Great Question vs Dscout
Unlike Dscout, which offers access to participants and a handful of study types, Great Question (the best Dscout alternative) gives you full control of your research workflow - from managing your own panel to running moderated interviews and analyzing insights with AI.
Access to participants and a few study types, mostly specializing in diary studies.
Full control of your research workflow, from your own panel to moderated interviews and AI analysis.
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Why switch Why teams switch to Great Question
Own your panel
Dscout rents you theirs. Great Question lets you recruit, segment, and re-use your own users.
Run broader research
Dscout supports a handful of research methods, but mostly specializes in diary studies. Great Question offers a broad range from card sorts, tree tests, and prototype studies, all in one place.
Research repository
Dscout stores insights per study and has no AI capability. Great Question has a searchable, AI-powered repository.
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Built-in panel vs add-on
Great Question includes full own-panel management: recruit from your CRM, automate outreach, and track participants - all natively. Unlike Dscout, which requires a separate Private Panels add-on, with limited support across its study types.
More control over who you talk to
Great Question supports moderated interviews, surveys, unmoderated testing, card sorting, and more, all in one place. Dscout focuses on a few study types, each with separate workflows and panel rules.
Dscout has no central repository
Great Question turns interviews into insights with AI-generated summaries, themes, and searchable transcripts across studies. Dscout offers AI tagging and highlight reels, but lacks a centralized, searchable insight repository.
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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.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
Let’s Compare
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| Feature | Dscout | Great Question |
|---|---|---|
| Live interviews | ||
| Centralized research repository | ||
| Surveys | ||
| Prototype testing | ||
| Card sorting | ||
| Tree testing | ||
| Recruit from CRM | ||
| Calendar integrations | ||
| CRM integrations | ||
| AI features: AI summaries, ask AI across studies + AI Moderated Interviews |
Great Question facts
Is AI moderation live, and which plan includes it?
Yes. AI-moderated interviews are live, not in beta. They're an Enterprise add-on and aren't available on the Self-serve plan.
How big is the Great Question participant panel?
Great Question recruits external participants through two panels: Respondent (4.3M+ B2B and B2C participants) and User Interviews (7.5M+). They're separate providers, so there's no combined figure. Self-serve accounts recruit from Respondent. Enterprise accounts can choose either.
What can I prototype test in Great Question?
Figma prototypes, prototypes built with Lovable, v0, Replit or Claude, and live websites. Paste the URL and add your tasks. Prototype testing is on every plan.
Which video tools does Great Question work with for interviews?
Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams on every plan, including automatic Teams meeting links for interviews. Webex is available on Enterprise.
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