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Appwrite vs Photon Engine

A side-by-side look at Appwrite and Photon Engine. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Appwrite

Appwrite

Development

Appwrite is an open-source backend-as-a-service platform that allows developers to build web and mobile applications quickly without managing servers. It provides databases, authentication, storage, functions, and more out of the box.

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Photon Engine

Photon Engine

Gaming Software

Photon Engine is a proprietary multiplayer game development platform that provides a real-time multiplayer game backend and networking engine. It handles hosting, networking, matchmaking, lag compensation and has out-of-the-box support for different platforms.

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