Dovetail alternatives
Dovetail takes a cut of your revenue instead of charging a flat price. Here's what the 2 other user research tools we track cost. The closest match, Great Question, covers 83% of what Dovetail does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Dovetail does
Core: Omnichannel feedback capture, Transcription, tagging & clips, AI analysis & synthesis, Research repository.
Important: AI feedback analysis (partly), Issue tracker sync (partly), Security & compliance (partly), Moderated interview sessions (partly), Integrations ecosystem (partly), SSO & compliance.
Also has: Customer data & revenue weighting (partly), Multilingual portal (partly).
Alternatives to Dovetail at 1 researcher, best match first
- Great Question: $129/mo Panel fees and add-on prices not published (Self-serve plan, 1 seat, monthly billing). It covers 83% of Dovetail; missing or partial: AI analysis & synthesis (partly), SSO & compliance (partly). Free plan: none.
- Maze: custom pricing (Enterprise (contact sales); no published paid plan since 2026-04-24). It covers 63% of Dovetail; missing or partial: Transcription, tagging & clips (partly), AI analysis & synthesis (partly), Research repository (partly), SSO & compliance (partly). Free plan: Free plan listed at $0 (PricingSaaS, Jul 2026); seat, study and response limits not captured..
Other kinds of products that cover part of Dovetail
- SurveyMonkey (Forms & surveys): covers 47% of Dovetail; missing or partial: Transcription, tagging & clips, AI analysis & synthesis (partly), Research repository (partly), Moderated interview sessions
Prices at every size
- Dovetail: 1 researcher custom pricing, a 5-person research team no public price, a 5-participant panel study custom pricing (Paid plan removed Apr 2026; only Enterprise (sales) remains)
- Great Question: 1 researcher $129/mo, a 5-person research team $645/mo, a 5-participant panel study custom pricing (Panel fees and add-on prices not published)
- Maze: 1 researcher custom pricing, a 5-person research team custom pricing, a 5-participant panel study custom pricing (No paid self-serve price shown since Apr 2026)
Prices are USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12) for researcher seats on the cheapest paid self-serve plan, excluding participant costs; recruiting is compared separately as the all-in cost of one 5-participant panel study.
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