Your PC stays at the core
Games, software and files already installed: nothing to buy again in a separate catalog.
The Lume advantage
Built around your machine, not a cloud catalog.
You keep your library, desktop and hardware. Lume tries the direct path first, then uses a relay when the network requires it.
A link can be enough
The PWA runs in a compatible browser, with no client application to install.
Over 120 fps measured
A 16:04 direct session sustained a 128.4 fps median (P95 140). This does not mean locked 144 fps on every device.
Web and native
The PWA is live. Apple apps use private TestFlight and Android uses a private Google test, by invitation.
The detail, criterion by criterion
Lume against the market references
On mobile, swipe the table horizontally. The Lume column comes first.
| LumeOur solution | Parsec | Moonlight | GeForce NOW | Xbox Cloud | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plays in a browser, nothing to install client-side | ✓PWA in a tab — nothing to install client-side. | ~Chrome/Chromium web client only; Parsec says its stability and performance are lower than the downloadable app. The native host app is still required. | ✗No official web client: GameStream needs raw TCP/UDP sockets browsers don’t expose. | ✓Chrome, Edge, Opera GX and macOS Safari depending on platform via play.geforcenow.com. | ✓Edge, Chrome or Safari on xbox.com/play, no client app. |
| Access on iPhone or iPad | ✓Working Safari PWA and Swift client offered through private TestFlight by invitation. | ✗No official iOS app; web is Chromium only. OpenParsec = third-party, unofficial, WIP. | ✓Native Moonlight client available on compatible Apple platforms. | ✓Safari PWA added to home screen on play.geforcenow.com. | ✓Safari on xbox.com/play + Add to Home Screen. |
| Native mobile and TV apps | ~Private-beta native clients: iOS/tvOS through TestFlight and Android through a Google test, by invitation. They are not publicly listed. | ~Native Android client, but no official iOS/iPadOS/tvOS client. | ✓Native clients are available on Android and compatible Apple platforms, including iPhone/iPad and Apple TV. | ~Native Android and several TV platforms; iPhone/iPad access uses the Safari PWA. | ~Mobile access mainly uses the browser/PWA depending on platform; no equivalent native stack covering iOS, tvOS and Android here. |
| Your own PC (not a rented datacenter rig) | ✓The Helio agent runs on your PC. | ✓Remote-desktop from your PC (cloud-PC option is secondary). | ✓Sunshine = self-hosted host on your PC, local GPU encode. | ✗Rented RTX rigs in NVIDIA datacenters — cloud model. | ✗Xbox Series X blades in Azure datacenters. |
| Your already-paid library (not a rented catalog) | ✓Your already-installed library, no rented catalog. | ✓Whatever is installed on your PC. | ✓The desktop and games already installed on the host. | ~Bring your own game limited to the publisher opt-in catalog. | ~Stream Your Own Game, but runs on an Azure server, publisher opt-in. |
| No inbound ports; relay when direct fails | ~No inbound forwarding; outbound WebRTC/TURN must be allowed, with no guarantee on every managed network. | ✓UPnP + fallback relay; manual port-forwarding recommended if UPnP is off. | ✗No built-in consumer relay: UPnP/ports or a VPN (Tailscale) required. | ~No inbound ports, but outbound must be allowed behind strict firewalls. | ✓Outbound WebRTC to Azure, no inbound ports. |
| Free to play at home on your own network | ✓Invite-only beta is free locally and remotely; commercial pricing has not been announced. | ✓Free personal/non-commercial; paid license for commercial, advanced via Warp. | ✓Moonlight/Sunshine/Apollo free and open source (PC + games required). | ~Free tier (1 h, 1080p, queues + ads) but it’s cloud, not LAN. | ~No LAN path to your PC; access depends on eligible games and current Xbox offers. |
| Competitive-LAN latency: documented position | ~A real low-latency pipeline, but no published glass-to-glass result under a comparable protocol yet. | ✓Native client designed for low-latency gaming and remote desktop. | ✓Native client and GameStream protocol widely used for LAN gaming. | ✗NVIDIA requires < 80 ms to the datacenter — depends on distance, not LAN. | ✗Cloud service whose path depends on datacenter distance, not a LAN path to your own PC. |
| High-refresh gaming (120 fps and above) | ✓16:04 direct session: 128.4 fps median, P95 140, at a 6.59 Mbps median. This proves sustained 120+ fps on that setup, not locked 144 fps everywhere. | ~4K possible; high frame rates require the paid tier (Warp). | ✓4K at 120 fps HDR, the reference of the genre. | ✓Depending on device and tier: QHD 120 fps in a browser, up to 4K/5K 120 fps or 1080p 360 fps on compatible native clients. | ~No 4K120 capability is counted here without sufficiently precise current official documentation for comparison. |
| Virtual screen at your device’s exact resolution | ~Creates a screen at your device’s exact resolution (up to 4K) and launches your game on it, PC’s physical display off. Validated in 4K on Apple TV; rolling out to the other clients. | ~Virtual screen (Warp) is limited to paid tiers. | ~Host-side virtual display (Sunshine/Apollo + driver), manual setup. | ~Resolutions set by the service and tier, not your device’s exact resolution. | ✗The service selects its cloud profiles; it does not create a virtual display matching your device on your own PC. |
| HDR (extended colors) | In designCapability instrumentation exists; delivered video remains SDR. 10-bit capture and end-to-end HDR rendering are not shipped. | ~HDR supported under conditions (hardware + tier). | ✓HDR10 supported (compatible host and client). | ✓HDR on the Ultimate tier. | ~Not counted as shipped here without sufficiently precise current official documentation for the browser path. |
Lume focuses on simple access to your own PC. Moonlight and Parsec remain the native references to compare on LAN; Lume has not published a comparable glass-to-glass benchmark yet.
Compare Lume plans too
Free or Paid: where does each feature sit?
The table above compares approaches. This view now separates the Lume foundation from advanced features without inventing competitor availability.
Compare all 28 featuresFree18
Examples- ✓Web app / PWA
- ✓Desktop and game video
- ✓Physical and virtual gamepad
- ✓Session statistics and diagnostics
Paid10
Examples- ✓TURN network relay
- ✓Client-matched virtual display
- ✓Client, PC and VM fleet
- ✓Create a Friends invitation
The private beta remains free today and no commercial price has been announced.
Competitor sources reviewed August 16, 2026: official Parsec, Sunshine/LizardByte, NVIDIA GeForce NOW and Xbox Cloud documentation. Lume measurements come from dated internal session logs. No cross-product latency figure is shown without a shared protocol; Lume has not published a complete glass-to-glass measurement yet.