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Conveo vs

Outset

Both platforms run AI-moderated interviews at scale. The difference is what research can do for your organization over time.

The short version

Outset is an AI-moderated research platform that supports video, voice, and text interviews across 85+ countries, featuring a real-time AI moderator that probes dynamically. Its Visual Intelligence suite adds behavioral and emotional cue analysis. For high-volume, rapid-turnaround studies, it is a strong option.

Conveo is a video-first AI research platform built for enterprise insights and CMI teams that need research to compound over time. Every study feeds a shared insight library that grows with the program. Researchers retain full control over study design and participant experience.

Outset is strong at individual studies run fast. Conveo is built for programs that compound across brands and markets. If you run 100+ studies per year and need them to compound, read on.

Results with Conveo

5X

faster iterations

70%

or more cost savings

5X

Confidence in your decisions driving revenue

Compare Conveo vs Outset

Features

Primary audience

Research approach

Interview format

Emotion, tone & visual analysis

Cross-study search

Always-on / continuous programs

Recruitment

Languages

Reporting & slide exports

Mobile testing flows

Enterprise compliance

Recruitment services

Enterprise consumer insights & brand research teams

Research-rigorous AI interviews with full discussion-guide control

Real video with a speaking AI moderator

Yes, layered on transcripts

Yes, query patterns across past studies (talk-to-your-data)

Yes, continuous tracking & trend analysis on qual

Panel-agnostic: 8+ professional panels plus your own panelists

50+

Strong, actively expanding

On roadmap

SOC 2 certified, GDPR, EU hosting available

Does not sell recruitment services, keeping the platform independent from its panel partners

UX researchers, market researchers, product, and cross-functional teams

Depth-at-scale AI interviews; behavioral and emotional intelligence across video, voice, and text

Video, voice, or text; participant selects modality; AI moderator listens, sees, and probes dynamically

Yes, including the newly launched Visual Intelligence suite

No native cross-study library

Optimized for project-based research

Native recruitment via integrated partners; 1.1B+ participants across 85+ countries

40+

Strong, polished reporting a noted strength

Not confirmed

SOC 2 Type II certified, ISO 42001 certified, GDPR, HIPAA

Sells recruitment through integrated panel partners

When to choose each

Choose

Outset

if:

You run a UX, product, or cross-functional research team that needs high-volume async interviews quickly; speed and scale at the study level are the primary drivers; your program is project-based rather than continuous; and you need access to the broadest possible participant pool across geographies.

Choose Conveo if:

You run an enterprise consumer insights or CMI function where research needs to compound across studies; you need studies completed in days, not weeks, without sacrificing methodology standards; EU data hosting is a procurement requirement; methodological independence from panel providers matters; you manage research across multiple brands, markets, or structured study types; or you need every study to feed an institutional knowledge layer the whole organization can query.

The key difference

One study is a data point. A research program is a competitive advantage. Outset is built for individual studies run fast. Conveo is built for programs where every study builds into a compounding knowledge base. Without a native cross-study library, Outset insights live in that study. In Conveo, every insight is also tagged to its source video clip so stakeholders verify findings directly. Conveo is video-first by design, EU-hosted for regulated industries, and independent of its panel partners.

"Research across multiple business units, run materially faster while meeting a global insights function's standards."

"Video-first approach is a real differentiating methodological advantage."

Conveo helps us go deep on projects we couldn’t even run otherwise with time and budget constraints.

Real human understanding, without the trade-off.

Fast insight is useless without depth. Deep insight is useless if it slows you down. Conveo goes beyond words, capturing emotion, behavior, and context others miss. The full story, delivered in days.

Frequently asked questions.

Both platforms are enterprise-priced with custom plans based on research scope. Neither publishes a standard pricing page. Conveo is designed for teams running ongoing research programs; pricing reflects that model. Book a 15-minute call to discuss what a program looks like for your team.
Yes. Conveo offers regional data hosting, which is required by many enterprise procurement teams in Europe. Outset does not publicly confirm EU data hosting.
Conveo has a built-in insight library that stores, links, and compounds findings across studies. Teams do not need a separate repository tool to build institutional memory. Outset does not have a native cross-study library for compounding cross-study intelligence.
Conveo supports concept testing, in-depth interviews (IDIs), MaxDiff, segmentation studies, ad testing, and longitudinal tracking programs within one platform. Study structure and discussion guide design remain under full researcher control.
Conveo integrates 8+ professional panels, including Respondent, User Interviews, Norstat, Bilendi, Rakuten, and SAGO, and supports bring-your-own participants. Conveo deliberately does not sell recruitment services, keeping the platform independent from its panel partners. Outset provides integrated recruitment through panel partners with access to 1.1B+ participants across 85+ countries, and also supports BYOP.
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