Unet, Mirror, Dots ..... Which one to use for first attempt at a multiplayer game?

[Joe-Censored]

@Zaine7673

@Joe-Censored thanks for clarifying that.

I had my assumptions about DOT so that is out of the question now.

So its out of photon and mirror.

I’ve checked photon’s website and the free package looks okay for now but even if i get the $95 for 60 months package, I’m concerned that i may get charge if i get over 100 users. I need to understand the charges a little more.

mirror has good reviews but i understand that its based off of UNET and isn’t that being deprecated anyway?
Also, using mirror means I will still be using unity’s networking packages and their price plans will apply right?

The game I am working on will be based on small matches, sort of like a non-turn-based game of chess. what do you think would be better for that?

Sorry for all the questions but I’m really trying to get my head around this. So far I’m siding more with Photon

If you haven’t checked out this thread, take a look:
https://discussions.unity.com/t/727663

Unet was deprecated over a year ago, but effectively it has been deprecated since at least 2016, as Unity had basically stopped developing for its high level API at that point and had 1 developer working on occasional bug fixes for the low level API. But Mirror has lots of bug fixes and active support by the developer, so I wouldn’t be concerned about it going away so long as the developer’s network related assets on the store remain popular.

On your last question, ask yourself if you want to host a dedicated server for these matches. There’s pros/cons to doing so. The answer will help you decide between those two API’s.