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Great Question vs Outset

Outset focuses on automated AI interviews. Great Question gives teams a full research platform with interviews, testing, recruitment, incentives, and insight management in one place.

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Why teams choose Great Question

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AI interviews plus more – Outset runs AI moderated interviews. Great Question has AI moderated interviews, prototype tests, surveys, and analysis in one platform.
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Participant CRM, not just sourcing – Outset helps teams collect responses. Great Question includes participant profiles, segments, eligibility rules, scheduling, incentives, and participation history so you can run ongoing research.
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Insights, stored and reusable – Outset analyses interviews within the scope of each study.Great Question connects insights across studies and methods through a central research repository.

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multiple research methods supported in Great Question.

One-off studies vs a living repository

Teams choose Great Question when research needs to live beyond a single study. It acts as a shared workspace where interviews, tests, participants, and insights accumulate over time instead of resetting with every project.
AI integration into research workflow

Support how research teams already work

Great Question fits into existing research practices rather than replacing them. Teams can run live interviews, unmoderated studies, and structured UX methods alongside AI-moderated interviews without changing their operating model.

Research needs to scale across teams, not just projects

When multiple product teams need to run research in parallel, Great Question provides consistency around participants, incentives, analysis, and insight sharing—without central teams becoming a bottleneck.
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Loved by people who do research and trusted by researchers. Our single tool automates tedious administrative tasks. Empowering everyone to do great research.
Jillian Berger
UX Researcher
”Within a matter of 5-7 minutes I have a study built and recruiting for me. It’s awesome! I no longer have to jump between tools to build a study, recruit and incentivize participants. I can do it all in one place, really simply.”
Dani Sandoval
Director of Design
”I would recommend Great Question for anyone who wants to get their customers voice into their design process. Great Question makes it super easy and efficient by keeping everything from screener questions to responses and participants in one place.”
Sarah Stumme
Product Design Researcher
"We’ve cut the number of tools we were using in ½ and we can do everything from recruiting a panel to sending incentives in Great Question. It’s helped me streamline the recruitment and planning stages of our research.”
Jillian Berger
Head of UX Research, MainStreet
“It's crucial for our team to be able to make informed design decisions. Great Question takes care of all the logistics around our research needs, allowing us to spend more time talking to and learning from our customers."
Jillian Berger
UX Researcher
”Within a matter of 5-7 minutes I have a study built and recruiting for me. It’s awesome! I no longer have to jump between tools to build a study, recruit and incentivize participants. I can do it all in one place, really simply.”
Dani Sandoval
Director of Design
”I would recommend Great Question for anyone who wants to get their customers voice into their design process. Great Question makes it super easy and efficient by keeping everything from screener questions to responses and participants in one place.”
Sarah Stumme
Product Design Researcher
"We’ve cut the number of tools we were using in ½ and we can do everything from recruiting a panel to sending incentives in Great Question. It’s helped me streamline the recruitment and planning stages of our research.”
Jillian Berger
Head of UX Research, MainStreet
“It's crucial for our team to be able to make informed design decisions. Great Question takes care of all the logistics around our research needs, allowing us to spend more time talking to and learning from our customers."
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Features
Customized pricing
Starts at $99 p/m
Access external participant panel
AI Moderated Interviews
Study by study analysis
Partcipant management
User your own panel
Additional UX methods (card sorts, tree testing & more)
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Unmoderated testing
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AI powered research repository for all studies
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Automated incentives
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In-platform scheduling
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Features
Starts at $99/month
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$99/month
Prototype testing
Card Sorting & Tree Testing
Surveys
Moderated interviews
Video recordings & transcripts
Built-in recruitment
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Incentive payments
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End to end research workflow
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Unlimited studies at $99/month
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Robust AI features
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Run your next study on Great Question, the #1 alternative to Outset