GAMEPERF08-BP02 Align solution selection with engineering team skills and expertise

Assess your team's skills and expertise in managing and optimizing game server performance when choosing your hosting option. Self-hosted solutions like EC2 and containers require more knowledge of infrastructure management, performance tuning, and scaling. If your team lacks these skills, a managed service like GameLift may be more suitable, as it abstracts away many of the complexities and allows your team to focus on game-specific optimizations.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: High

Implementation guidance

By evaluating these factors and conducting performance tests across different hosting options, you can select the most appropriate solution that meets your game's specific requirements while optimizing for performance efficiency.