User Interviews for Agencies

High-quality user insights, delivered fast

When running research for clients, speed and precision are everything. User Interviews helps agencies recruit niche, high-quality participants fast – without bad actors or bottlenecks.
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Recruit qualified participants in any niche
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Automate screening, scheduling, and incentives
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Deliver insights that spark “aha!” moments
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Your research recruitment partner

Behind every great agency…

…is a research tool that works just as hard. We help you stay nimble, even when clients throw curveballs. Spreadsheets, email chains, and manual recruitment belong to the past. We source the best-fit participants from our vast and vetted panel for user research, market research, and AI training studies.

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Specialized panel segments

Target participants by occupation, demographics, or behavior – plus access specialized panels like accessibility testers, decision-makers, or Gen Z.
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Dedicated support, always on standby

Our expert team of recruitment specialists offer real-time support for complex specs, niche studies, and last-minute pivots.
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Perfect for complex and custom studies

Research pros love our power features: screener logic, video screening, B2B targeting, integrations & APIs, and now, instant feasibility checks to preview audience reach.
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AI discovery and model training

We help agencies source participants at scale to complete nuanced tasks, enabling accurate, efficient AI model training and validation.
Trusted by 1,000+ research teams including Saatchi & Saatchi, NN/G, PlaybookUX, and more
Sharp insights, at speed

Client demands don’t wait.
Neither should your research.

We get niche, high-quality participants into your studies fast. Tap into our panel, target with precision, automate the logistics, and keep clients happy. We take care of the sticky parts of recruiting so you can be the hero without breaking a sweat.

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Find qualified participants, fast

  • ✔ Target and screen for niche audiences from our 6M+ panel
  • ✔ Match with participants in hours, not weeks
  • ✔ Get trustworthy insights with AI-powered fraud detection
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Already got participants?

We’ve got the tools to manage them.
Opt-in forms, data consent, scheduling, and payments, all in one participant CRM.

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Don’t take our word for it

Hear from real agency partners

Serving brands across many industries, the Saatchi & Saatchi team needs to engage very specific user profiles for their research. They use Recruit to source these hard to find audiences, enabling a streamlined process that works every time.
“With some platforms, you get volume but not the right people. It’s bloated, hard to trust, and expensive. With User Interviews, we launched the screener and immediately had perfect matches. It was honestly unbelievable.
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Ryan Adibi, Senior UX Researcher at Saatchi & Saatchi
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As an industry pillar and research powerhouse, NN/g needs to meet the demands of both broad consumer studies and high-expertise UX research. With Recruit, NN/G quickly sources niche audiences from the User Interviews panel thanks to deep targeting, behavioral screeners, and hands-on support from recruiting coordinators.
“It’s incredibly helpful that we can go beyond demographics and target based on behaviors – like tools people use or their experience level. The participant quality is consistently high.”
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Maria Rosala, Director of Research, NN/G
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"User Interviews has been a game changer for us. We conduct 90-minute, in-depth interviews and maintain extremely high standards for participant quality. We need articulate, thoughtful respondents who are fully qualified and dependable. User Interviews consistently delivers.

The speed of recruitment – with the first respondents coming in almost instantly – has let us be more responsive to our clients’ increasing demand for speed. Overall, User Interviews has changed the way we think about recruiting.”
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Carolyn Limbrunner, Partner at Theory Research
Features: the nitty gritty

Why choose User Interviews

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Trustworthy, transparent recruiting

Nothing kills client trust faster than a no-show or a bad-fit participant. That’s why agencies rely on our vetted, low-fraud panel to deliver reliable participants – across any persona, research method, or industry.
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Adaptable for evolving client needs

Make changes to project specs, adjust incentives on the fly, or tweak targeting criteria as your clients’ requirements shift without waiting on support tickets or losing momentum. Flexibility is built in.
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Our 6M panel, embedded in your workflow

Use the Recruit API to plug our panel and screening tools directly into your workflow. Fast, automated recruitment, running quietly behind the scenes.
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Powerful tools for complex research

Skip logic, double screening, deep targeting, AI insights, and dozens of integrations. Plus endless admin customizations built for real research pros.
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Instant feasibility checks

Gauge reach with our audience estimator, your secret weapon for scoping hard-to-fill studies. Confidently assess feasibility, set expectations with clients, and move fast without second-guessing your recruitment strategy.
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Pairs with any research tech stack

We integrate with dozens of testing, survey, and meeting tools, including specialized user research and market research software.
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Industry leaders in programmatic research recruitment

6 million participants | 98.3% positive session feedback
6.5% moderated no-show rate | 0.6% fraud reporting rate

6 million participants
98.3% positive session feedback
6.5% moderated no-show rate
0.6% fraud reporting rate

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FAQs

What kinds of agencies use User Interviews for participant recruitment?

User Interviews is trusted by a wide range of research-driven agencies, including user research consultancies, market research agencies, marketing and advertising firms, and research software companies that offer consulting services. These teams rely on our Recruit panel as their go-to participant source to fulfill ever-changing client needs across diverse industries and demographics.

Whether you’re sourcing niche B2B participants, running accessibility studies, or conducting large-scale consumer research, our platform gives you the flexibility, speed, and targeting tools to get it done without compromising quality or control. With advanced screeners, real-time feasibility checks, and API-powered automation, we help agencies deliver standout research, every time.

What is the best participant recruitment tool for research agencies?

User Interviews is a top choice for research agencies because of its speed, flexibility, and panel quality. Access a vetted panel of 6 million participants, build complex screeners, run feasibility checks, and even integrate with your platform via API. Whether you’re handling B2B, accessibility, Gen Z, or AI model training research, Recruit gives you the control and confidence you need to deliver top-tier participants for every client project.

How do agencies handle changing client needs during a study?

We know client requirements shift – sometimes daily. That's why User Interviews is built for flexibility. You can edit screeners, adjust incentives, change participant criteria, and self-serve the entire recruitment workflow. Our project coordinators review every project and proactively reach out to augment your recruitment strategy. You can even get real-time live chat support on any live project. No long support wait times, no rigid workflows. Just the control you need to deliver great work, fast.

What kinds of studies can agencies run with User Interviews?

Agencies use User Interviews to run a wide variety of research projects, including moderated interviews, unmoderated tasks, prototype and usability testing, accessibility studies, concept validation, focus groups, market research surveys, and even AI model training. Our specialized panel segments and flexible tooling make it easy to match participants with any client request.

What is Recruit API, and how do agencies use it?

Recruit API lets agencies access our panel programmatically. Instead of using our platform interface, you can build recruitment workflows directly into your own tools or your client’s systems. This gives you maximum speed and automation. Great for high-volume agencies with custom tools and workflows.

How do feasibility checks work in User Interviews?

Our new in-app audience estimator lets you estimate participant availability in real time before launching your study. Just input your targeting criteria, and we’ll show you a preview of how many participants we can reach, so you can scope with confidence and avoid recruitment delays.

It’s fast, self-serve, and built right into the project setup flow. Whether you're testing a niche audience or need to validate quotas for a high-stakes client project, feasibility checks help you plan smarter and move faster.

The recruiting platform for agency research

Top agencies depend on us for low-fraud participants and high-precision targeting.

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