Blacknut vs Tencent START
Blacknut
blacknut.comTencent START
start.qq.comSide by side
| Figure | Blacknut | Tencent START |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 9 | 20 |
| Spec score · Cloud gaming services | 8.9 (#5) | 7.8 (#23) |
| Founded | 2016 | 1998 |
| Game access model | subscription | mixed |
| Headquarters | Rennes, France | Shenzhen, China |
| Supported devices | Web browsers,Windows,macOS,Ubuntu/Linux,Android,iOS/iPadOS,Samsung TV,LG TV,Google TV,Chromecast,Amazon Fire TV,Titan OS TV,VIDAA OS TV,VIZIO,WhaleTV,Tivo | iPhone,iPad,mobile devices,tablets,computers,and TVs |
Plans
Blacknut
- Focus Entertainment$9.99 a month
- Focus Entertainment Pass€9.99 a month
- SNK$9.99 a month
- SNK Pass€9.99 a month
- Ubisoft+ Classics€14.99 a month
- Ubisoft+ Premium€24.99 a month
- Blacknut Cloud Gaming via HKT/csl49 HKD a month
- Annual subscription€89.94, paid once
- Annual subscription with 1 free Ubisoft game$95.94, paid once
Tencent START
- VIP monthly cardPrice not published
- VIP continuous monthlyPrice not published
- SVIP monthly cardPrice not published
- SVIP continuous monthlyPrice not published
- 8-hour time packagePrice not published
- VIP quarterly cardPrice not published
- SVIP quarterly cardPrice not published
- SVIP annual cardPrice not published
- VIP annual cardPrice not published
- STARTvip月卡(学生)28 CNY a month
In their own words
Tencent START
Tencent START streams games rendered on cloud servers to supported devices, so players can start supported titles without downloading them. The app listing says progress can continue across devices when players log in with the same account. Its library includes online, single-player, and independent games, organized with personalized categories and recommendations. Listed devices include iPhone, iPad, mobile devices, tablets, computers, and TVs; the iPhone app requires iOS 14.0 or later. Tencent describes START ENGINE as supporting real-time biological and dense plant rendering, dynamic tree simulation, and GPU-accelerated fluid simulation. Tencent Cloud says streaming uses Tencent-RTC and Tencent Mingmou encoding technology, and documents JavaScript, Android, and iOS SDKs and APIs. Its Game Streaming product is a PaaS solution for PC and mobile games, with functions migrated to application cloud rendering. Each concurrent cloud gaming instance supports one player at a time. A free plan is listed, and named paid options include a STARTvip student monthly card at 28 CNY a month, an eight-hour package at 28 CNY, paid once, and a VIP monthly card at 29 CNY a month. Other listed plans have no prices shown.