💲Pricing
This is the early access pricing model for MSquared. It is specifically for short-term events. For alternative virtual world formats please email contact@msquared.io to discuss custom requirements and pricing.
The M² pricing model contains 3 components:
Usage
Support
Transaction Fee
Usage and Support are covered on this page. The Transaction Fee is covered here.
Pricing model
The pricing model is based around the usage of virtual worlds of different sizes including:
World hours - the number of hours a world is running
Players connected per hour - the number of players connected to a world (inc. bots)
Streaming client hours - the number of client hours provisioned via one of our 3rd party service streaming providers
Usage Costs
World hours
World hours costs vary depending on the size of the world:
World Size | Max Players | World running hourly cost |
Small | 500 CCU | $1.50 |
Medium | 1,500 CCU | $5.00 |
Large | 15,000 CCU | $100.00 |
where:
Costs are rounded up to the nearest minute
CCU = concurrent users (1 connected player is 1 CCU)
“Players” include both both real clients and bots
More world sizes will be added in the future
All currencies are in USD
Player hours
Player hours cost $0.02 per hour for all template sizes, rounded up to the nearest minute
Bot hours
Bot hours also cost $0.02 per hour for all template sizes, rounded up to the nearest minute
Streaming client hours
Streaming hours are charged at $1.50 per streaming-hour for machines in Europe and North America, regardless of template size. Streaming times are rounded up to the nearest minute when calculating pricing. Contact us for other geographies
Usage costs examples
1) Small event: 200 attendees on average, 2-hour event duration, all attendees joining via native apps, zero bots
World hours: Small world size, $1.50 / hour, 2 hour duration, $3 subtotal
Player hours: $0.02 / player-hour, 400 player-hours, $8 subtotal
Total cost: $11.00 per event
$0.06 / attendee
2) Medium event: 1,000 attendees on average, 2-hour event duration, all attendees joining via native apps, 500 bots on average
World hours: Medium world size, $5.00 / hour, 2 hour duration, $10 subtotal
Player hours: $0.02 / player-hour, 2,000 player-hours, $40 subtotal
Bots: $0.02 / bot-hour, 1,000 bot-hours, $20 sub-total
Total cost: $70.00 per event
$0.07 / attendee
3) Large event with streaming: 10,000 attendees on average, 2-hour event duration, 90% of attendees joining via native apps, 10% via pixel streaming, zero bots
World hours: Large world size, $100 / hour, 2 hour duration, $200 subtotal
Player hours: $0.02 / player-hour, 20,000 player-hours, $400 subtotal
Pixel streaming: $1.50 / streaming-hour, 1,000 streaming-hours, $1,500 subtotal
Total cost: $2,100.00 per event
$0.21 / attendee
Support costs
M² currently offers two support tiers: Free (the default) and Enterprise
Free | Enterprise | |
Cost per month | $0 | $13,000 |
Documentation | ✔ | ✔ |
Discord support | ✔ | ✔ |
Dedicated support - Response times - Direct Slack support channel - Availability - Ticket response - Support response follow-up - Named Engineer | ✘ | ✔ ✔ 2 hours (10:00 - 17:00 UK time) ✔ ✔ ✔ |
Roadmap Input | Considered | Priority |
Access to M² Solutions Team | ✘ | Yes, at additional charge** |
*Support with Feature Discovery, Integration and Implementation guidance and new feature exploration
**Please get in touch to explore custom Solutions
Frequently Asked Questions
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