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Nakama vs Photon Engine

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

Nakama

Nakama

Gaming Software

Nakama is an open source server designed for social and real-time games and apps. It handles user accounts, data storage, social network integration, realtime messaging, game matchmaking, and more. Nakama helps developers build multi-player games and social apps quickly and at scale.

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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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