Alternatives to Google Stadia
Cloud gaming from Google
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Cloud gaming from Google. Google Stadia has been discontinued; the active alternatives listed here are maintained products you can switch to.
People who wanted to play high-end video games on TVs, computers, phones, and tablets without owning a gaming console or PC.
Access to a library of games playable through the Chrome browser or a Stadia app, with no local installation or downloads required. A subscription tier (Stadia Pro) offered a rotating set of free games and discounts, while a free tier (Stadia Base) let users buy games individually. A physical Stadia Controller could connect via Wi-Fi for lower latency, though standard controllers also worked over USB. The service was discontinued in January 2023, and Google refunded hardware and software purchases made through the Stadia store.
Games ran on servers in Google's data centers and were rendered there rather than on the user's device; video and audio were streamed to the device while controller inputs were sent back to the server, requiring a stable broadband internet connection.
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Clever Cloud is a Paris-based platform-as-a-service that auto-scales applications across multiple languages/runtimes and bundles managed databases (Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis) with add-ons and EU.
Koyeb lets developers deploy Git- or Docker-based services onto autoscaling microVMs with managed Postgres and multi-region placement.
Northflank is a managed application platform built on Kubernetes that deploys to your own AWS/GCP/Azure/Oracle account (BYOC) or its own cloud.
Porter runs a managed Kubernetes control plane inside the customer's own cloud account, giving Heroku-style git-push deploys, autoscaling, managed add-ons, and infrastructure customization once teams.
Qovery provisions and manages Kubernetes clusters inside a customer's own cloud account and layers a simplified deploy workflow, preview environments, and managed databases on top, targeting teams tha.
Scalingo is a France-based PaaS founded in 2013 that offers Heroku-style git-push deployment, autoscaling, managed databases, and add-ons, targeting European teams that need GDPR-compliant, EU-hosted.
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