brainCloud vs Hive Matchmaking
brainCloud
getbraincloud.comHive Matchmaking
developers.hiveplatform.aiSide by side
| Figure | brainCloud | Hive Matchmaking |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 15 | 3 |
| Spec score · Game Matchmaking Software | 9.3 (#2) | 7.8 (#21) |
| Analytics | Analytics includes a DAU dashboard, sales-at-a-glance views and event data streaming. | Hive Analytics provides real-time analysis based on more than 200 indicators and unlimited data storage capacity. |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Canada | Seoul, South Korea |
| Support | The maker lists free best-effort developer support through chat and forums, with paid support options that add response commitments and guidance. | The platform offers a dedicated technical support team, with email support on the On-Demand Plan and direct technical support on Enterprise. |
Plans
brainCloud
- Developer supportFree
- DevelopmentFree
- DevelopmentFree
- Development Plus$5 a month
- Lite$15 a month
- Lite$15 a month
- Lite Plus$25 a month
- Standard$30 a month
- Standard$30 a month
- Standard Plus$50 a month
Hive Matchmaking
- Trial PlanFree
- Enterprise PlanPriced on request
- On-Demand PlanPrice not published
In their own words
brainCloud
brainCloud is a cloud-based backend-as-a-service platform for games, apps, and other digital services. It provides cloud data, multiplayer, leaderboards, tournaments, push notifications, chat, in-app purchases, inventory management, analytics, and Cloud Code. Client libraries are listed for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and web JavaScript, with Unity and Unreal support. Named multiplayer technologies include AWS GameLift, Unity Netcode, and Unreal Engine Networking; developers can also use Edgegap game-server orchestration from the developer portal. The free Development plan costs nothing and is limited to 100 daily active users and 1,000 accounts; it includes one million free API calls, 100 MB of storage, and 1 GB of transfers, but no live in-app purchases. Lite costs $15 a month and Standard costs $30 a month. Paid subscriptions include a base API-call allotment, with additional use charged by consumption. Private licenses provide managed instances in a customer's cloud environment.
Hive Matchmaking
Hive Matchmaking has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.