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Rivet

Freemium#17 of 23 in Game Server Orchestration Software

Rivet: A flexible actor platform for multiplayer rooms, but broader than dedicated game-server orchestration. Ranked #17 of 23 in Game Server Orchestration Software by our editors (6.2/10); pricing: Free plan; best for developers building actor-based game rooms.

6.2/10Editor score

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At a glance

Editor score
6.2 / 10
Pricing
Free plan
Best for
Developers building actor-based game rooms
Free plan
Yes
Paid from
$20/mo
Autoscaling
Yes
Facts checked
22 Sep 2026

Where it wins
- Durable Actors retain state for users, rooms, matches, and sessions
- Regional placement, WebSockets, queues, timers, and realtime events
- Managed, self-hosted, BYOC, VPC, and air-gapped deployment options
Where it doesn't
- Broader realtime infrastructure focus than dedicated game-server orchestration
- Usage-based compute applies to Hobby and Team plans
- Community support on Free; priority SLA support requires Enterprise Edition On-Prem

Our verdict on Rivet

Rivet is an open-source platform for building stateful realtime applications with durable Actors. Those Actors can represent users, rooms, matches, or sessions, retain persisted state, communicate over WebSockets, process asynchronous queues, run scheduled tasks, and sleep when idle. Its documented multiplayer and game-room patterns make it a fit for developers building actor-based game rooms, while its broader scope also covers agent orchestration, realtime applications, and per-tenant databases.

The plan structure supports an incremental path from experimentation to production. Free costs $0 per month and is intended for prototyping and small projects, with community support. Hobby costs $20 per month and adds usage-based compute and email support for scaling applications. Team costs $200 per month and includes usage-based compute plus Slack and email support for growing teams and businesses. Enterprise Edition On-Prem runs in a customer's VPC, customer environments, or regulated networks, with air-gapped and sovereign-cloud deployment options, priority support, and an SLA.

Rivet's strongest fit is for teams that want stateful room logic, independent Actor placement, regional routing, operational inspection, and managed container deployment through Rivet Compute. It connects with frameworks and infrastructure including React, Next.js, Svelte, Hono, Express, Elysia, tRPC, AWS, Kubernetes, GCP, Cloudflare, Vercel, Railway, Postgres, and FoundationDB. Web, Linux, API, and self-hosted options broaden deployment choices. Teams seeking a narrowly focused dedicated-server orchestration product or a built-in matchmaking service should consider a more specialized alternative.

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Rivet pricing

Plans Free planFreemium A usable free plan; paid tiers unlock the limits above. Prices checked 22 Sep 2026.

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Rivet fact sheet

Free plan	Yes
Paid from	$20/mo
Deployment model	Hybrid
Autoscaling	Yes
Multiregion deployment	Yes
Matchmaking	Not verified
Container support	Yes
Supported platforms	web, Node.js, Bun, Deno, Rust, iOS, macOS
Pricing model	Usage
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Linux
Support	Email, Community, Docs
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate)
Integrations	16 integrations: React, Next.js, Svelte, Hono, Express, Elysia …
Pricing	Free plan (source)
Website	rivet.dev
Facts checked	22 Sep 2026

Rivet integrations

Rivet lists 16 integrations on its own site.

React
Next.js
Svelte
Hono
Express
Elysia
tRPC
AWS
Kubernetes
GCP
Cloudflare
Vercel
Railway
Postgres
FoundationDB
S3

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