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| A comparison of third-party hosting and relay services compatible with FishNet, including our recommended providers. |
Services
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This information is updated to the best of our knowledge. If you are interested in a service listed below — to better understand their platform — please visit the provided links to their official website.
Our recommended service
PlayFlow Cloud, a company we've had the pleasure of working with firsthand, is recommended as our top-pick for a hosting service. Their outstanding support, reliable service, and superior pricing have consistently impressed our staff and community.
| PlayFlow Cloud | 5 |
| playflow-card.png | playflow-cloud |
Other services
Here is a non-extensive selection of other hosting services that work well with FishNet.
Dedicated servers
These hosts offer session-based servers, as well persistent servers. Relay services may be available as well.
| hathora-card.png | https://hathora.dev/ |
| edgegap-card.png | https://edgegap.com/ |
AWS is a bit more difficult to setup and manage. We generally only recommend AWS to experienced developers.
We have a community guide for AWS: Community Guide | aws-card.png | https://aws.amazon.com/ |
Relays only
These are relay only services.
:steam: Steam relays are offered free when you launch your game on steam; there is a percentage of sales, as well initial fee when using Steam. We have an official FishNet transport for Steam, and there are third-party Unity assets available as well to help utilize Steam Relays. A popular asset is Toolkit for Steamworks Foundation by Heathen Engineering.
| steam-card.png | https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer/steamdatagramrelay |
EOS provides a number of features for free. The API and documentation is a bit more complex, which may be difficult to beginners. A vetted third-party EOS transport is available for FishNet, which may help with some of those hurdles. A cross-platform friends list is possible with EOS but at the cost of complexity; eg: you will not be able to directly access your Steam friends via the EOS platform. With this in mind, match making with friends may be more difficult.
| eos-card.png | https://onlineservices.epicgames.com/en-US/services |
