Beamable vs Idem
Beamable
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| Figure | Beamable | Idem |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $125/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 1 |
| Spec score · Game Matchmaking Software | 8.5 (#12) | 7.9 (#20) |
| Headquarters | Boston area, United States | Berlin, Germany |
| Product | Beamable is an open, extensible game server platform for creating online games and virtual worlds. | Idem provides matchmaking for multiplayer games, with skill-based matching for elite and casual players. |
| Support | The trial includes self-service support through documentation, a QA forum, and Discord; enterprise plans list dedicated support, private channels, and weekly syncs. | General questions can be sent to [email protected]; urgent technical outages should be reported using the phone number in the customer's terms and conditions. |
Plans
Beamable
- Free Trial (90 Days)Free
- Developer$125 a month
- Studio$595 a month
- Pro$1,895 a month
- Enterprise$3,500 a month
- Enterprise PlansPriced on request
In their own words
Beamable
Beamable is a game server platform for creating and operating online games and virtual worlds. Its engine-native SDKs for Unity and Unreal connect to a serverless backend for cloud code, data persistence, custom gameplay logic, and Mongo-based persistence. The SDK includes player accounts, multiplayer networking, matchmaking, offers, currencies, inventory, leaderboards, groups, achievements, chat, tournaments, and multiplayer events. The LiveOps Portal supports events, promotions, content updates, A/B tests, player support, CRM, and messaging. Beamable describes built-in analytics and event forwarding integrations with GameAnalytics, Mixpanel, and Amplitude; its marketplace lists services including Edgegap, Photon Fusion, Tebex, and blockchain integrations. Studios can use managed SaaS or private cloud, both powered by AWS. Private Cloud offers dedicated single-tenant infrastructure. A 90-day free trial includes 12.5M API calls, 1,000 MAU, and three microservices. Paid monthly plans start at $125 a month for Developer. Pricing specifies a 10KB bandwidth allowance per API call, with additional bandwidth billed as overage.
Idem
Idem is a matchmaking service for multiplayer games, available through a managed cloud service or self-hosted deployment. It matches players using skill or rating, game mode, team size, parties, roles or factions, latency, geography, and custom criteria. PvPvP formats can use any number of players per team and teams per match. Pre-arranged parties are supported, and players who leave can be replaced. The system considers ping, suggests a suitable server location, and supports server allocation. Its rating engine applies Bayesian updates similar to TrueSkill or Glicko II. Queue-liquidity analytics forecast how larger modes or ping limits may affect queue availability. Integrations cover hosting, game backends, REST, WebSocket, Unity, Unreal, Beamable, and Pragma/Kotlin. The free self-hosted Community Edition is Open Match compatible and offers basic algorithm selection. Advanced commercial matchmaking is available for more complex needs. Self-hosted deployment runs as a stateless container in customer infrastructure.