Fiuto vs dscout: what you get with Fiuto
Fiuto writes the study, runs it with AI respondents and real people, recruits when you need it, and reads the results back. From the web app or the coding agent you already build in.Free to start, in minutes, no research experience required.
Fiuto's mark beside dscout's, with "vs" between them.
Fiuto runs your full research loop
Paste a link or describe your product, and Fiuto takes it from there. No research experience needed.
What you get with Fiuto
What a small team can do this afternoon, with no researcher on staff and no quote to wait for.
No quote, no seat types, no annual contract
Free needs no card and carries every method, 1 live study a month, 10 responses per study and 600 AI credits. Core is $29 a month and Pro is $69, flat per account, and you change or cancel the plan from the billing page. dscout publishes three tiers and no numbers; the calls to action are discuss pricing and book time to build a custom quote.
Built for small teams that need speed
Paste your URL, say what you need to learn, and review the study Fiuto drafts. AI respondents give a first read in minutes. Real people from Prolific's global panel answer in hours, priced per response. The findings and the deck are ready the same day.
You don't need a research team
Fiuto doesn't assume researchers, a research calendar or someone whose title says research. It drafts a well crafted study around your product and your audience, and it still serves you when research is your job. dscout's plans are built around a research team with admin, researcher, collaborator and viewer seats.
Eighteen methods, including the five dscout doesn't list
Card sort, tree test, first-click, five-second and preference test are on every Fiuto plan, alongside live site and prototype tasks, click heatmaps, copy tests, surveys and open text. Eighteen method blocks, mixable in one study. dscout's methods list stops at usability testing, website intercepts, field studies, diary studies, media-rich surveys and interviews.
Side by side
Every row checked against dscout's own pages in September 2026.
| Fiuto | dscout | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Every method, 1 live study a month, 10 responses per study, 600 AI credits a month, no card. | None. Core, Select and Enterprise, each by quote. |
| Paid plans | Core $29 and Pro $69 a month, published, flat per account. Upgrade, downgrade or cancel from the billing page. | Three tiers with no published price. The pricing page offers to discuss pricing and to book time to build a custom quote. |
| Collaborators | Share with as many collaborators as you like on every plan, including Free. | Four seat types: admin, researcher, collaborator and viewer. Core is sold with Flex seats. |
| Unmoderated methods | 18 method blocks, every one on every plan. Card sort, tree test, first-click, five-second, preference test and click heatmap among them. | Unmoderated usability tests, website intercepts, field studies, diary studies and media-rich surveys. No card sort, tree test, first-click, five-second or preference test on its methods list. |
| AI moderator | Upcoming. AI interviews are in development, and this row will list them the day they are out of alpha. | AI Studio runs AI-moderated studies. |
| AI respondents | Up to five per run on every plan including Free, up to two of them experts in conversion, usability, copy or SEO. | Not published. |
| Study drafting | AI drafts the whole study from your URL and goal, on every plan including Free. | AI Studio drafts a study from a prompt, on its standard pricing. |
| MCP server | Read and write: create, launch and read results from seven coding agents, plus an API, on every plan including Free. | Draft, launch and analyse from Claude, Codex, VS Code, Co-Pilot, Figma Make and Cursor. Available to customers with AI Studio, which has no published price. |
| Recruitment | Prolific's global panel across 38+ countries, priced per response with no quote. Or share the link with your own people. | Its own verified Scouts, plus partner-panel participants. You set the incentive amount, and the rest sits inside the quote. |
| Instrumented build | @fiuto/runner is on public npm and attaches to any live URL. Clicks and events come back in the same export as the answers. | Not published. |
| Templates and product memory | 24 curated templates plus the ones you save, on every plan. Fiuto remembers your product, your audience and what you're trying to learn between studies. | Not published. |
Sources: dscout's pricing page, checked 10 September 2026, dscout's MCP page, checked 10 September 2026, dscout's participant recruitment page, checked 10 September 2026 and dscout's AI Studio announcement, checked 10 September 2026.
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Create, launch, and read back studies over MCP from the coding agent you already build in. Every result is yours, out through a per-study token or MCP, on every plan including Free.
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Fiuto fits people for whom research is not the job
You're building the thing and you have a question about it you'd rather not guess at. Fiuto drafts the study, runs it with AI respondents and real people, and hands back findings and a deck, in hours.
Fiuto fits teams that want to own the plan
Join free, upgrade when a month's allowance stops being enough, change plan as you please, cancel any time, and export your data as CSV or JSON on every plan. No sales conversation at any step.
Choose dscout if you're buying for a research organisation
You have researchers, a research calendar, an annual budget and a procurement process, and a self-serve plan wouldn't get through it.
Choose dscout if your work runs in the field over weeks
You need diary studies and field studies over weeks, which Fiuto doesn't run.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fiuto a dscout alternative?
Yes, for small teams that want the study drafted, run and analysed for them at a published price, with no research team required. Fiuto adds eighteen unmoderated methods, AI respondents and AI experts on every plan, panel recruitment with no quote, an MCP and an API on every plan, and a plan you change yourself.
Does dscout have a free plan or a published price?
No. Its pricing page names three tiers, Core, Select and Enterprise, without figures, and the routes forward are to discuss pricing or book time to build a custom quote. Fiuto's free plan needs no card and runs 1 live study a month with every method and the AI included, and Core and Pro are $29 and $69 a month on the pricing page.
Do I need research experience to use Fiuto?
No. Paste your product's URL and Fiuto drafts a well crafted study around your product and your audience. You review it, change what you want and launch.
Will Fiuto have AI interviews?
AI interviews are an upcoming feature, in development now, and this page will list them the day they are out of alpha. Until then Fiuto runs unmoderated studies, with AI respondents first and real people after.
How does sharing work on Fiuto?
There are no seat types. Share a study, its findings, its readout or its deck with as many collaborators as you like, on every plan including Free.
Which methods does Fiuto support?
18 method blocks on every plan: prototype and live website tasks, first-click, click heatmap, five-second tests, preference and design feedback, card sort, tree test, matrix, ranking, rating scales, open text, and copy tests among them.