brainCloud
8.2#5 in game leaderboard softwareFrom $5 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
VisitbrainCloud vs PlayFab
What both publish
| Fact | brainCloud | PlayFab |
|---|---|---|
| Analytics | Analytics includes a DAU dashboard, sales-at-a-glance views and event data streaming. | PlayStream supplies a real-time and historical event stream with rules, filtering, search and exports to Azure Blob Storage or Amazon S3. |
| Integrations | Documented integrations include Amazon GameLift, Kafka, SAML, Segment, SendGrid, Slack and WebPurify. | The product page lists integrations for Xbox, Steam, PlayStation 4 and 5, Nintendo Switch, Apple App Store and Google Play. |
| Licence | The hosted brainCloud service is proprietary, while official client repositories such as the Unreal plugin and C# library use Apache-2.0 licensing. | The hosted PlayFab service is proprietary under Microsoft terms, while many SDK and sample repositories are publicly available under Apache 2.0 or MIT licenses. |
| Multiplayer | Multiplayer capabilities cover real-time shooters and MMOs, card battlers, base builders and asynchronous send-a-turn games. | PlayFab offers matchmaking and dedicated multiplayer servers with dynamic scaling, Azure regions, monitoring and DDoS protection. |
| Product | brainCloud is a cloud-based backend-as-a-service platform for games, apps, and other digital services. | PlayFab provides backend services for live games and connects players across platforms. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.3 out of 5 from 11 reviews | 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review |
| SDK coverage | Client libraries are provided for C++, Dart, Godot GDScript, Java, JavaScript, Objective-C, Swift, Unity C# and Unreal C++/Blueprint, among others. | Microsoft documents SDKs and tools for C/C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Unity, Unreal, Cocos2D-x, Postman and an SDK generator. |
brainCloud plans
- Developer supportFree
- DevelopmentFree
- Development Plus$5 a month
- Lite$15 a month
- Lite Plus$25 a month
- Standard$30 a month
PlayFab plans
- Free to StartFree
- Standard Plan$99 a month
- Premium Plan$1,999 a month
- Enterprise PlanPriced on request
- Pay-as-you-goFree
Pick brainCloud if…
brainCloud suits game developers, studios, publishers, and enterprise customers building mobile, console, PC, web, or cross-platform services. The free Development plan is limited by user and account counts and excludes live in-app purchases.
Pick PlayFab if…
PlayFab is for game developers, from indie teams to AAA studios, who need backend services for live games. It suits teams building player accounts, multiplayer features, live operations, or in-game economies across platforms.