brainCloud vs Multiplayer API
brainCloud
getbraincloud.comMultiplayer API
api.michitai.comSide by side
| Figure | brainCloud | Multiplayer API |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | $25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | 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 | 15 | 3 |
| Spec score · Game Leaderboard Software | 9.4 (#2) | 8.1 (#16) |
| Spec score · Game Matchmaking Software | 9.3 (#2) | 8.0 (#17) |
| Security | The security overview describes a shared responsibility model in which brainCloud covers public platform infrastructure, availability, and platform security controls while customers secure their applications and integrations. | The privacy policy says passwords use bcrypt, API communications use HTTPS/TLS, authenticated requests require API tokens, and database access uses prepared statements. |
| Support | The maker lists free best-effort developer support through chat and forums, with paid support options that add response commitments and guidance. | The maker directs users to [email protected] for questions, bug reports, and feature requests. |
| What it does | brainCloud is a hosted backend service for games, applications and other connected products, combining APIs, SDKs and a browser design and debugging portal. | Multiplayer API is a hosted backend for online games, providing player accounts, rooms, matchmaking, leaderboards, and realtime state updates. |
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
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.
Multiplayer API
Multiplayer API has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.