Does brainCloud support feature X?

brainCloud's feature set is enormous - and keeps growing! Here is a list of key features, current as of Release 4.1.

Analytics

• Real-time analytics (7-day)
• API usage reporting
• API error statistics
• Server-side integration with 3rd party analytics packages (like MixPanel) via our Segment integration

Authentication

• Login
• Set Password via Email
• Forgot Password
• Multiple identities
• Merge accounts
• Peer accounts
• Shared accounts

Authentication types

• Anonymous
• E-mail (with validation)
• External (custom third-party directories)
• Facebook
• GameCenter
• Google
• Twitter
• Universal (userid + password)

Chat

• Real-time delivery of chat messages
• Global, group and [New!] dynamic chat channels
• Rolling chat history
• Developer-defined chat payload
• Profanity filtering of chat messages

Cloud Code 

• Javascript-based
• Versioned
• Schedulable
• Security permissions
• API Hooks
• Access to external web services
• Session cached objects

Cloud Data

• Concurrency-safe statistics API
• Complex entity support (JSON-based)
• Global, user and group entities
• ACL permissions
• Time-to-live support
• Shared data API
• Random entity selection
• Import / Export (JSON format)

DataStream Architecture

• Channel-based integration architecture
• Segment integration

Email

• Simple text templates
• Rich templates
• Transactional
• Substitution
• Integration with Sendgrid
• Send API

Events

• User to user
• System to user
• Developer defined
• Real-time (via RTT)

Export Data

• Export user data to CSV or JSON format
• Export global entities to JSON format

Files

• Global files
• User files
• CDN caching
• File uploads
• Update/versioning support (to minimize downloads)

Gamification

• Player XP and XP Levels
• Achievements
• Milestones & Quests
• Rewards system

Global Properties

• Key + value pairs to control app settings
• Portal-based editor
• Category support

Groups (Clans)

• Multiple group types
• Member roles and AC
• Group data 
• Open vs. closed
• Invites
• Send notifications
• Get Random
• Group chat (via Chat API)

Hosting

• Relay Servers
• Room Servers
• [New!] Multi-region
• Docker containers 

In-app Purchases

• Product definitions
• Multiple product categories
• Pricing management
• Receipt validation
• Integrations with AppStore, Facebook, Google Play, Steam, Windows Store

Integrations

• Apple
• Facebook
• Google 
• Segment
• Sendgrid
• Steam
• WebHooks
• WebPurify
• Windows

Leaderboards

• Global Leaderboards
• Social Leaderboards
• [New!] Group Leaderboards
• [New!] Voting leaderboards
• Paged Access
• Relative Position
• Sorting rules - max, min, aggregate, and last value
• Dynamic creation
• Versioned
• Retrieve multiple (for social maps)
• Pacers
• View/Edit Entries
• Management API

Lobbies (online)

• Define multiple lobby types
• Min + max users
• Support for user and room configuration
• Exchange events with lobby members
• Ready-up support
• Launch Room Server when ready
• [New!] Automatically select best region

Logging

• App-level logs - errors, warnings, info, debug & unreadable requests
• User-level logs - request + response
• Server logs - request + response
• Team-level - audit logging

Matchmaking (offline)

• Skill rating range match
• Custom filter support

Matchmaking (online)

• Escalating skill rating match
• Custom filter support
• Integrates with Lobbies and Room Servers

Messaging

• Direct messaging between users
• System messages
• Rolling message store
• Inbox and Sent items
• Read flag
• Real-time delivery (via RTT)

Multiplayer

• Async offline multiplayer
• Async online multiplayer (via RTT)
• One-way multiplayer
• Playback Streams (for One-way multiplayer)
• Real-time multiplayer compatibility - Photon, Unity, Steam, etc.
• Custom Room Server support
• Relay Server support

Peer Services

• 3rd party-developed (Sponsored) Integrations
• Shared Private Services

Presence

• Simple (online/offline) presence
• Rich (activity) presence
• Real-time activity updates
• Appear offline

Profanity Filter

• Profanity filter sub-system
• Support for filtering user names
• Chat service integration
• WebPurify Integration

Promotions 

• Sale pricing
• Replace Products
• Scheduled
• Automated (by Segment)

Push Notifications

• Programmatic
• Templates
• Send to Segment
• Send to Group
• High Priority Push (Google)
• Support for iOS, Android (GCM or FCM), and Facebook

Redemption Codes

• Redemption code inventory
• Redemption management

Relay Servers (hosted)

• Built-in Relay Servers
• Relay Service Protocol
• Tuneable
• Multi-region

Room Servers (hosted)

• Custom Docker containers
• Instance management
• Tuneable
• Multi-region

Scheduled Jobs

• Scheduled Cloud Code
• Support for customizable cloud code timeouts

Segments

• Automatically group users by criteria
• Criteria includes timezone, account creation date, amount spent, etc.

Social

• Facebook integration
• Friends
• Gifts
• Challenges

Server-to-Server API

• Call Cloud Code from 3rd party server
• Secure secret
• IP address validation
• Session-based and session-less protocols 

Tournaments

• Automated Global Tournaments Support
• Free or Paid
• Flexible Prize Rules
• Recurring Tournament Cycles - daily, weekly, monthly, etc.
• On Demand Tournaments - adhoc periods
• Tournament Phases
• Notifications
• Auto Join and Auto Claim
• Portal Support
• Divisions

Virtual Currencies

• Multiple virtual currencies
• Award from milestones and achievements
• Shared (parent) currencies

WebHooks

• Call Cloud Code from WebHooks
• Secure secret
• IP address validation

If you have more detailed questions about any of these features, feel free to hit us up via the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Cheers!

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