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Migrate from Gameye with zero impact on your players

Migrate from Gameye with zero impact on your players

Edgegap is a simple API call.

There is no server SDK to add with Edgegap. Keep the image you already ship, re-point one session call, and run your baseline on Private Fleets for bare metal economics. What changes is the burst: instead of the same hyperscaler regions anyone can rent, deployments are placed on demand at the best available location across 615+ Edge Cloud locations, measured from the players in the request.

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No credit card required. Free tier includes the resources to deploy a real game server.

No credit card required. Free tier includes the resources to deploy a real game server.

What changes (and doesn't change)

Changes to expect, at a glance

Changes to expect, at a glance

A Gameye migration is a hosting change, not a rewrite, and a short one. Here's what to expect from your migration.

A full feature-by-feature breakdown is in Step 3: Identify & Replace features below.

What Remains the Same

Your netcode and transport

Edgegap never touches your transport, serialization or tick loop. The container runs the same server binary you build today.

Upload your Container

You already ship a Docker image, so the artifact is unchanged. Push the same image to our registry, or keep the one you use today.

Your client connect flow

Your client still receives an address and a port and connects to it. Only where that address comes from changes.

Your matchmaker and your SDK-free server

There is no server SDK to add, the same way there was none to add on Gameye. Nakama, Pragma, PlayFab, FlexMatch in standalone mode and custom backends all keep working: they call a different endpoint, nothing more.

What Changes

The region parameter goes away

Your session call names a region today. Edgegap's does not take one. Placement happens at request time across 615+ Edge Cloud locations, measured from the players in the request, so coverage stops being a configuration you maintain.

One deploy call replaces the session call

The shape is familiar: one POST, and the address and port come back in the same response. You are swapping an endpoint and a payload, not rebuilding a backend.

Bare metal stops being the whole plan

Private Fleets carry your baseline on dedicated hardware with egress-free hosting, and burst onto Edge Cloud when demand runs past them. The fleet is a floor, not a ceiling.

Your worldwide server capacity stops being a commitment

Private Fleets are reserved capacity you can resize as your traffic curve moves, not a worldwide server capacity you lock in ahead of a season. Everything past the fleet runs on Edge Cloud, where there is nothing to reserve and nothing to size.

Expected Timeline

Five simple steps

Most studios reach end-to-end validation in under two weeks, including parallel running while traffic rolls out.

Most studios reach end-to-end validation in under two weeks, including parallel running while traffic rolls out.

Total: under 1 week

Total: under 1 week

Step 1

Point your backend at Edgegap

Replace the session call in your backend with one deploy request. No game server code changes.

~2 hours

Step 2

Upload your Container

Your server already runs as a Docker image, so this step is a check rather than work.

Already done

Step 3

Push to a Registry

Edgegap's registry is available for free, or keep Docker Hub, ECR, GitLab, etc.

~30 min.

Step 4

Drop the region logic

Remove the region selection your backend maintained. Placement is handled at request time.

~2 hours

Step 5

Deploy Globally

Deploy globally on Edge Cloud, and optionally cut cost further with egress-free hosting on Private Fleets.

Instant Rollout

Detailed migration steps

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The migration steps, in detail, with the code

If you are looking to migrate your multiplayer game from Gameye to Edgegap's game server hosting & orchestration, the following simple steps will get you running in no time. Our engineers are available for free integration support on Discord.

Before getting started, it helps to be clear on what integrates with what. Edgegap is an API: your backend posts a deploy request and receives an address and port, and nothing is added to your game server binary. There is no server SDK, and the Unity, Unreal and Godot plugins are editor conveniences for building and pushing images, not a dependency of the platform. The matchmaker is optional and separate: keep the one you use today, or use ours. We expect that: you currently use Gameye, and you have a working game server container.

Step 1:

Re-point your session call

Edgegap does not require an SDK to integrate, and neither did Gameye, so nothing comes out of your game server. The work is in your backend. Where it posts a session request naming an image and a region, it now posts a deploy request naming your App and Version, along with the player IPs for placement. The address and port come back in the same response, exactly as they do today, and your client connect flow is untouched. Readiness works the same way too: your server listens on the port it is given, and no lifecycle callbacks are involved.

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Step 2:

Containerize your game server

Your game server already runs as a Docker image, so this step is a check rather than a rebuild. Confirm the image builds and starts locally, then push it to Edgegap's free registry, or keep Docker Hub, ECR, GitLab or any other OCI-compatible registry. If you want to rebuild from scratch, the quickstart tools for Unity, Unreal Engine and Godot take 5 to 20 minutes on a development project.

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Step 3:

Identify & Replace features

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Session API

Deploy API. One POST returns the FQDN and port in the same response.

Region selection

No region parameter. Placement at request time across 615+ Edge Cloud locations, measured from the player IPs you send.

Bare metal footprint

Private Fleets. Persistent hosts, egress-free, with automatic overflow to Edge Cloud.

Warm pools

Supported on Private Fleets, where pre-warmed standby servers are kept ahead of demand by Server Browser scaling policies. Edge Cloud then adds on-demand compute alongside them, provisioned from a cold server to deployed in 2 seconds, median, measured to container ready, so you can cover the rest of the world in addition to your persistent Fleets or in place of them. Pre-warming still earns its place where the engine itself takes minutes to load assets and maps after the container starts.

Container registry

Edgegap's free registry, or keep Docker Hub, ECR, GitLab or any OCI-compatible registry.

Readiness health check

Unchanged in principle. Your server listens on the port it is given; no lifecycle callbacks.

Matchmaker integrations (Nakama, Pragma, PlayFab, FlexMatch, custom)

All already supported, plus Edgegap's own no-code matchmaker, free to test.

Engine integration

Unity, Unreal Engine and Godot plugins, plus netcode and backend.

Analytics

Deployment Analytics and Matchmaking Analytics.

Support

24/7 for clients for free, integration support on Discord, Slack and email.

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Step 4:

(Optional) Setting up Fleets

Private Fleets are the direct equivalent of the bare metal you run today: persistent, dedicated hosts with egress-free hosting. The difference is what sits on top. When demand runs past the fleet, hybrid orchestration bursts onto Edge Cloud rather than into rented hyperscaler regions, and you rightsize the fleet monthly instead of committing ahead of a season.

Pricing

Price Comparison

Discover how Edgegap's orchestration is cost effective versus your current Gameye bill.

Two drivers only. Padding this to three would invite a reader to check the third and find a tie.

Cost driver 1: reserved capacity and the rate you actually run at.

On demand the two platforms are within a tenth of a cent. The difference shows up on the capacity you keep.

Gameye

Edgegap

On-demand compute

$0.07 per vCPU per hour

$0.00115 per vCPU per minute, which is $0.069 per hour

Reserved or dedicated

$0.035 per vCPU per hour reserved; hosts $230.40 to $345.60 per month

$0.0282 per vCPU per hour on Private Fleets; $280 per host per month on a 12-month term

Egress

Included

Included on Private Fleets

Cost driver 2: hybrid orchestration at scale.

A fleet sized for peak is idle most of the week. A fleet sized for the floor, bursting on demand, is not.

Gameye

Edgegap

Baseline

Bare metal footprint you size and commit to

Private Fleets, rightsized monthly as the traffic curve moves

Burst

Hyperscaler capacity from the same public clouds available to any platform

Edge Cloud, 615+ locations, placed at request time and measured from the player

Net effect at thousands of CCU

Bare metal economics, cloud-priced overflow

25 to 35 percent below pure cloud with a properly optimized split. Model your own load in the pricing calculator

Pricing

Optimize costs and performance with hybrid orchestration

Optimize costs and performance with hybrid orchestration

Optimize costs and performance with hybrid orchestration

Edge Cloud

On-Demand

$0.00115

/ vCPU

/ MINUTE

Billed by the Minute, Only on Usage

Pay only when players play. 0 active servers = $0

Deploy game servers worldwide, per instance, to all 615+ edge cloud locations. Zero commitment.

Simply add a credit card.

615+ locations worldwide

$0.10/GB of monthly Egress

0.25 to 4 vCPU deployments

Compare features & pricing

Edge Cloud

On-Demand

$0.00115

/ vCPU

/ MINUTE

Billed by the Minute, Only on Usage

Pay only when players play. 0 active servers = $0

Deploy game servers worldwide, per instance, to all 615+ edge cloud locations. Zero commitment.

Simply add a credit card.

615+ locations worldwide

$0.10/GB of monthly Egress

0.25 to 4 vCPU deployments

Compare features & pricing

Private Fleet (Bare Metal)

Reserved Capacity

$0.0282

/ vCPU

/ HOUR

Billed Monthly, Always On

$280 per host/month (12 mo rate), or $350 monthly

Optimize the cost effectiveness of your game server with egress-free hosting of Private Fleets.

Persistent, available 24/7, exclusive to your studio.

58 locations worldwide

Egress Included

16 vCPU/host total (13.6 usable)

Compare features & pricing

Private Fleet (Bare Metal)

Reserved Capacity

$0.0282

/ vCPU

/ HOUR

Billed Monthly, Always On

$280 per host/month (12 mo rate), or $350 monthly

Optimize the cost effectiveness of your game server with egress-free hosting of Private Fleets.

Persistent, available 24/7, exclusive to your studio.

58 locations worldwide

Egress Included

16 vCPU/host total (13.6 usable)

Compare features & pricing

Your bill varies per rate and usage; which can vary per game type, player count, & more.

Your bill varies per rate and usage; which can vary per game type, player count, & more.

Model your usage with our estimate calculator ->

Model your usage with our estimate calculator ->

Eggegap's features & price: detailed comparison betwen Edge Cloud & Private Fleets

Eggegap's features & price: detailed comparison betwen Edge Cloud & Private Fleets

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Edge Cloud

Private Fleets

BILLING & PRICE

Rate per vCPU

Free

$0.00115/vCPU/minute

$0.0256/vCPU/hour

Pricing Model

Free

On-demand (usage-based)

Reserved capacity

Billing

No credit card required

Yes, via Stripe

Yes, via Stripe

Commitment

None

None

1, 6 or 12 months (incl. discount)

Egress

N/A

$0.10/GB month

Incl. 6 TB per host, per month

FEATURES

Analytics & Monitoring

Billing Alarms

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Unlocks

Capabilities are unlocked when a credit card is added to the account.

China deployments

DDoS protection

Fully-managed clusters

Always-on deployments

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Free Trial

Edge Cloud

Private Fleets

BILLING & PRICE

Rate per vCPU

Free

$0.00115 / vCPU / minute

$0.0282 / vCPU / hour

Pricing Model

Free

On-demand (usage-based)

Reserved capacity

Billing

No credit card required

Yes, via Stripe

Yes, via Stripe

Commitment

None

None

1, 6 or 12 months (incl. discount)

Egress

N/A

$0.10/GB month

Incl. 6 TB per host, per month

FEATURES

Analytics & Monitoring

Billing Alarms

Click to Expand

28 more rows

Unlocks

Capabilities are unlocked when a credit card is added to the account.

China deployments

DDoS protection

Fully-managed clusters

Always-on deployments

COMPARE

Free Trial

Edge Cloud

Private Fleets

BILLING & PRICE

Rate per vCPU

Free

$0.00115/vCPU/minute

$0.0256/vCPU/hour

Pricing Model

Free

On-demand (usage-based)

Reserved capacity

Billing

No credit card required

Yes, via Stripe

Yes, via Stripe

Commitment

None

None

1, 6 or 12 months (incl. discount)

Egress

N/A

$0.10/GB month

Incl. 6 TB per host, per month

FEATURES

Analytics & Monitoring

Billing Alarms

Click to Expand

28 more rows

Unlocks

Capabilities are unlocked when a credit card is added to the account.

China deployments

DDoS protection

Fully-managed clusters

Always-on deployments

Features Comparison

Features Comparison


Edgegap

Gameye

Orchestration

Hybrid orchestration, no game server SDK required

Containers "are pre-pulled on every node in the network"; warm pools shipped March 2026; session-based autoscaling "progressing toward its first production deployment" (May 2026)

Infrastructure

17+ cloud and bare metal providers; failover is automatic

"21 providers" (homepage); 18 bare-metal + 5 burst-capacity providers listed (comparison page, as of September 30, 2026)

Placement

Orchestrator selects the location per deployment from player location; no region selection required

Studio selects one of 9 region codes; Gameye picks the city inside the region "based on availability"

Pricing

$0.00115/min per vCPU, fractionable to 1/4 vCPU; $280/month per 16 vCPU Private Fleet host, 15 vCPU available, 12-month commitment

$0.07/vCPU/hr on-demand (1:2), $0.10 (1:4); reserved $0.035 (1:2), $0.042 (1:4); egress included; usable vCPU per host not published (as of Q3 2026)

Scalability

14M CCU load test, 40 deployments/sec for 60 minutes (Edgegap benchmark); 135M deployments since February 2019, incl. failed

130M+ session allocation requests since January 2017, successful or not; 3M CCU load test, "Not a production figure"; highest production peak 250,000 CCU (Chivalry 2, June 2021)

Integration

Unity/Unreal/Godot plugins; netcode samples (Mirror, Fish-Networking, NGO, Photon Fusion); backends and matchmakers (Nakama, PlayFab, UGS, Epic Online Services, Pragma, Beamable)

"Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot" via Linux server builds; "No SDK in your game server"; matchmakers "Nakama, Pragma, AccelByte, PlayFab, FlexMatch"

Support

24/7 for clients, free. Available on Discord, Slack, email

Support portal and Discord linked from its website

Latency

58% average reduction vs. public cloud (Edgegap case study)

"Players always land on the closest server"; no latency measurements published (as of Q3 2026)

Track Records

Deploying game servers since February 2019; 44 published case studies

"Seven years of real launches"; founded in 2017 (Gameye)

Full comparison available here: "Edgegap vs Gameye".

Clients

Learn more from clients who migrated to Edgegap

15 case studies are available from studios that moved to Edgegap from another platform.

Key reasons why they chose Edgegap

Key reasons why they chose Edgegap

Discover the impact of Edgegap's automated game server orchestration for a flawless multiplayer experience.

+58% Average Latency Reduction

+58% Average Latency Reduction

14M CCU Rapid-Scaling

14M CCU Rapid-Scaling

+615 Locations Worldwide

+615 Locations Worldwide

~2s. Median Game Server Boot Time

~2s. Median Game Server Boot Time

Multi-Version Support & Rolling Updates

Multi-Version Support & Rolling Updates

91% Fill Rate Matchmaking

91% Fill Rate Matchmaking

Cross-Platform Compatibility

Cross-Platform Compatibility

Instant DDoS Protection

Instant DDoS Protection

Multi-Cloud Across 17+ Providers for 99.99% Availability

Multi-Cloud Across 17+ Providers for 99.99% Availability

Methodology

How we measured

Each metric states what is measured, over what window, and what is excluded. Benchmark results are dated to the test that produced them and are not restated as current figures.

Platform scale

Where servers can run, and how many we have run.

Global Edge Cloud locations

Inventory

615+locations

Distinct deployment targets where a game server container can be scheduled on demand.

Platform inventory

How we measure this

Private Fleet locations

Live

58locations

Locations where a studio can reserve dedicated bare-metal or VM hosts for its exclusive use.

Published live

How we measure this

Game server deployments

Cumulative

135million deployments

Total game server deployments orchestrated since February 2019, including deployments that failed to start — the same basis our competitors use.

Since February 2019

How we measure this

Performance under load

How fast a server arrives, and what the platform sustains under test.

Server deployment time

Rolling 30d

2seconds · median

From cold start — provisioned from scratch, not allocated onto an already-running server. Measured to container ready, before the game engine starts.

Rolling 30-day window

How we measure this

Sustained deployment rate

Benchmark

40per second

Started deployments per second, averaged over a continuous 60-minute benchmark.

November 2023 benchmark

How we measure this

Concurrent capacity

Benchmark

14million concurrent

Concurrent sessions reached on real game server containers, at 100 players per server.

November 2023 benchmark

How we measure this

Reliability

What we commit to contractually, and what the monitors record.

Availability

Committed

99.99%SLA commitment

Committed under our terms of service. Trailing 90-day measured uptime: 100.000%.

Trailing 90 days

How we measure this

Provider redundancy

Inventory

17+providers

Infrastructure providers under contract and available for production deployments. Failover is automatic.

Platform inventory

How we measure this

Live component status is published at status.edgegap.com.

How we measure

One entry per metric: what is measured, how, and over what window.

Global Edge Cloud locations

A location is a distinct deployment target: one datacenter site at one of our infrastructure providers, in which a game server container can be scheduled on demand. Sites are counted once each regardless of how many providers operate in the same metro, and count only while accepting deployments.

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Private Fleet locations

The subset of the 615+ where a studio can reserve dedicated bare-metal or VM hosts for its exclusive use rather than deploying into shared on-demand capacity. Published live on the Fleet Manager page. This is also the number that carries the included-egress allowance.

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Game server deployments

Counted as total deployment records since February 2019, including deployments that failed to start — the same basis our competitors use.

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Server deployment time

From cold start — provisioned from scratch, not allocated onto an already-running server. Measured to container ready, before the game engine starts.

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Sustained deployment rate

The orchestrator started real game server containers continuously for 60 minutes, averaging 40 started deployments per second over the full hour, counted at deployment start rather than at ready state. Measured across 550+ locations and 17 providers in November 2023.

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Concurrent capacity

In November 2023, the platform sustained 40 game server deployments per second for 60 minutes across 550+ locations and 17 providers, reaching 14 million concurrent sessions at 100 players per server. Game servers were real containers; player clients were simulated.

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Availability

Availability is committed at 99.99% under our terms of service and measured continuously against five independently monitored components — Container Registry, Dashboard, Public API, Public Documentation and Website. Trailing 90-day measured uptime: 100.000%. The live figure is published on status.edgegap.com.

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Provider redundancy

Distinct infrastructure suppliers under contract and available for production deployments, counted at corporate-entity level. Failover between providers is automatic.

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How we keep this current

What gets reviewed, on what cadence, and what carries its own date.

Platform figures on this page are reviewed and refreshed quarterly. Metrics drawn from live sources — availability and game server deployments — carry their own as-of dates and are updated as measured. Benchmark results are dated to the test that produced them and are not restated as current figures.

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