Photon Realtime pricing
8 plans read from photonengine.com
20 CCU Development OnlyFree 20 simultaneous users · 60.0 GB traffic/month · development only · no CCU burst Read 15 Oct 2026 · photonengine.com
Development Only — 20 CCUFree 20 concurrent users · 60.0 GB traffic/month · development only · no CCU burst Read 30 Sep 2026 · photonengine.com
Premium Cloud$0.29 a month invoiced by monthly CCU usage$580 minimum/month · 2,000 CCU included · 3.0 GB traffic per peak CCU/month · auto-scaling to 50,000 CCU · DDoS protection Read 15 Oct 2026 · photonengine.com
100 CCU$95, paid once once for 12 months100 simultaneous users · 0.3 TB traffic/month · games only · no CCU burst · about 40k MAU Read 15 Oct 2026 · photonengine.com
500 CCU$95 a month monthly500 simultaneous users · 1.5 TB traffic/month · games only · CCU burst Read 15 Oct 2026 · photonengine.com
1000 CCU$185 a month monthly1,000 simultaneous users · 3.0 TB traffic/month · games only · CCU burst Read 15 Oct 2026 · photonengine.com
2000 CCU$370 a month monthly2,000 simultaneous users · 6.0 TB traffic/month · games only · CCU burst Read 15 Oct 2026 · photonengine.com
Enterprise CloudPriced on request Dedicated managed environment · unlimited titles · SLA · priority operations support · dedicated servers · server-authoritative plugins Read 15 Oct 2026 · photonengine.com
In short
- Photon Realtime has a free plan (20 CCU Development Only).
- Paid plans published: 5, from $0.29 a month.
- 1 plan is priced on request (Enterprise Cloud).
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colyseus | $15/mo | Yes | No |
| FishNet | — | Yes | No |
| Unity | — | Yes | Yes |
| netcode.io | — | Yes | No |
| Normcore | $49/mo | Yes | No |
| Amazon GameLift Servers | $1/mo | No | No |
| GameNetworkingSockets | — | Yes | No |
| Photon Fusion | $0.50/mo | Yes | No |