Free plan Free trial From $99 a month AndroidiPhone & iPadWebAPI
Best AI Market Research Software 2026
Facts read 20 Sep 2026 – 15 Oct 2026
Maze leads this list of 32 (record score 5.5, free plan). SurveyMonkey is next (record score 5.5, free plan), and Delve AI is the next highest-placed with a free plan (record score 5.2).
AI market research software covers tools for gathering and analyzing information about audiences, customers, or markets. Compare research approach and respondent recruitment against the questions you need to answer, then check whether interview and survey support fit your study. Qualitative and quantitative analysis describe different aspects of the work to evaluate. API access, free-plan availability, and paid-from pricing add practical considerations. The entries include Maze, SurveyMonkey, and NIQ, alongside Alida and AlphaSense Generative Search. Consider the methods, participant access, and analysis capabilities that suit your research needs.
The standings: top 10
| Name | In a line | Record score | Price from | Try it free | Runs on | Facts read |
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| 01 Maze | 5.5 | $99 a month | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, API | 14 Oct 2026 | |
| 02 SurveyMonkey | SurveyMonkey suits individuals or teams creating surveys, forms, or quizzes and reviewing response data. | 5.5 | Free plan | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, API | 27 Sep 2026 |
| 03 Delve AI | Delve AI may suit marketing and research teams seeking audience personas, digital-twin feedback, or synthetic surveys and interviews. | 5.2 | $89 a month | Free plan | Web, API | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 04 GWI Audiences | 4.6 | Free plan | Free plan | Web, API | 30 Sep 2026 | |
| 05 Remesh | 4.6 | — | — | Web | 1 Oct 2026 | |
| 06 Qualtrics | Qualtrics may suit individuals or small teams needing surveys and research analysis, as well as enterprise organizations seeking higher response volumes. | 4.4 | $420 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | API | 27 Sep 2026 |
| 07 UserTesting | UserTesting suits organizations seeking participant feedback on products, campaigns, prototypes, websites, or apps. | 4.4 | — | Free trial | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, API | 8 Oct 2026 |
| 08 NIQ | NIQ suits organizations such as manufacturers, retailers, media companies, and financial institutions seeking market and consumer insights. | 4.3 | — | — | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 4 Oct 2026 |
| 09 Alida | Alida suits UX and product teams, researchers, and research operations teams seeking to inform product development, customer understanding, and research governance. | 4.2 | — | — | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, API | 14 Oct 2026 |
| 10 AlphaSense Generative Search | AlphaSense Generative Search is aimed at financial services firms, corporations, and professional services organizations. | 4.2 | — | — | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web | 4 Oct 2026 |
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SurveyMonkey
SurveyMonkey suits individuals or teams creating surveys, forms, or quizzes and reviewing response data.
AndroidiPhone & iPadAPI Record5.5 Visit
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Delve AI
Delve AI may suit marketing and research teams seeking audience personas, digital-twin feedback, or synthetic surveys and interviews.
WebAPI Record5.2 Visit
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GWI Audiences
WebAPI Record4.6 Visit
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Remesh
Web Record4.6 Visit
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Qualtrics
API $420 a month, billed yearly Record4.4 Visit Qualtrics may suit individuals or small teams needing surveys and research analysis, as well as enterprise organizations seeking higher response volumes.
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UserTesting
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+1 — Record4.4 Visit UserTesting suits organizations seeking participant feedback on products, campaigns, prototypes, websites, or apps.
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NIQ
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+2 — Record4.3 Visit NIQ suits organizations such as manufacturers, retailers, media companies, and financial institutions seeking market and consumer insights.
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Alida
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+1 — Record4.2 Visit Alida suits UX and product teams, researchers, and research operations teams seeking to inform product development, customer understanding, and research governance.
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AlphaSense Generative Search
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb — Record4.2 Visit AlphaSense Generative Search is aimed at financial services firms, corporations, and professional services organizations.
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Dovetail
WebAPI Free plan Record4.2 Visit Dovetail suits teams that need to organize customer conversations and other feedback for analysis.
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unitQ Research
WebAPI $99 a month Record4.2 Visit unitQ Research is designed for product, research, customer experience, and marketing teams.
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Voxpopme
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb — Record4.2 Visit Voxpopme suits organizations conducting customer research through video surveys, interviews, and user research.
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QuestionPro
API $83 a month, billed yearly Record4.1 Visit It suits individuals or teams that need to build surveys and review response analytics.
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Discuss
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+1 — Record4.0 Visit It suits consumer insights, product and R&D, brand and marketing, and agency teams conducting qualitative or quantitative research.
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Forsta Visualizations
WebAPI — Record3.7 Visit Forsta Visualizations suits market research teams turning survey data into branded, shareable insights.
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Sprinklr Social Listening
WebAPI — Record3.7 Visit Sprinklr Social Listening suits organizations tracking brand conversations, social performance, or emerging crises across multiple channels.
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