Edgegap is a preferred partner of Epic Games Services (EOS), and work together flawlessly.
Initial Setup & Integration
Edgegap's Distributed Relay emphasizes ease of use, global reach, latency reduction, and cost efficiency. It's designed to simplify the networking aspect of game development and is more user-friendly, especially for developers who want a ready-to-use solution without delving into the complexities of P2P connections.
Functionality: Solves P2P’s NAT issues by acting as a go-between between users for seamless connections and player experience.
Latency Reduction: Offers 46% latency reduction compared to the public cloud and ensures 10 times the number of players under 50ms.
Global Deployment: Allows deployment in 550+ locations worldwide, on-demand.
Compatibility: Compatible with major networking netcodes, including open-source Mirror networking, Unreal, etc.
Ease of Integration: Simplifies the game's networking code, allowing developers to focus on the game rather than backend complexities.
Pricing: Free during development, with flexible pay-per-minute pricing that scales with the game's success.
Additional Benefits: Provides total security against DDoS Attacks, 99.99% availability, 24/7 support, and no idle server costs.
Products
Interface focuses on providing a secure and efficient way to handle P2P connections, with detailed control over the connection process.
Functionality: Enables games to set up and manage peer-to-peer (P2P) connections between users, typically for multiplayer gaming.
Security: Connections are secure-by-default using DTLS, ensuring authenticated and encrypted communication.
Speed: The authentication process significantly increases the speed of handling P2P connections by reducing the need for re-negotiation.
Connection Management: Offers detailed control over connection requests, acceptance, closure, and notifications.
Data Transmission: Allows sending and receiving data through established P2P connections, with options for reliability and ordering.
Integration: Requires obtaining a valid handle from the Platform Interface and involves detailed network socket management.
Head-to-Head Comparison
| Edgegap | EOS Relays |
|---|---|---|
Focus | Solves P2P's NAT issues
| Solves P2P's NAT issues
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Hosting | Distributed edge computing deployments nearest to players to lower latency by 46% that improves multiplayer experience.
| Free relay service with a full commitment to the Epic Online Service ecosystem.
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Regions | Extensive global distribution with over 17+ providers with 615+ locations worldwide.
| Limited regions.
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Pricing Model | Free tier, then CCU-based relays.
| Free |
Engine Support | Engine-agnostic relays, with sample project for major engine.
| Compatible with Unreal and Unity.
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Scalability | Up to 14M CCCU with dynamic rapid-scaling of 40 deployments per seconds for 60 minutes sustained.
| Unkown. |
Documentation & Support | Comprehensive documentation, dashboard, and 24/7 support for clients.
| Epic Online Services documentation.
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Ease of Integration | Video tutorials for major engine, netcodes & more.
| Unreal Engine ecosystem.
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Network | Simplified connection management & bypasses NAT issues.
| Solves NAT issues, but requires Host Migration.
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Infrastructure | 17+ providers, including public cloud and Bare Metal, for multi-cloud to ensure automatic rerounting of traffic for the ultimate resilience.
| Unknown.
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