Photon Cloud
All your apps are hosted in Photon Cloud, our fully managed multiplayer backend (SaaS). Spin up an App ID and go live in minutes - no servers to deploy, patch, or monitor. The platform auto‑scales across 15+ global regions, provides multi‑layer DDoS protection, and offers a single dashboard for metrics, billing, and configuration. All Photon products – Fusion, Quantum, Realtime, PUN 2, Voice and Chat – run on independent clouds and can be managed under one account with permission-based dashboard sharing to be adapted to your company or project organization.
Fully Managed, at Scale
You focus on your game; the cloud handles capacity, health, and defense:
- Powered by Photon Server v5/v6
- 30 PB bare‑metal footprint across 15+ regions and all continents
- Auto‑scaling & self‑healing
- Approx. 1.4 billion unique players every month
- ISO 27001:2022 certified, GDPR compliant, third‑party pentested
- Two decades of R&D on low‑latency, high‑availability networking
- Plugins for anti-cheat and custom server-side code (Enterprise Photon Cloud)
Global Regions
Photon Cloud delivers low latency worldwide by hosting servers in regions distributed across multiple hosting centers on all continents. Each region is completely separate and consists of a Master Server for matchmaking and Game Servers hosting the rooms.
Clients retrieve the list of available regions from the Photon Name Servers and connect to the best region — automatically based on the lowest ping, or via manual player choice. With the Region Allowlist you can define per App ID which regions are available to your players.
For region codes, hosting locations, and the connection workflow, see the Regions documentation.
Cloud Tiers
Photon Cloud is available in three tiers that differ in scale, isolation and operational guarantees:
- Public Cloud — shared infrastructure for up to 2,000 CCU, including the free development and launch plans
- Premium Cloud — usage-based auto-scaling for up to 50,000 CCU, with optional SLAs and 24/7 NOC support
- Enterprise Cloud — dedicated bare-metal clusters with no CCU limit, server-authoritative logic via plug-ins, guaranteed uptime SLAs and priority operations support
Plan details, CCU metering, and traffic allowances are covered on the Pricing page.
Security & Compliance
Photon Cloud is ISO 27001:2022 certified, GDPR compliant, and regularly pentested by third parties. Multi‑layer DDoS protection defends your games at the network edge, and anonymous client access can be locked down per App ID via authentication providers.
Custom Server Logic
On the Enterprise Photon Cloud, server-side plugins add authority to your games without running dedicated servers: validate gameplay, enforce rules, and integrate anti-cheat — a key component to protect scaling games against hacking and fraud. See Custom Server Plugins in the products overview, and the plugins upload guide for how deployment works.
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