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- Development Mode, Up to 10 Titles with up to 100k users per title.
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Try out Multiplayer Server* hosting with up to 750 free compute hours.
- First 150k Requests Free up to 1 MBs.
Pay-as-you-go
- Unlimited live titles & player accounts.
- No monthly minimum.
- Pay only for the services you use. No limits to service usage.
- Access to PlayFab Forum support.
Standard Plan
- Unlimited live titles & player accounts.
- Included monthly meters valued at $400 USD, then pay-as-you-go on live titles.
- Gold Support. Access to support ticket submission.
Premium Plan
- Everything included in Standard Plan.
- Included monthly meters valued at $8,000 USD, then pay-as-you-go on live titles.
- Platinum Support. Access to support ticket submission with emergency escalations.
Are your titles growing? Contact us to learn more about our Enterprise Plan starting at $10k per month.
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| Development titles | 10 titles Up to 100,000 players per title | 10 titles Up to 100,000 players per title | 10 titles Up to 100,000 players per title |
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Events*
Event Pricing Documentation
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| PlayStream Events | —
$6.60 per million events* |
20 Million Events $6 per additional million | 500 Million Events $5.70 per additional million |
| Telemetry Events | —
$2.75 per million events* |
10 Million Events $2.50 per additional million | 500 Million Events $2.38 per additional million |
| Data Connections Egress |
Same Region
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| *Events are metered in 1 KB blocks against average event size. For example, 10 events with an average size of 2 KB are billed as 20 events, while 10 events with an average size of 0.5 KB are billed as 10 events. | |||
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Profile
Profile Documentation
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| Reads | —
$0.33 per million reads |
60 Million Reads $0.30 per additional million | 1 Billion Reads $0.29 per additional million |
| Writes | —
$7.15 per million writes |
30 Million Writes $6.50 per additional million | 500 Million Writes $6.18 per additional million |
| Storage | —
$1.54 per GB |
10 GB $1.40 per additional GB | 250 GB $1.33 per additional GB |
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Content & Configuration
Content & configuration Documentation
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| Reads | —
$0.00275 per thousand reads |
200 Thousand Reads $0.0025 per additional thousand reads | 15 Million Reads $0.0024 per additional thousand reads |
| Writes | —
$0.033 per thousand writes |
100 Thousand Writes $0.03 per additional thousand writes | 15 Million Writes $0.029 per additional thousand writes |
| Storage | —
$0.11 per GB |
10 GB $0.1 per additional GB | 50 GB $0.095 per additional GB |
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Insights
Insights Documentation
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| Insights Credits | Insights Performance Level 1 $0.72 per credit | Insights Performance Level 1 25 Credits, $0.65 per additional credit | Insights Performance Level 1 750 Credits, $0.62 per additional credit |
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Economy V2 - ITEMS, CURRENCY, BUNDLES, RECIPES, STORES, USER GENERATED CONTENT
Economy V2 Documentation
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| Requests |
First 150k Requests Free up to 1MB per request Up to 1 MB per request $7.00 per additional million requests >1 to 5 MB per request $25.00 per additional million requests >5 to 25 MB per request $110.00 per additional million requests >25 to 50 MB per request $210.00 per additional million requests >50 to 100 MB per request $420.00 per additional million requests |
First 150k Requests Free up to 1MB per request Up to 1 MB per request $6.50 per additional million requests >1 to 5 MB per request $22.50 per additional million requests >5 to 25 MB per request $100.00 per additional million requests >25 to 50 MB per request $190.00 per additional million requests >50 to 100 MB per request $380.00 per additional million requests |
First 150k Requests Free up to 1MB per request Up to 1 MB per request $6.00 per additional million requests >1 to 5 MB per request $20.00 per additional million requests >5 to 25 MB per request $90.00 per additional million requests >25 to 50 MB per request $170.00 per additional million requests >50 to 100 MB per request $340.00 per additional million requests |
| File Storage | 5 GB $0.11 per additional GB | 5 GB $0.10 per additional GB | 5 GB $0.095 per additional GB |
| Catalog Item Storage | 1 GB $1.54 per additional GB | 1 GB $1.40 per additional GB | 1 GB $1.33 per additional GB |
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Economy V2 - PLAYER INVENTORY
Economy V2 Documentation
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| Read Requests |
First 150k Requests Free Read requests $3.00 per million requests |
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| Write Requests |
First 15k Requests Free Write requests $40.00 per million requests |
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User Generated Content
UGC Documentation
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| Requests |
First 150k Requests Free up to 1MB per request Up to 1 MB per request $7.00 per additional million requests >1 to 5 MB per request $25.00 per additional million requests >5 to 25 MB per request $110.00 per additional million requests >25 to 50 MB per request $210.00 per additional million requests >50 to 100 MB per request $420.00 per additional million requests |
First 150k Requests Free up to 1MB per request Up to 1 MB per request $6.50 per additional million requests >1 to 5 MB per request $22.50 per additional million requests >5 to 25 MB per request $100.00 per additional million requests >25 to 50 MB per request $190.00 per additional million requests >50 to 100 MB per request $380.00 per additional million requests |
First 150k Requests Free up to 1MB per request Up to 1 MB per request $6.00 per additional million requests >1 to 5 MB per request $20.00 per additional million requests >5 to 25 MB per request $90.00 per additional million requests >25 to 50 MB per request $170.00 per additional million requests >50 to 100 MB per request $340.00 per additional million requests |
| Storage | 5 GB $0.11 per additional GB | 5 GB $0.10 per additional GB | 5 GB $0.095 per additional GB |
| Party Connectivity* | 100,000 Minutes
Free for additional minutes if using Xbox Live.
Otherwise $0.000004 per additional player minute. |
1 Million Minutes
Free for additional minutes if using Xbox Live.
Otherwise $0.0000036 per additional player minute. |
10 Million Minutes
Free for additional minutes if using Xbox Live.
Otherwise $0.0000032 per additional player minute. |
| Party Voice* | 100,000 Minutes
Free for additional minutes if using Xbox Live.
Otherwise $0.0001 per additional player minute. |
500,000 Minutes
Free for additional minutes if using Xbox Live.
Otherwise $0.00009 per additional player minute. |
5 Million Minutes
Free for additional minutes if using Xbox Live.
Otherwise $0.00008 per additional player minute. |
| Party Cognitive Services | $0.0165 per additional cognitive services minute consumed. | 300 minutes $0.015 per additional cognitive minute. | 900 minutes $0.0143 per additional % of cognitive minute. |
| Party Data Egress* |
25 GB / Zone 1 (Americas, EMEA) Free if using Xbox Live. Otherwise $0.05 per additional GB 10 GB / Zone 2 (SE Asia, Aus) Free if using Xbox Live. Otherwise $0.08 per additional GB 10 GB / Zone 3 (Brazil) Free if using Xbox Live. Otherwise $0.16 per additional GB |
150 GB / Zone 1 (Americas, EMEA) Free if using Xbox Live. Otherwise $0.05 per additional GB 30 GB / Zone 2 (SE Asia, Aus) Free if using Xbox Live. Otherwise $0.08 per additional GB 20 GB / Zone 3 (Brazil) Free if using Xbox Live. Otherwise $0.16 per additional GB |
1.5 TB / Zone 1 (Americas, EMEA) Free if using Xbox Live. Otherwise $0.05 per additional GB 300 GB / Zone 2 (SE Asia, Aus) Free if using Xbox Live. Otherwise $0.08 per additional GB 200 GB / Zone 3 (Brazil) Free if using Xbox Live. Otherwise $0.16 per additional GB |
| Party Text Moderation |
$1 per 1,000 messages 0 - 1 Million messages $0.75 per 1,000 messages 1 Million - 5 Million messages $0.60 per 1,000 messages 5 Million - 10 Million messages $0.40 per 1,000 messages 10 Million+ messages |
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| *Effective April 1, 2022, we have increased the number of included minutes in the Standard and Premium Plans and lowered the pricing per additional minute for Party Connectivity and Party Voice. | |||
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Matchmaking & Lobby
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| Matchmaking Requests* | $9.9 per million requests | $9.9 per million requests | $9.9 per million requests |
| Lobby Requests* | $9.9 per million requests | $9.9 per million requests | $9.9 per million requests |
| Messages* | $1 per million messages | $1 per million messages | $1 per million messages |
| *Free across ALL platforms for titles with an Xbox live presence. | |||
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| Churn Prediction | Eligible Players
$4.21 per 100 Thousand Cumulative Eligible Players* |
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| *Pricing applicable for Public Preview only, subject to change for General Availability (GA). | Support | Forums |
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| Support Ticket Submission | Not included in plan |
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| Emergency Escalation | Not included in plan | Not included in plan |
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Multiplayer Servers Pricing
When MPS is enabled, you can use Multiplayer Servers for free in a limited capacity to evaluate the building of multiplayer server games.
Games that require Multiplayer Servers must purchase additional capacity for Virtual Machine instance hours, Network egress and Storage. View the detailed price sheet .
| Included VM Instance Hours |
Regions East US North Europe |
VMs 750 Dasv4 Hours per month 750 Dasv4 Hours per month |
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| Multiplayer Servers Egress |
10 GB Zone 1 (Americas, EMEA) $0.05 per additional GB 10 GB Zone 2 (Asia, EMEA) $0.08 per additional GB 10 GB Zone 3 (Brazil, South Africa) $0.16 per additional GB |
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Frequently Asked Questions about PlayFab Pricing
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Visit the PlayFab Pricing Overview page to find a series of articles and information that will detail how PlayFab pricing works including definitions of our consumption-based Pricing Meters.
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Current PlayFab customers can visit the Billing Summary page to preview your titles’ usage amounts to help determine your estimated costs. You can access the Billing Summary page from the “My Studios and Titles” homepage by clicking on the ellipsis “…” to see your studio settings. We have also created a Best Practices Guide that provides tips for using and optimizing each meter and will help guide you through managing your costs.
New customers can start testing PlayFab in Development Mode, which is a free-to-try state that provides developers with the flexibility to connect a title to PlayFab without running up the bill. In Development Mode you will be able to see your titles Billing Summary page that details your usage and will help in estimating longer term costs.
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All PlayFab titles are in one of two possible states – Development Mode and Live. Development Mode is a free-to-try and test state that provides developers with the flexibility to connect a title to PlayFab without running up the bill. A title in development mode can only have up to 100k users. Accounts can have up to 10 titles in Development Mode.
By default, every title created starts in Development Mode. The My Studios and Titles main page will indicate which state a title is in through a mark on the bottom, left corner of the title block. This indicator can also be viewed at the top of the left nav within a title. Titles in Development Mode are labeled Development. Read more about Development Mode.
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You can change your plan in Game Manager using the Plan Recommendation and Plan Selection pages. Read more about Account Upgrades.
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PlayFab Insights is a feature currently in public preview. It is a completely managed data environment, giving you instant access to your games data without the need for additional engineering. All Insights features are billed in a virtual currency called "Insights Credits". Each performance level for insights is billed to the minute (Insights Credits Per Hour / 60). The cost in credits for each performance level is located at the bottom of the table on the Insights Management page. Visit the Insights pricing page to understand the relationship of Insights Performance settings to your cost.
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Depending on your current pricing plan, you pay for what you use on PlayFab Party at the rate specified on this page. More detailed PlayFab Party billing meter descriptions can be found on the PlayFab Party pricing page.
PlayFab Party can be enabled in the Game Manager by clicking on the Party tab. For detailed instructions on enabling PlayFab Party visit the PlayFab Party Quickstart.
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All customers get access to our web forums, documentation, and tutorials. In addition, we have an active community in Slack, where developers can share their experiences and knowledge with one another. Customers on a paid plan get access to dedicated support, including the ability to submit tickets. At the Enterprise level, customers will have dedicated support. Learn more about technical support.
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PlayFab's multiplayer server hosting service allows you to operate a dynamically scaling pool of custom game servers in Azure. Multiplayer Servers can be enabled in Game Manager by selecting the Multiplayer tab. For detailed instructions on enabling PlayFab Multiplayer Servers visit the Multiplayer Server Quickstart.
All PlayFab customers who have selected a plan can access the service and use a limited, free quota of multiplayer servers for product evaluation and testing. Multiplayer Servers are billed on a consumption-basis and billed separately. Visit these resources to learn more about Multiplayer Server billing and pricing.
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The Billing Summary page provides a daily snapshot of your month-to-date estimate charges. Use the information on this page to estimate what your bill will look like at the end of the month and view past months to understand trends and comparisons. The billing details page helps you determine what the biggest consumers of your metered resources are and gives you information that you can use to reduce your charges in subsequent months.
Admin or billing permissions are required to view the Billing Summary page. Visit Billing Summary Overview to learn more.
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All PlayFab Essentials, Indie and Pro Tier accounts will be transitioned to modern pricing on November 1, 2020. To understand how this transition will impact your account, visit the Pricing Transition documentation page.