coherence (@coherenceio) revealed their pricing model for the upcoming launch of coherence 1.0, a network engine that makes multiplayer connectivity easy and seamless, on June 30. Watch the coherence single-player to multiplayer in 5 minutes video.

Instead of using pre-packaged sets of traditional metrics like concurrent users, bandwidth, data storage and compute, coherence introduces universal credits that account for the significant differences in resource footprints of diverse game projects. Unlike practically every other network engine on the market, coherence also takes into account that live costs vary depending on whether it’s a weekend evening peak or a Monday midday low - and saves money by charging accordingly.

coherence’s innovative pricing model based on universal credits ensures maximum efficiency for resource usage whether you’re building a platformer, a virtual DJ venue, a racing sim game or the next big MMO. Credits allow you to avoid the common scenario of online game projects using traditional pricing models, where they reach a cap on a single metric and incur unnecessary extra costs or get frozen until the next billing cycle, despite having enough unused resources left in other metrics.

coherence’s pricing model starts at the $0/month Free tier and will include enough credits to cover the development needs for most projects. For live games, coherence offers additional 4 tiers meant for increasingly more successful projects, all the way to the Platinum tier at $2000/month. Every tier includes a host of free features, including global relay, basic compute, persistence, unlimited developer seats and unlimited project slots. To get an idea about the cost structure for your project, take a look at the image below that demonstrates costs based on ball-park examples, or check out the coherence website.

“The needs of developers have been at the forefront of our minds when it comes to figuring out how coherence should be priced for our users,” said coherence co-founder Dino Patti. “We realize that developers have wildly different requirements for their multiplayer projects, which is why we’ve developed a credit system that ensures developers get value for their money, rather than paying for features they will never use.”

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Official Site: https://coherence.io