> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.coherence.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.coherence.io/0.9/developer-portal/overview.md).

# Overview

### What is the Developer Portal?

The Developer Portal is an online dashboard where the cloud services behind your **coherence**-based game can be managed. It can be found at <https://dev.coherence.io> or from the **Developer Portal** link above.

The Developer Portal includes:

* Organization and Project creation and management
* Resource configuration and management
* Enabling / disabling features
* Cost analysis
* Team management

Here are some examples of tasks to perform on the Developer Portal:

* Create your organization and project for your game
* Start/stop/restart your cloud-based **Replication Server** or **Simulator**
* Enable coherence features such as **player authentication, key-value store, persistence,** and **build sharing**
* Invite teammates to your project
* View your resource usage and billing forecasts

### Is the Developer Portal required for development?

While a local **ReplicationServer** is available as part of the Unity SDK, in order to host multiplayer services like the **Replication Server** in the cloud, your team must have a project in the Developer Portal. It is up to your project needs when to begin using the cloud services.

### Getting started

Please see the page [Create a free account](/0.9/get-started/create-an-account.md) in the Get Started section.