What is the best network option to make a game which handles more than 100 players in a room?

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I’m looking to make a game like a metaverse which is a city where a high number of players live there(maybe 100+), what is the best option for that. I’ve used Photon before but it says it doesn’t support these numbers, should I buy a server and make everything from zero? Appreciate the help, thanks.

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There are two options:

Fish-Networking: Free, high preformance, low bandwidth, a lot of built in features, but there are some ones (like lag compensation) that there are paid.

Photon Fusion: High preformance, low bandwidth, a lot of built in features for free, but only 20 free ccu, if you want more you need to pay.

The prices:
Fish-Net: You can use it for completely free, but fish-net pro offers a lot more, pro costs 10$ the first month, and then you can downgrade to updates only, which costs 2$/month. When you pay 60$, you can get lifetime acess for free. @Punfish correct me if Im wrong.

Photon fusion: More expensive than PUN, 20 free ccu, the 500 ccu plan costs 125$/month, the 1000 one costs 250$/month and the 2000 costs 500$/month. @tobiass correct me if Im wrong

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Worth noting you do not have to be a Pro member long term. You can cancel at anytime, should you choose to join.

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Oh, my fault.

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Inferna MMO was made with Mirror btw.

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Arcadius is another that was on Mirror, and is now on Fish-Networking. If you ever want to hear Pros and Cons of each speaking with the Arcadius dev is a good start.

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