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Great Question vs Optimal Workshop

Optimal Workshop offers tools for specific tasks like card sorts and tree tests. Great Question connects every step of your research workflow, from recruitment to reusable insights.

Scale research with Great Question

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Optimal Workshop offers individual research tools. Great Question brings everything together into one integrated platform.
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Use interviews, surveys, card sorts, and AI-powered analysis to run multi-method studies in a single place.
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Store, search, and reuse insights across projects, no more siloed findings or disconnected exports.

Great Question vs Optimal Workshop

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One platform vs siloed studies

Unlike Optimal Workshop’s separate tools, Great Question brings everything: recruitment, testing, analysis, and insight storage into one platform.

Breadth of research methods

Optimal Workshop focuses on IA and task-based studies, Great Question supports both qualitative and quantitative research, providing a breadth of research methods in one platform.

Built to scale

Optimal Workshop works well for individual studies. Great Question enables research across teams with permissions, governance, and a searchable repository. Every study runs out of the same system for consistent, enterprise-grade governance.
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Features
Card Sorting
Surveys
Screener support
Prototype testing
Tree Testing
Moderated interviews
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AI summaries & ability to chat with research
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Video highlight reels
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Research repositories
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End to end workflow
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Features
Starts at $99/month
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$99/month
Prototype testing
Card Sorting & Tree Testing
Surveys
Moderated interviews
Video recordings & transcripts
Built-in recruitment
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Incentive payments
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End to end research workflow
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Unlimited studies at $99/month
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Robust AI features
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