user interviews presents
The 2022

UX Research
Tools Map

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Greetings, traveler

Welcome to the 4th annual UX Research Tools Map, an illustrated guide to the ever-changing world of user research software, proudly brought to you by the team at User Interviews.

In this vast landscape, you’ll find over 230 tools plotted according to their core features and use cases. You can learn more about each product—including its additional features—in the searchable directory at the bottom of this page (due south, as the raven flies). Or, explore the world of UXR tools on your own terms by downloading the full list of tools, plus an illustrated copy of the map.

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Search for a tool by name, or use the category filters below to explore the database by use case. Curious about how we defined those categories? You can read all about that here.

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Brainstorming
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Automated User Feedback
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Usability Testing
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Standalone UXR Platforms
CRM
Participant Panel
Scheduling
Incentives
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Note Taking
Analysis
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Insight Management
Participant Recruitment + Management
Active Research
Passive Insight Collection
Creative Thinking + Design
Results
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AB Tasty
A/B Testing
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ARCS
CRM
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Adobe Target
A/B Testing
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Adobe XD
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Aha!
Research Repository
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Airtable
Research Repository
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Alchemer
Surveys
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Alida
Automated User Feedback
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Amplitude
Product Analytics
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Anima
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Appcues
Product Analytics
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Applause
Specialized Studies
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Apptentive
Automated User Feedback
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Apptimize
A/B Testing
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AskNicely
Automated User Feedback
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Askable
Participant Panel
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Atlas.ti
Analysis
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Attest
Surveys
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Aurelius
Research Repository
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Axure RP
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Ayoa
Brainstorming
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BHN Rewards
Incentives
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Ballpark
Usability Testing
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Balsamiq
Wireframing & Prototyping
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BlockSurvey
Surveys
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Bloomfire
Research Repository
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Browsee
Session Analytics
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Cacoo
Brainstorming
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Calendly
Scheduling
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Canny
Automated User Feedback
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Centercode
Usability Testing
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Centiment
Surveys
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Chameleon
Product Analytics
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CheckMarket
Surveys
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ClickUp
Research Repository
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Coda
Note Taking
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Condens
Analysis
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Confirmit
Automated User Feedback
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Confluence
Research Repository
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Considerly
Analysis
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Contentsquare
Product Analytics
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Corus
Surveys
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CrazyEgg
Session Analytics
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Creately
Brainstorming
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Dedoose
Analysis
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Delighted
Automated User Feedback
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Delve
Analysis
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Descript
Transcription
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Dialpad
Video Interviews
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Discuss
Video Interviews
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Disqo
Participant Panel
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Doodle
Scheduling
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Dovetail
Research Repository
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Dropbox
Research Repository
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Dscout
Specialized Studies
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Elium
Research Repository
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EnjoyHQ
Research Repository
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EthOS
Specialized Studies
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Ethnio
CRM
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Evernote
Note Taking
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Expoze
Specialized Studies
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EyeQuant
Specialized Studies
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Fable
Specialized Studies
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Feedback Loop
Specialized Studies
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Fibery
Research Repository
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Figma
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Fireflies
Transcription
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FlowMapp
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Forsta
Automated User Feedback
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Framer
Wireframing & Prototyping
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FullStory
Session Analytics
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Gainsight
Product Analytics
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Germain UX
Product Analytics
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GetFeedback
Automated User Feedback
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Giftbit
Incentives
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Glassbox
Session Analytics
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Glean.ly
Research Repository
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GoToMeeting
Video Interviews
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Google Analytics
Product Analytics
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Google Meet
Video Interviews
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Integrates with UI
Google Workspace
Note Taking
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Grain
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Great Question
CRM
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Happy Scribe
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Heap
Session Analytics
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Helio
Usability Testing
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Highlight
Specialized Studies
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Hotjar
Session Analytics
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HubUX
CRM
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Hubspot
CRM
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InMoment
Automated User Feedback
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InVision
Brainstorming
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Indeemo
Specialized Studies
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Indicative
Product Analytics
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Inspectlet
Session Analytics
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Jotform
Surveys
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Justinmind
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Kissmetrics
Product Analytics
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Knack
Research Repository
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LiveSession
Session Analytics
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LivingLens
Video Interviews
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LogRocket
Session Analytics
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Lookback
Video Interviews
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Integrates with UI
Loom
Usability Testing
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Loop11
Usability Testing
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Integrates with UI
LoopedIn
Automated User Feedback
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LucidChart
Brainstorming
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Lucky Orange
Session Analytics
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MUIQ
Usability Testing
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Marvel
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Matomo
Product Analytics
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MaxQDA
Analysis
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Maze
Usability Testing
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Mechanical Turk
Participant Panel
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Medallia
Automated User Feedback
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Methinks
Video Interviews
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Microsoft Office Suite
Research Repository
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Microsoft Teams
Video Interviews
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Milanote
Note Taking
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MindMeister
Brainstorming
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Mindmanager
Brainstorming
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Miro
Brainstorming
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Mixpanel
Product Analytics
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MockFlow
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Moqups
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Mouseflow
Session Analytics
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Mural
Brainstorming
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NVivo
Analysis
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NativeForms
Surveys
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Neurons
Specialized Studies
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Nicereply
Automated User Feedback
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Nimbus Note
Note Taking
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Notably.ai
Research Repository
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Notion
Note Taking
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OP4G
Participant Panel
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Obvi
Specialized Studies
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Omnigraffle
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Optimal Workshop
Specialized Studies
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Optimizely
A/B Testing
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Otter
Transcription
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Overflow
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Panelfox
CRM
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Pendo
Product Analytics
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Phonic
Video Interviews
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PickFu
Surveys
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PingPong
Video Interviews
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Pipedrive
CRM
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Piwik PRO
Product Analytics
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PlaybookUX
Usability Testing
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Pollfish
Surveys
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Productboard
Research Repository
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Automated User Feedback
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Proto.io
Wireframing & Prototyping
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ProtoPie
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Qualaroo
Automated User Feedback
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Qualtrics
Surveys
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Integrates with UI
Quantum Metric
Session Analytics
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QuestionPro
Surveys
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Rally UXR
CRM
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Recollective
Specialized Studies
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Reduct
Transcription
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Respondent
Participant Panel
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Rev
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Reveall
Research Repository
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Roam
Note Taking
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Salesforce
CRM
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Scrintal
Note Taking
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Sharewell
Usability Testing
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Sightx
Surveys
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Simplesat
Automated User Feedback
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Sketch
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Slite
Research Repository
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SmartSurvey
Surveys
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Smartlook
Session Analytics
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Smartsheet
Research Repository
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Sogolytics
Automated User Feedback
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Sonix
Transcription
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Split.io
A/B Testing
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Sprig
Automated User Feedback
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Integrates with UI
Sprinklr
Analysis
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Survey Legend
Surveys
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SurveyLab
Surveys
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SurveyMonkey
Surveys
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Integrates with UI
SurveySparrow
Automated User Feedback
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Survicate
Automated User Feedback
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Survio
Surveys
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Suzy
Surveys
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Tango Card
Incentives
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Temi
Transcription
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Testing Time
Participant Panel
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Tetra Insights
Analysis
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Thematic
Research Repository
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Tobii
Specialized Studies
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Tremendous
Incentives
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Trint
Transcription
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Trymata
Usability Testing
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Typeform
Surveys
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Integrates with UI
UXArmy
Usability Testing
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UXCam
Session Analytics
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UXPin
Wireframing & Prototyping
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UXTweak
Usability Testing
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Uizard
Wireframing & Prototyping
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Upsiide
Specialized Studies
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UsabilityHub
Usability Testing
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Useberry
Usability Testing
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User Interviews
Participant Panel
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UserTesting
Usability Testing
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UserVoice
Automated User Feedback
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UserZoom
Video Interviews
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Userback
Automated User Feedback
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Userbit
Research Repository
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Userbrain
Usability Testing
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Userfeel
Usability Testing
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Userlytics
Usability Testing
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Userpilot
Product Analytics
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Usersnap
Automated User Feedback
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VWO
A/B Testing
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Vowel
Video Interviews
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Voxco
Automated User Feedback
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Voxpopme
Video Interviews
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WEVO
Usability Testing
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Walkme
Product Analytics
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Walling
Brainstorming
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WebEx
Video Interviews
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Whatfix
Product Analytics
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Whereby
Video Interviews
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Whimsical
Brainstorming
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Wynter
Specialized Studies
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Xmind
Brainstorming
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YouCanBookMe
Scheduling
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YouGov
Surveys
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Zoho
CRM
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Zonka
Automated User Feedback
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Zoom
Video Interviews
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Integrates with UI
Zurvey
Automated User Feedback
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iMotions
Session Analytics
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Categories and Definitions

There are 6 distinct, color-coded regions of the map, which correspond to the six broad categorical buckets (insight management, recruiting and panel management, creative thinking and design, end-to-end platforms, active research, and passive insight collection).

Within these regions are 18 smaller territories that correspond to specific use cases and features, as defined below:

High Kingdom of Recruiting and Panel Management

Participant recruitment and panel management tools help you find the right participants for your research and streamline the participant management process by automating operational tasks related to recruiting, like incentives distribution and scheduling.
Incentives (Fields of Gold)
Incentive tools automate the task of sending incentive payments to participants.
Scheduling (Sands of Time)
Scheduling tools help you find and schedule mutually convenient times for your research sessions.
Panel Management & Research CRM (The Wisewood)
In this context, a CRM is a tool that allows you to build and manage your own panel of participants—a database with participant metadata and research history.
Participant Panel (Deep Pool)
Research panel solutions help you find, recruit, and screen participants from an external pool of users, (not your own).
Note: In order for us to consider its panel to be a tool’s primary use case, the panel must be agnostic. In other words, researchers must be able to recruit participants for research on any other platform, not just the platform associated with this panel.

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Grand Duchy of Insight Management

Insight management tools are used to store, organize, and analyze data collected through user research, passive insight collection methods, and customer-facing teams.
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Tools for creating a text transcription of your audio or video interviews.
Research Repository (Archivale)
A research repository is a single, centralized place for storing, tagging, and keeping track of all the user research insights, data, artifacts, and relevant user feedback that you collect.
Note: Tools that do not allow researchers to import data and insights from other sources do not qualify as repositories.
Note Taking (Note Taking Knoll)
Note taking tools enable you to take efficient notes during your research sessions, save them, and organize them for future analysis.
Analysis (The Great Understanding)
Analysis software helps you organize, analyze, synthesize, and glean meaningful insights from research data.
Note: Many testing and data collection tools have built-in features designed to interpret the data gathered via the same platform. In these cases, analysis is listed as an additional feature rather than a primary use case.

Commune of Creative Thinking and Design

Creative thinking and collaborative design tools enable you to brainstorm, collaborate, and create visuals that help you get feedback from participants and your team.
Brainstorming and Collaboration (Storms Head)
Brainstorming and collaboration software is designed to help you to collaboratively explore ideas with minimal friction.
Wireframing and Prototyping (Prototyping Point)
This category includes flexible tools that help you map out the connections between ideas, steps, or sketches of a user flow, and design tools for creating a simple mockup that approximates a real product.

Auld Alliance of Active Research

Active research tools are used to conduct studies with participants to answer a specific research question or enable a particular business decision (e.g. surveys, usability studies, interviews). This is different from data collection tools that run continuously and independently of any specific research study—if that’s what you’re looking for, journey on to the Principality of Passive Insights Collection.
Video Interviews (The Visions)
Video conferencing software enables you to conduct and record video calls with participants, either 1:1 or with multiple participants (e.g. a focus group).
Surveys (Surveylands)
Tools for creating a survey that you send to participants.
Note: This does NOT include automated in-app surveys or screener surveys (those meant to be completed before the “real” research session to filter out qualified participants).
Specialized Studies (Singular Steppes)
Specialized research tools are expressly designed for the purpose of conducting a specific type of research (diary studies, field studies, card sorts, tree tests, etc.).
Usability Testing (Ancient and Unwavering River of Everflowing Insights)
Usability testing tools enable users to test out a product or prototype and share their feedback, either live (moderated) or asynchronously (unmoderated).

Principality of Passive Insight Collection

Passive insight collection tools collect data and insights while users interact with your product, independent of any specific research project. Product analytics, voice of the customer (VoC), and automated in-app surveys fall into this category.
Automated Feedback (Feedback Fens)
These tools allow you to trigger automated feedback requests at key points in the user experience (e.g., NPS surveys, in-app polls).
Session Analytics (The Eye)
Session analytics tools allow you to track and analyze user interactions with a product or prototype in real time through heatmaps, mouse/eye tracking, and session recording.
Product Analytics (Quantitative Cove)
Product analytics software is used to collect and analyze quantitative data on user behavior within your product.  This category includes analytics tools used by product, marketing, and CX teams to monitor and optimize the customer experience.
A/B Testing (Twin Marshes)
Tools that enable you to show different users different variants of a page or feature, to see which variant performs best.

Imperial Walled City of End-to-End Platforms

UX research software suites offer a single solution for recruiting, analyzing, and conducting several types of user research. These tools are designed to be used across multiple phases of the research process (if not end-to-end). Often—but not always—their broad suite of tools and “all-in-one” approach means that these platforms are not as open or integration-friendly as ecosystem players with a narrower feature set.
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