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Maze alternatives

11 other tools do this job. Which one is right depends on why Maze is not working for you — so start from the reason, not the list.

Why teams leave Maze

  • Unmoderated only — you cannot ask a follow-up question.
  • Prototype testing measures a happy path, not the messy reality of a live product.
  • Bring-your-own-participants works well; the built-in panel is smaller than UserTesting's.

Worth saying: Maze is genuinely strong at this — test a figma prototype with real users before building anything. If that is the part you rely on, switching may cost more than it saves.

If nobody on the team writes code

Maze expects code; these do not.

Everything else in User Research

Ranked by how widely adopted they are. Compare any two to see the differences that matter.

Lyssna

Fast, affordable design testing: five-second tests, first-click, preference, surveys.

from $166vs Maze
Useberry

Unmoderated tests and live interviews on prototypes and websites, in one tool.

from €83vs Maze
UserTesting

The largest participant network for moderated and unmoderated usability studies.

Talk to salesvs Maze
Survicate

Ask the question where the behaviour happened: in-product, email, mobile or link.

from $114vs Maze
Prolific

High-quality participant recruitment for surveys and studies, originally from academia.

from $8vs Maze
User Interviews

Recruitment marketplace: find and pay participants, bring your own research method.

from $49vs Maze
Dovetail

Research repository: store, tag and search every interview your organisation has run.

Free tiervs Maze
Optimal Workshop

Information-architecture research: card sorting, tree testing, first-click.

from $199vs Maze
Respondent

Recruiting for hard-to-reach B2B and professional participants.

from $40vs Maze
Userlytics

Moderated and unmoderated testing with a global panel and flexible pricing.

from $30vs Maze
Great Question

End-to-end research operations: recruit, schedule, run, analyse, share.

from $129vs Maze

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