Cloud (PUN) vs Server Clarification

Hi @CuirassEntertainment.

Photon Cloud is not p2p. It's client to server with the Photon Cloud servers being the server side and PUN (or another Photon Client SDK) bein the client side.

However we don't allow custom server-side code on the public cloud as it is a shared environment and issues in the custom code of one developer could affect the security and/or performance of the apps of other developers.

The whole point in using the self-hosted Photon server option is that you do the hosting yourself. This means a) that you are free to run your own server-side code, but also b) that because you do the hosting, you need to operate servers in various regions of the world yourself if you want to provide regional servers and regional matchmaking to your users.

There is a third option as well that may be what you are looking for:
Photon Enterprise Cloud: With this option we host a dedicated Photon Cloud just for you, so you get the best out of both worlds: we do the hosting and operate the servers for you (the same regions are available as with the public cloud), so you don't need to have dedicated server operation engineers in your team and at the same time you can run custom server side code on the Enterprise Cloud.

However this option is a bit more expensive than the other two. In case that that is not a problem for you and you want to go with this third option, contact us by email (developer@exitgames.com).