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    dscout

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/Adscout headquartered in Chicago offers a mobile video research tool, available to marketers coducting research with intended product users in the moment, or conducted via video interview with users.N/A

    Lyssna

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ALyssna (formerly UsabilityHub) is a user research platform used to test digital products with real users and gain insights into their audience. Its tools and features help Lyssna to optimize users' designs and create more engaging user-friendly experiences. Lyssna is a research platform, offering a broad range of testing features including: Five Second Testing - Used to quickly test the effectiveness of landing pages, messaging and designs by showing users a…

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    $199
    per month 5 seats included
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual plan. Panel responses are priced seperately.
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    Vyond
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Dovetail
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
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    8.0
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    Usability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    dscout
    dscout is great for any UX research team. It's especially great for a research team who wants to have a true, meaningful relationship with the people who run their research platform. Whether that's hands-on onboarding, per-study assistance, or being on the cutting edge of new feature releases as a beta participant.
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    Lyssna
    UsabilityHub is well suited for remote unmoderated testing. Responses are captured very quickly and live updates allow the user to keep track of how the test is performing. The types of testing that make the most sense to use on UsabilityHub are preference test, first click test, navigational, and design surveys. It is less appropriate for one-on-one testing and lengthy questionnaires.
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    Pros
    dscout
    • Great panel, good quality participants, strong recruitment.
    • Strong support from dscout for our team.
    • Easy to use interface.
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    Lyssna
    • Rapid user feedback
    • Demographic targeting
    • Well presented results
    • Easy to use
    • Relatively inexpensive
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    Cons
    dscout
    • Need for more advancement in AI.
    • Need for better support for in-platform analysis.
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    Lyssna
    • Add additional demographic sorting options for the audience to better meet the needs of B2B users - for example include industry type, functional area, etc.
    • Bring back the navigation test type
    • Add additional test types
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    Usability
    dscout
    It is intuitive to use but can be confusing at first. Which is a reason why there is a two-month period where you train on how to use it.
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    Lyssna
    Due to its simplicity and design it is really easy to navigate. You can clearly understand which sections you have completed and which are still left to be done. It is also really easy to change ordering of content etc, which I have found hasn’t been an option in other tools which means it is a really lengthy task of rewriting all of the tasks or questions to get them in the correct order that is desired.
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    Alternatives Considered
    dscout
    I feel that dscout's level of control over recruitment requirements, quality of research participants, and the UX of the tool itself, is far better than UserTesting for a variety of reasons. I used Great Question at a B2B company so I could recruit customers directly. I loved the CRM portion of Great Question. dscout now offers something similar (Private Panels) which I have not tried. Great Question is also another great company that stays close to their customers and truly listens to their feedback to iterate the product. I haven't used Dovetail in years, but I am power user (and big fan of) Condens. I don't do my analysis in dscout so I can't speak to its analysis capabilities. I do all of my analysis in Condens and Claude. Condens is a UXR analysis tool and repository. They're integrating AI into the product very judiciously, in ways that keeps the UXR in control of the process. Many AI tools and platforms let users just ask for themes and results straight out, so they don't get hands-on with the data and come to their own conclusions. Condens is doing a great job balancing AI capabilities and UXR brain power.
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    Lyssna
    UsabilityHub provides very fast, short responses to specific questions about a static image of a website. This is useful for checking what is most prominent on a page, what they would click on, what they see/read within the first 5 seconds of landing etc. WhatUsersDo is a broader tool, that records the screen and audio as a user navigates the website. You can set tasks and ask questions, but it much more about the user journey experience and their opinion, rather than testing a particular feature. Feedback also takes a bit longer. Hotjar is a combination of both, its a screen recording which helps you to see where users click and move to, but there is no audio or text feedback, just heatmaps/click maps for watching user behaviour.
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    Return on Investment
    dscout
    • With the dscout MCP I'm able to speed up my UXR analysis, which is what stakeholders always request. For example, I can use the MCP to drop user feedback directly on designs immediately after an interview, then share it with product and design. They get hands-on with the insights in real time after each interview and don't have to wait for the final report. By the time the final report is delivered, product and design feel like it's the cherry on top that ties it all together, but the designs, MVP scope, and roadmap have already absorbed the research insights.
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    Lyssna
    • Increase in testing frequency per quarter.
    • Increase in approved projects for developments.
    • Few reverts per project.
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