Metaplay vs Ondara Game Services

Metaplay is a backend platform for building and operating live-service games. It uses a server-authoritative C# game server with a Unity client library and shared client-server logic. Its LiveOps dashboard includes player segmentation, A/B testing, over-the-air configuration updates, events, economy management, and player support tools. The SDK also includes guilds, social features, leaderboards, leagues, and asynchronous matchmaking; synchronous matchmaking is in active development. Hosting choices include managed Metaplay Cloud, customer AWS infrastructure, another Kubernetes cluster, or on-premises deployment. The platform supports Unity games on iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and WebGL, with Unity 2020.3 LTS and later. The free plan provides the full SDK and a local server for local development. Starter costs €195 a month. Managed Metaplay Cloud supports single-region deployments; multi-region deployments are supported on self-hosted infrastructure.

Ondara Game Services is a game backend platform for remote configuration, economy features, cloud saves and loot tables. It is available through Ondara’s cloud or as self-hosted software. Authentication includes guest accounts and custom JWT authentication with session management; cloud saves synchronize progress across devices and handle conflicts. Economy tools cover virtual currencies, inventories, stores, bundles, promotions and transaction history. The platform also validates App Store and Google Play purchase receipts and grants entitlements. Developers can connect through a Unity SDK, REST API and webhooks. Self-hosting supports Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure or bare metal, and includes PostgreSQL and Redis. The Free plan includes 5,000 monthly active users, 1 GB storage and one project. Pro costs $99 a month and Business costs $349 a month; the pricing note says paid plans start from $60/mo. Ondara describes the product as early access and its hosted service as an open beta.