PlaytestCloud vs Viewport.gg

PlaytestCloud helps video game studios, publishers, and accelerators collect player feedback. It recruits target players, records gameplay, and analyzes results; the company says recordings, transcripts, and AI analysis arrive within 48 hours. Captures can include screens, voices, touch interactions, survey responses, and think-aloud transcripts. First Findings AI identifies themes and sentiment, summarizes findings, and links insights to supporting video clips. Research formats include single-session, moderated, diary study, kids, competitor, and survey playtests. Studios can target players by demographics, location, age, gender, and gaming interests, using custom targeting and screeners for narrower audiences. The platform supports cloud testing for Unity, Unreal Engine, and Defold Engine games on iOS, Android, PC, browser, and Steam. Annual Professional Basic pricing starts at €1,025 a month for Mobile or PC only. A 14-day trial includes two Video Tokens for two players.

Viewport.gg helps indie game developers run playtests and collect session recordings with structured feedback from paid testers. Developers can upload a Windows zip, WebGL folder,.app bundle or APK, or paste a TestFlight link; builds are auto-detected and do not require a CLI. Test setup includes choosing a tester audience, duration, feedback template and payout per tester. Session capture can include screen video, microphone audio, an input overlay, a transcript and automatically flagged moments. Testers are paid automatically when their submissions are accepted. Viewport.gg charges 15% on tester payouts; the listed example totals $11.50 for a $10 tester payout. There is no subscription, project minimum, per-seat fee or paywalled feature, and the service is free when no tester is paid. It lists Unity, Unreal, Godot, GameMaker, WebGL, Steam Playtest, itch.io and TestFlight under “Ships with.” The audience described ranges from solo developers to studios of up to 15 people.