Useberry vs Lyssna
Feature checklists rarely decide anything. What decides it is the pricing metric, who has to write the tests, and which limitation you can live with.
Entry price
From €83 per month (billed yearly)
Free tierFrom $166 per month (Growth, billed annually)
Free tierWhat drives the bill
The metric that actually scales your invoice.
Only annual prices are published. Growth is €83 a month for 300 responses, one seat and five interviews; Business is €659 for 2,000 responses, five seats and fifty interviews; Enterprise is quoted, from 48,000 responses a year and ten seats. Responses, seats, interviews and transcription hours can be topped up within a plan.
Growth buys 5 in-depth studies a month, 5 seats and unlimited self-recruited responses. Panel responses are purchased separately per participant, typically a low single-digit dollar amount for general audiences.
Free tier
Free plan: 10 responses a month, one project, one seat.
Free plan: unlimited quick studies, 3 seats and 15 self-recruited responses.
Open source
Self-hostable
No-code authoring
Languages
Platforms
Fits teams
Adoption
Emerging
Useberry · since 2018
Established
Lyssna · since 2011
Strengths
- Unmoderated tests and moderated interviews in one tool, so interview work needs no second subscription.
- Card sorting, tree testing and the rest of the method set are included rather than priced as add-ons.
- Recruit from your own users, Useberry's integrated pool, or through Prolific and Respondent.
- 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.
Limitations
- Interviews are metered — five a month on Growth, fifty on Business.
- The step from Growth to the next tier is steep: €83 a month to €659.
- Integrations cover design, recruitment, calendar and meeting tools; there is no issue-tracker or chat handoff.
- Narrow: it answers specific comparative questions, not exploratory ones.
- No moderated sessions.
- Panel is general-population; niche B2B audiences are hard to reach.
Best for
Unmoderated tests and moderated interviews in one tool, from solo researchers to enterprise teams.
Design teams that want quick evidence for everyday interface decisions.
All of these integrate with: Figma, Sketch.
Pricing last reviewed August 2026 and is indicative only — confirm on each vendor’s own page.