Photon Engine Alternatives

If you're looking for another Photon Engine alternative, Azure PlayFab is worth a look. It's a full LiveOps backend platform that can handle the gamut of live games, including multiplayer services, real-time analytics and strong security. It's got flexible pricing and integrates with big platforms, so it's good for developers large and small.

Another candidate is Ably, a real-time digital experience platform that offers APIs for live chat, data broadcasting and multiplayer collaboration. It's got a scalable architecture and strong security, but it's good for other industries besides gaming, like EdTech and FinTech. The service offers a free tier and pay-as-you-go pricing, too.

If you're only interested in voice communication, Vivox is another option. It offers more advanced voice chat options for games, including 3D Positional Voice Chat and detailed SDKs for Unity and Unreal engines. Vivox can handle large-scale multiplayer games and can integrate with other services, so it's a good option if you want to build a community into your game.

Last, ZEGOCLOUD offers APIs and SDKs for adding real-time voice, video and chat into apps. It supports several programming languages and frameworks and is designed for high availability and low latency. It's got a pay-as-you-go pricing model and lots of documentation, so it's a good option for developers who want to add real-time communications to their apps.