Photon BOLT is perfect for FPS/TPS, battle royale or other action multiplayer games that require a dedicated server architecture. Enjoy a unique feature set with authoritative movement, prioritization & scoping, lag compensation/hitbox recording, ultra-fast UDP and much more. Bolt's Photon Cloud integration provides matchmaking, punchthrough and a global relay service to make sure your players can always connect.
All applications run conveniently in the Photon Cloud.
Hosting, operations and scaling services are all cared for by us.
You build it, we run it.
3 GB traffic per CCU included.
No further traffic can be used. Overage fees do not apply.
Start on a free plan: perfect for evaluation and development. You can down- or upsize at any time as your app grows. Apps access worldwide for least ping.
All subscription plans come with a free traffic amount of 3 GB per plan CCU. E.g. 1,000 CCU subscription plan: 1,000 * 3 GB = 3.0 TB. Additional fees apply to each month and region the free amount is exceeded in.
| Additional GB | Region |
|---|---|
| $ 0.05 | Europe / Canada, East / Russia / Russia, East / USA, East / USA, West |
| $ 0.10 | Asia / Australia / Chinese Mainland / India / Japan / South Africa / South America / South Korea / Turkey |
All subscription plans come with a free traffic amount of 3 GB per plan CCU. E.g. 1,000 CCU subscription plan: 1,000 * 3 GB = 3.0 TB. Additional fees apply to each month and region the free amount is exceeded in.
| Additional GB | Region |
|---|---|
| $ 0.05 | Europe / Canada, East / Russia / Russia, East / USA, East / USA, West |
| $ 0.10 | Asia / Australia / Chinese Mainland / India / Japan / South Africa / South America / South Korea / Turkey |
All subscription plans come with a free traffic amount of 3 GB per plan CCU. E.g. 1,000 CCU subscription plan: 1,000 * 3 GB = 3.0 TB. Additional fees apply to each month and region the free amount is exceeded in.
| Additional GB | Region |
|---|---|
| $ 0.05 | Europe / Canada, East / Russia / Russia, East / USA, East / USA, West |
| $ 0.10 | Asia / Australia / Chinese Mainland / India / Japan / South Africa / South America / South Korea / Turkey |
All subscription plans come with a free traffic amount of 3 GB per plan CCU. E.g. 1,000 CCU subscription plan: 1,000 * 3 GB = 3.0 TB. Additional fees apply to each month and region the free amount is exceeded in.
| Additional GB | Region |
|---|---|
| $ 0.05 | Europe / Canada, East / Russia / Russia, East / USA, East / USA, West |
| $ 0.10 | Asia / Australia / Chinese Mainland / India / Japan / South Africa / South America / South Korea / Turkey |
The Photon Enterprise Cloud provides you with a dedicated cloud environment for multiple, high CCU titles. Guaranteed service levels and plugins for server authoritative logic make it the trusted choice for the world's top studios.
Contact us for options and further details on enterprise plans.
The number of users allowed to connect to your application is defined by its CCU.
For plans the CCU total is defined by the sum of peaks for all regions.
Sample Month:
EU peak 420 CCU,
US peak 230 CCU,
Other regions 0 CCU
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CCU total = 420 + 230 = 650, matching 1000 CCU subscription plan.
Don't worry about losing users - we allow you to temporarily burst your agreed CCU limit and will simply bill this CCU overage with next month's invoice according to the fees set out in your subscription agreement. After your first burst you have 48 hours to upgrade your subscription plan before we, subject to our sole discretion, may cap your number of CCU to the agreed number.
For the CCU burst, the number of CCU is defined by the sum of CCU peaks over all connected regions.
The included traffic depends on your subscription plan.
All incoming and outgoing messages to the Photon Cloud servers count towards the traffic limit.
Overage fees apply to traffic exceeding that limit - see table above.
Sample: 1000 CCU plan * 3 GB incl. per CCU = 3 TB included traffic.
We assume, as rule of thumb and based on our experience, 1 CCU to match 20 daily active users (DAU). Each DAU translates to 20 monthly actives (MAU).
One-time plans apply to one application and for 12 months, no recurring fees. You can add 100 CCU to any other existing monthly subscription plan, e.g. 100 + 500 = 600 CCU in total. Can be applied to an app only once at a time.
For optimum round-trip-times your application can connect the nearest region we host in. Choose from multiple regions around the globe.
Downgrade and upgrade subscription plans at any time. Additional CCU are available immediately. Any fees paid but unused will be credited automatically. Termination takes effect at the end of the month.
Using Photon, users are connected to "Rooms" to play a multiplayer match, collaborate or communicate. "Peers per Room" represents the actual amount of connected game or application clients ("Peers") per Room at the same time.
Total inbound and outbound messages of all connected Peers (as counted by Photon) divided by the number of Photon Rooms. The more Peers are joining a room, the more Messages per Second ("Msg / Sec") will be sent around (N messages x M clients) and the amount of used traffic will be increased. Check our FAQ-page on how to calculate messages and traffic consumption for your app.
All packages include free forum access and e-mail support. Agreements with service levels, priority support are available on request.
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