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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.

Develop and Launch Your Game
for Free in Photon Cloud

Our Photon Cloud gaming plans have been proven in thousands of games across various genres and business models - whether you're developing premium games for platforms like Steam, free-to-play mobile titles, or immersive XR experiences.
Start building today, launch your project for free, and only pay once your game scales beyond our free tier.

Photon

PUBLIC CLOUD

FOR GAMING
  • 20 CCU

    DEVELOPMENT ONLY
    FREE

    Includes 20 Connected Users at the Same Time.

    • For Development Only
    • Limited to 10.0 GB Traffic per Month
    • Capped at 20 CCU - no CCU Burst
  • 100 CCU

    ONE-TIME
    for 12 months
    $ 45

    Includes 100 Connected Users at the Same Time.

    • For Games Only
    • Suitable for ˜ 40 k MAU
    • Includes 50.0 GB Traffic per Month
    • Capped at 100 CCU - no CCU Burst
  • 500 CCU

    PER MONTH
    $ 45

    Includes 500 Connected Users at the Same Time.

    • For Games Only
    • Suitable for ˜ 200 k MAU
    • Includes 0.3 TB Traffic per Month
    • CCU Burst included
    Additional GB
    $0.05
    Europe / Canada, East / RU / RUE / USA, East / USA, West
    $0.10
    Asia / Australia / Chinese Mainland / India / Japan / South Africa / South America / South Korea / Turkey / United Arab Emirates
  • 1000 CCU

    PER MONTH
    $ 85

    Includes 1,000 Connected Users at the Same Time.

    • For Games Only
    • Suitable for ˜ 400 k MAU
    • Includes 0.5 TB Traffic per Month
    • CCU Burst included
    Additional GB
    $0.05
    Europe / Canada, East / RU / RUE / USA, East / USA, West
    $0.10
    Asia / Australia / Chinese Mainland / India / Japan / South Africa / South America / South Korea / Turkey / United Arab Emirates
  • 2000 CCU

    PER MONTH
    $ 170

    Includes 2,000 Connected Users at the Same Time.

    • For Games Only
    • Suitable for ˜ 800 k MAU
    • Includes 1.0 TB Traffic per Month
    • CCU Burst included
    Additional GB
    $0.05
    Europe / Canada, East / RU / RUE / USA, East / USA, West
    $0.10
    Asia / Australia / Chinese Mainland / India / Japan / South Africa / South America / South Korea / Turkey / United Arab Emirates
Photon

PREMIUM CLOUD

FOR GAMING

Automatically Adapts to Your Usage for up to 50,000 CCU

  • PER CCU

    INVOICED
    based on monthly usage
    $0.14

    MINIMUM FEE

    2,000 CCU + 1.0 TB Traffic included
    PER MONTH
    $280

    Includes 2,000 Connected Users at the Same Time.

    • For Games Only
    • Suitable for up to ≈ 20m MAU
    • Includes 0.5 GB Traffic per Peak CCU per Month
    • Usage-Based CCU Auto-Scaling
    • CCU Burst for CCU > 50k
    • DDoS Protected by Default
    Additional GB
    $0.05
    Europe / Canada, East / RU / RUE / USA, East / USA, West
    $0.10
    Asia / Australia / Chinese Mainland / India / Japan / South Africa / South America / South Korea / Turkey / United Arab Emirates

Not Building a Game?

Photon Industries Circle offers access to special hosting products, coding samples including priority support - required for business use cases like education, training, medical, simulation, collaboration, meeting, events, defense, sports, metaverse, social VR/XR, arcades and more.

Photon

ENTERPRISE CLOUD

Dedicated, Managed Cloud Environment for Multiple Unlimited CCU Titles.

Guaranteed service levels and plugins for server authoritative logic make it the trusted choice for the world’s top studios.

  • Unlimited Titles
  • SLA (incl. Uptime and Response Time)
  • Priority Operations Support
  • Dedicated Servers
  • Server Authoritative Logic via Plug-Ins
  • Premium Dashboard and Counters
  • Multi-layered DDoS Protection

Bad Word Filter for Your Chat

Bad Word Filtering?

Keep your chat clean & safe with a world-class chat filter provided by our partner Community Sift:
no more bullying, sexting, fighting, grooming, drug talk, etc. in your chats.

Try the filter with the free plan and add it to any monthly plan as your game grows from hundreds to billions of chat messages.

Find extended auditing, moderation or change the rules as applicable to your very custom case with the direct integration of Community Sift. All set up with a few clicks in your Photon Chat dashboard.

  1. 20 CCU
    Free Filter
  2. 100 CCU
    No Filter
  3. 500 CCU
    $ 45
  4. 1,000 CCU
    $ 85
  5. 2,000 CCU
    $ 170
  6. PREMIUM Cloud Per CCU
    $ 0.14
    Per month 2,000  CCU min.

Currently supported languages: العربية, Deutsch, English, Español, Suomi, Français, Indonesia, Italiano, 日本語, 한국어, Nederlands, Polski, Português, Русский, Türkçe, Tiếng Việt, 中文(简体), 中文(繁體)

  • CCU

    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 — CCU total = 420 + 230 = 650, matching 1000 CCU subscription plan.

  • CCU Burst, Overage

    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.

  • Traffic Calculation

    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.

    Sample: 1000 CCU plan * 0.5 GB incl. per CCU = 0.5 TB included traffic.

  • One-Time Plans

    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.

  • Monthly Active Users

    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).

  • Down- and Upgrade at any Time

    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.

  • Free Support

    Comprehensive online docs, free samples, tutorials, video streams, assistance with non-technical issues like account activations, account management, billing and service status are free and included in all our plans.

  • Gaming Circle Premium Support

    Gaming Circle is our premium development support program and includes direct chat support for all Photon products, exclusive samples, access to our Circle Discord pro community and much more. Read more here.

  • Regions

    For optimum round-trip-times your application can connect the nearest region we host in. Choose from multiple regions around the globe.

  • Still Questions?

    Drop us a line to get an answer :) [email protected]