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Usability testing for the AI age
No more static testing. Build better products, faster with the most powerful usability research product ever built.
Unmoderated testing never saw Outset coming
Unmoderated platforms
The #1 AI-moderated research platform
Interview Format
Basic survey questions
Advanced, dynamic AI-led interviews
Analysis Depth
Requires researcher-led video reviews
Key observations aggregated and synthesized, verbal OR non-verbal, powered by Visual Intelligence
Study Setup
Static set up
Flexible programming and conversational flow
Quality of Insights
Manual oversight required
Automated say-do gap analysis
Panels and Recruitment
Limited panels and recruitment options
Access to >50 panels with >10M participants
Purpose-built for every use case
Conduct live, adaptive interviews across any screen, on any device, at any time.
Test competitor products
Send participants through a competitor’s flow and let the AI observe where they struggle or succeed — for deep competitive intel.
Validate designs before they ship
Catch usability issues in Figma prototypes before investing in development — with AI-ranked observations that tell you what to fix first.
Everything you need to do usability testing at scale, the right way.
No more hours reviewing raw video output and piecing together trends. Outset takes you from question to answer in days, not weeks (and without headaches).
Picture-in-Picture Screensharing for Real Experiences
Observe participant behavior and reactions as they happen with interview recordings synced to participant interviews.
Silent Observer
A real-time AI agent watches every usability session, detecting and ranking moments of user confusion or friction — dead clicks, backtracking, hesitation, and more.
Use cases
Designed for any kind of research you run.
Outset is a powerful AI-moderated research platform built for modern teams seeking fast, high-quality feedback for any question they need answered.
Discovery
Evaluative
