brainCloud vs Xsolla Backend
brainCloud
getbraincloud.comXsolla Backend
docs.xsolla.cloudSide by side
| Figure | brainCloud | Xsolla Backend |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | Free |
| 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 | 1 |
| Spec score · Game Matchmaking Software | 9.3 (#2) | 7.4 (#25) |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Canada | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Multiplayer | Multiplayer capabilities cover real-time shooters and MMOs, card battlers, base builders and asynchronous send-a-turn games. | Matchmaking supports region-free and bucket-less matching, parties, custom search criteria, and automatic session creation. |
| 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. | Xsolla states that it uses TLS with Perfect Forward Secrecy, DDoS protection, daily backups with 30-day retention, and 24/7 on-call operations. |
| Support | The maker lists free best-effort developer support through chat and forums, with paid support options that add response commitments and guidance. | The documentation offers free support through the Xsolla Backend Discord community. |
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.
Xsolla Backend
Xsolla Backend has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.