New Resources!

Among the several new platform releases we've rolled out over the past month, we've revamped our Resources page to include case studies, technical articles, etc.

www.snapser.com/resources

Case Studies

Powering 180M+ MAU on Roblox Without Backend Bottlenecks https://snapser.com/resources/posts/voldex-case-study

Powering MGA Studio's First Miniverse Game https://snapser.com/resources/posts/mga-case-study

Beyond the Opening Gambit; Scaling Echo Chess with Snapser https://snapser.com/resources/posts/echo-chess-case-study

Powering Sparkball; How Opti Games Cut Dev Time in Half with Snapser https://snapser.com/resources/posts/opti-games-case-study

Squid Games & Snapser; Proven Expertise & Trust Over Empty Benchmarks https://snapser.com/resources/posts/squid-games-case-study

Technical Articles

Shared Multi-tenant vs Snapser; Learn why we think the shared services model falls short https://snapser.com/resources/posts/shared-multi-tenant-vs-snapser

Empowering Developers; A New Era in Backend Platform Flexibility https://snapser.com/resources/posts/byosnap-byows

Simplifying Analytics; Business Intelligence Tooling Made Accessible https://snapser.com/resources/posts/simplifying-analytics

Snaps 101 Video Series

We continue to publish new Snaps 101 videos on our YouTube page. Each video showcases a feature or capability of the platform in a bite sized format. These videos are also embedded within our documentation! Subscribe to our channel!

https://www.youtube.com/@SnapserInc

Building a Modular Backend for Apps and Games

Lessons from launching Snapser’s Starter Tier

Background

We’ve been building Snapser: a modular backend that helps app/game teams launch fast and scale safely—without drowning in infra. Last month, we rolled out out a new Starter Tier and wanted to share what we learned building it.

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What Snapser Does

Modular building blocks (“Snaps”)

~30 production-ready services (Auth, Leaderboards, Storage, Rewards, Chat, Inventory, Analytics, A/B Tests, etc.). Pick what you need; skip what you don’t.

Write your own services

Bring custom code in any language and run it alongside Snaps.

Isolated “own cluster” experience

Every project gets its own environment and control surface. Under the hood, we use Kubernetes namespaces, bin-packing, and autoscaling to spread compute while keeping data and config isolation.

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What’s in the New Starter Tier (Free for Development)

• 1 development cluster (your own isolated environment)
• 2 admin portal seats
• 5 Snaps free (choose from Auth, Storage, Inventory, Analytics, A/B Tests, and ~25 others; beyond 5 is per-Snap pricing)
• All Basic Snaps — 25 pre-built features
• Access to “Cortex,” our AI backend assistant (alpha)
• Community support

Full Article here 👉 https://snapser.com/resources/posts/starter-tier

About Me

My name is Alex, I am the Head of Sales & GTM at Snapser.

About Snapser

Founded in 2022, we're remote-first, seed series startup that offers an all-in-one powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use backend platform for developers and app makers.

Early Access Phase

Up until recently, our platform was invite-only as we spent time working with a handful of developers to test, validate, and improve the platform before making it open to everyone.
Our team comes from a games industry background, so naturally, most of our initial developers have been game studios.
In fact, many of the apps we're supporting LIVE today are games—whereby we support millions of users worldwide.

Announcement

I am pleased to announce that we have opened our platform to any and all developers, regardless of the app or platform you're building for, or what stage in development you're in. We offer a free starter plan, where developers can use the platform for free while in development.

What’s Next

As we continue to scale and grow our business, I look forward to sharing monthly updates with the community on both the commercial and technical side of things. I hope these updates offer helpful to other tech startups who might be in similar initiatives and stages.