Going to GDC2026?

We’ll be posted at our usual lounge table at the The Harlequin SF
(a 5-minute walk from the show!)
- plus we’re hosting a
private reception on Thursday.

Drop by or book a one-on-one to chat about:

• Reducing backend costs
• Scaling LiveOps without growing headcount
• Migrating from PlayFab/custom backends
• brainCloud’s Roadmap

Meetings & Pop-ins: Wed/Thu 11-4PM
Private reception: Thu 4-6PM

RSVP or Book a Meeting!

brainCloud5.9

This release is packed with popular requests

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Support for Inventory Bundles
Integration with i3D.net Hosting
In-app purchases for Meta Horizon
Support for Apple StoreKit 2
Official Visual Studio Code extension
and heck, even Roblox!

We are starting 2026 with a Bang!

brainCloud Works so You Can Play

The most flexible and feature-rich backend for games, apps and things.

Try brainCloud for free

Edgegap & brainCloud
expand their collaboration

to simplify multiplayer game development

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brainCloud Forums

Connect with the community to find answers, ask questions, learn from experts & share knowledge.

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brainCloud BootCamp

Get up to speed fast with our self-paced Free Course Lessons

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Three reasons to choose brainCloud

Build faster. Build smarter.

brainCloud gets you up and running quickly with a best-in-class Design Portal, native libraries, great examples and fantastic support. Everything you need to rapidly design, build, debug and support your apps comes standard. brainCloud goes beyond the basics because we understand the needs of your development team.

All the fundamentals, with no lock-in.

Cloud data, multiplayer, leaderboards, tournaments, push notifications, chat, in-app purchases, inventory management, analytics and much, much more. A highly scalable platform with the widest support of devices and game engines – including Unity and Unreal. Fully extendable using Cloud Code (Javascript) to add your own features.

No-brainer pricing.

Simply put, brainCloud costs less. We offer low-cost plans with affordable elastic pricing. You pay according to how much, or how little, your app uses our services. Start your free trial today and don’t pay until you go live.

Live plans
start at just

$15

per month

Upgrade to brainCloud

Upgrade from your home-grown backend to brainCloud to benefit from these great features

Feature

Homegrown

brainCloud

Benefit

Existing Features

brainCloud supports everything your current backend provides - and more!

New Features

New features are added to brainCloud every few months!

Great Tools

Enjoy all the tools your team hasn't had time to build, like Admin Portal, User browser with Audit, Event log viewers, Analytics, etc...

Documentation

Full API docs - and tutorials too!

Support

Great support! And all the folks who built the system are still here!

Automatic Security Updates

These days it feels like 50% of development time is spent upgrading tech and libraries to address new found security upgrades. brainCloud’s team handles this for you.

Proactive Scaling

brainCloud’s backend is built to horizontally scale well beyond the needs of your apps. So you can finally sleep - soundly.

No pager required

We’ll watch the servers - so you don’t have to.

However, there are some features of your homegrown tech that brainCloud does NOT provide…

Feature

Homegrown

brainCloud

Benefit

Unhappy Players

Better features and zero downtime. Your players will love you!

Free Pizza

Sadly, more reliable means fewer employer-paid meals for late-night and week-end coding sessions.

Panic attacks!

No surprises. brainCloud just works.

What they say about brainCloud

“After evaluating a number of major gaming backend technologies to improve the speed-to-market for our mobile games, we chose brainCloud due to its breadth of features, strong developer support, and our ability to form a long-term strategic partnership.”

VP User Acquisition, Data Science & Platform Product Management

Anthony CrossBig Fish Games

“With over 100 million users having played our games, we’ve been using brainCloud for 5 years now and we can say they always provide us with reliable, constantly improved services and very helpful support.”

CEO

Daniel KorczakRage Quit Games

“Having worked with the team at brainCloud on multiple projects, I can confidently say they know their stuff when it comes to highly-scalable back-ends.”

Founder

Stuart DuncanBight Games, creators of The Simpsons: Tapped Out

“Before building our latest game, Project Cyber, we looked at a number of backend-as-a-service platforms. None of them had as complete a game feature set as brainCloud.”

Development Director and Co-founder