Photon Realtime vs Riptide Networking

Photon Realtime plans

• Development Only — 20 CCUFree
• 20 CCU Development OnlyFree
• Premium Cloud$0.29 a month
• 100 CCU$95, paid once
• 500 CCU$95 a month
• 1000 CCU$185 a month

Riptide Networking plans

• Riptide NetworkingFree

Pick Photon Realtime if…

Photon Realtime suits multiplayer game developers who need matchmaking, room-based play, and cloud-hosted networking across platforms. Its free development plan is limited to 20 concurrent users, while paid plans address higher usage.

Pick Riptide Networking if…

Riptide suits developers building multiplayer games in Unity or other .NET environments. It is not suitable for browser-based games and true peer-to-peer use requires source changes.