
Quantum: Photon Quantum is a deterministic multiplayer engine that predicts and rolls back physics and inputs.
Realtime API: Photon Realtime is a low-level networking API with rooms and lobbies, matchmaking, region selection, message relay, and cloud webhooks.
Voice integrations: Photon Voice uses the Opus codec and provides server-side integration with GGWP, Voice Patrol, and ToxMod by Modulate.
Chat features: Photon Chat supports public and private text messages, reliable delivery, message encryption, and per-channel buffers.
Cloud operations: Photon says its operations team monitors Cloud servers 24/7 and that Cloud hosting is available across major regions.
Support: All plans include online documentation, free samples and tutorials, and help with non-technical account, billing, and service-status issues; Gaming Circle offers premium development support.
Plan measurement: Photon measures plans by concurrent connected users across the application, and traffic above the plan allowance incurs overage fees.
Legacy product: PUN 2 is in maintenance and long-term support mode, with no further feature updates planned, and Photon recommends Fusion or Quantum for new projects.
Company: The maker is Exit Games GmbH, headquartered at Hongkongstraße 7, 20457 Hamburg, Germany; a company blog page states Exit Games was founded in 2003.
Developer tools: Photon SDKs are described as compatible with Unity, Unreal Engine, and native C/C++.
Founded: 2003
Headquarters: Hamburg, Germany
Price from: $125/mo

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Game Backend Services in 2026#4 of 26

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doc.photonengine.com/photon/current/getting-started· checked 30 Sept 2026
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