AltTester vs FirstLook Engagement Analytics

AltTester is a freemium game test automation tool for projects built with Unity or Unreal Engine. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows and uses a hybrid test environment. Listed target platforms are PC, Mac, Windows, Android, iOS, WebGL, and Nintendo Switch. AltTester Lite specifies one connection across PC, Mac, Android, iOS, and WebGL. AltTester Pro specifies two parallel connections and macOS, Windows, and Linux CI/CD batchmode. The product has a free plan, a 30-day trial, and paid access from €75/user/mo when billed annually. AltTester was founded in 2018. Its published details focus on running automated game tests across supported engines, operating systems, target devices, and connection configurations.

FirstLook Engagement Analytics combines in-game telemetry with out-of-game player signals in player profiles for game studios. Native Unreal and Unity SDKs support session tracking and custom events. Teams can segment players by playtime, retention cohort, source, country, custom attributes, and tags, then trigger automated email or Discord direct messages from events or rules. Dashboards cover players, Discord, Steam, visits, sessions, custom events, retention cohorts, and funnels. Listed inputs include Unreal or Unity telemetry, Discord activity, Steam playtime, and API custom events; identity syncing spans Steam, Discord, Epic, and console accounts. Teams can export segments as CSV or through an API, and API ingestion can stream warehouse events. Counter and duration events can feed filters, segments, triggers, quests, rewards, and Discord roles. The Forever Free plan costs nothing and includes 100k player profiles, up to 500 playtesters, and 1,000 emails per month. Analytics Core costs $149 a month, billed monthly per game, and includes 1M events. Engagement Pro costs $3,499 a month, billed monthly per game, and includes 10M events. FirstLook lists Community Support for Core and Slack Support for Pro.