Maze vs Lyssna

From $99 per month (indicative, Starter)

From $89 per month (indicative, Basic)

Panel recruitment is billed separately from the platform subscription.

Panel responses are purchased separately per participant, typically a low single-digit dollar amount for general audiences.

Free plan with a limited number of studies and responses per month.

Free plan with limited monthly responses.

Widely used

Maze · since 2018

Established

Lyssna · since 2011

• Test a Figma prototype with real users before building anything.
• Quantitative metrics make results defensible in a product review.
• Usable free tier for evaluation and small studies.

• Extremely fast — a first-click test can be designed, run and answered inside an hour.
• Cheap enough to use for routine design decisions rather than special projects.
• Simple test types that non-researchers can run correctly.

• 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.

• Narrow: it answers specific comparative questions, not exploratory ones.
• No moderated sessions.
• Panel is general-population; niche B2B audiences are hard to reach.

Product and design teams validating flows early and often.

Design teams that want quick evidence for everyday interface decisions.