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ICQ vs Photon Engine

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

ICQ

ICQ

Social & Communications

ICQ is an instant messaging client and software that was first released in 1996. It became popular in the late 1990s as one of the first multi-platform instant messaging clients. Key features of ICQ include one-on-one and group text chats, voice and video calls, offline messaging, and file transfers.

messagingchatvideo-callvoice-callfile-transfer
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.

multiplayernetworkingrealtimegame-backendmatchmakinglag-compensationcrossplatform

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