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Cost Center

by Extra Labs · Since 2020
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VendorExtra Labs
Year launched2020
StatusActive
LocationBrisbane, Australia
Countries servedGlobal
Languages12
Integrations1+
Free tierN/A
Free trialN/A
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About Cost Center

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Cost Center by Extra Labs is a powerful business intelligence automation platform designed specifically for mobile game and app publishers looking to scale growth, maximize return on ad spend (ROAS), and streamline performance management across departments. By consolidating data from over 25 sources—including mobile measurement partners (MMPs), ad networks, mediation platforms, and analytics tools—into a unified "Master BI" pipeline, Cost Center eliminates the need for in-house data engineering while delivering real-time, actionable insights across user acquisition (UA), creatives, monetization, and game design. This centralized and automated approach makes it easier for publishers to manage their advertising efforts and product performance with clarity, precision, and speed, transforming what is typically a complex, fragmented data landscape into a single, reliable source of truth. The software’s functionality covers every essential area in the mobile publishing ecosystem. For UA teams, it offers in-depth analytics and automated bid optimization to improve campaign performance across multiple ad networks. Bid triggers and real-time alerts ensure that decisions can be made at the moment insights emerge, rather than waiting for manual review cycles.

Pros & Cons

Pros
  • End-to-End Automation: Covers UA (User Acquisition), monetization, creatives, subscriptions, and game design—removing manual bottlenecks across departments.
  • Cross-Functional Optimization: Aligns product, marketing, and finance teams through a centralized, role-based dashboard.
  • No-Code Data Visualization: Empowers non-technical users to build and explore data pipelines without engineering support.
  • 25+ Data Source Integration: Consolidates data from MMPs, mediation layers, analytics tools, and more.
  • Real-Time Alerts & Automation: Automated bid adjustments and anomaly detection keep campaigns agile and responsive.
  • User-Level Analytics: Enables deep segmentation by country, version, campaign, and behavior metrics.
  • Creative Intelligence: Identifies trends in ad creatives that drive impressions and conversions.
  • Customer Testimonials: Cited as a "source of truth" with reports of 1.5–2x user growth in 3 months—backed by industry players.
Cons
  • Gaming/App Publisher Niche: Focused specifically on mobile game and app companies—not suitable for general enterprise use cases.
  • Opaque Pricing Model: No public pricing or trial limits mentioned, requiring direct contact to evaluate cost-effectiveness.
  • Requires Data Literacy: While no-code, extracting full value from insights may still demand strong growth/data knowledge.
  • Limited Info on Customization or API Access: Public documentation doesn’t clarify extensibility for bespoke workflows or tooling.

Features

Key features

Unified Data Pipeline & Master BI

Connects over 25 data sources without code to build a single source of truth for mobile game/app performance.

AI-Powered User Acquisition Optimization

Automates bidding strategies and provides real-time alerts for bid triggers and outlier metrics to enhance ROAS.

Fraud Detection (Real Users Verification)

Improves user legitimacy by performing a 3-point check against MMP, Mediation, and Analytics data.

Creative Performance Identification

Helps identify trending ad creatives, focusing on styles and themes that drive impressions and conversions.

In-Depth Player Behavior Insights

Provides detailed user-level and game-level performance data (by country, variants, versions, campaigns) to optimize game design.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Facilitates seamless teamwork by allowing users with roles and permissions to share and access data with full or limited access.

Additional features

BI Automation

Automates business intelligence processes for mobile game and app publishers.

ROAS & Profit Growth Acceleration

Helps accelerate and automate the growth of Return on Ad Spend and profitability.

User Acquisition Optimization

Optimizes strategies for acquiring new users.

Creatives Optimization

Optimizes the performance and design of advertising creatives.

Monetisation Optimization

Optimizes strategies for monetizing games and apps.

Game Design Optimization

Provides insights to improve game design based on player behavior.

Manual Task Reduction

Cuts down on manual data-related tasks.

Efficiency Boost

Increases operational efficiency across various departments.

One Master BI

Serves as a single, centralized business intelligence platform for the mobile gaming/apps industry.

Automation

Automates various aspects of mobile game/app operations.

Operation Efficiency

Enhances the efficiency of daily operations.

Game Optimization

Provides tools and insights to optimize game performance and user experience.

Visualise Data Without Code

Allows users to visualize data without requiring coding knowledge.

Connect 25+ Data Sources

Integrates with over 25 different data sources to build data pipelines.

No In-House Data Team Needed

Enables data pipeline creation without requiring a dedicated internal data team.

Real Users Verification

Checks user legitimacy against MMP, Mediation, and Analytics data for fraud detection.

Player Behavior Insights

Offers in-depth understanding of user-level and game-level performance.

Performance by Attributes

Provides insights segmented by country, variants, versions, and campaigns.

Trending Ad Creative Identification

Helps pinpoint which ad creatives are performing best.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Supports collaboration between different teams within an organization.

User Roles and Permissions

Allows inviting users with customizable roles and data access permissions.

Real-time Notifications

Delivers instant alerts for automated bid triggers and outlier metric performances.

UA Analytics

Provides analytics specifically for User Acquisition metrics.

Bid Automation

Automates bidding strategies for advertising campaigns.

Creative Management

Manages and optimizes advertising creatives.

Game Analytics

Offers analytical insights into game performance.

Subscription Analytics

Analyzes data related to subscriptions.

Mobile Attribution

Tracks and attributes user installations and actions to their source.

Big Data

Handles and processes large volumes of data.

Prediction

Provides predictive capabilities (e.g., LTV, ROAS prediction).

UA Metrics

Tracks and reports on various User Acquisition metrics.

Terminology

Offers explanations of relevant industry terminology.

Help Center

Provides resources for user support and guidance.

Pricing

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Countries & Languages

Global
Countries served
12
Interface languages
10
Billing currencies

Interface languages

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Billing currencies

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