Fiuto vs dscout
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.
How it works
Fiuto runs your full research loop
Paste a URL and Fiuto takes it from there. No research experience needed.
What you get with Fiuto
The four differences that change what you can do this afternoon, not a feature checklist.
Does Fiuto run card sorts and tree tests, and does dscout?
Eighteen methods, including the five dscout does not run. 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 in all, mixable in one study. dscout's own methods list stops at usability testing, website intercepts, field studies, diary studies, media-rich surveys and interviews.
Can I start on Fiuto today, or do I need a quote like with dscout?
You can use Fiuto today, and the AI is free. dscout publishes three tiers and no numbers: the calls to action are discuss pricing and book time to build your custom quote. Fiuto has a free plan with no card, 600 AI credits a month, and every method on it. AI is metered by credits and never gated by tier, so the assistant that drafts your study works on the free plan, not just on a demo.
Do I need to be a researcher to use Fiuto?
Research does not have to be your job. dscout assumes a research team, a research calendar and someone whose title says research. Fiuto does not require that, and still works when it is true. Say what you need to learn, review what Fiuto drafts, and turn your Lovable, Replit, v0, Bolt, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor prototype into a real-user test.
What does Fiuto charge per respondent, and what does dscout?
A published participant price. US$7.00 per respondent on the 5-minute band, US$14.00 on 12 minutes, US$21.00 on 20, ordered from the launch page. Whatever the screen-out reserve does not use is refunded when the run settles. On dscout you choose your own incentive amounts, and everything around them sits inside the quote.
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. | Three tiers with no published price. The pricing page offers to discuss pricing and to book time to build a custom quote. |
| Seats | None. Share with as many people as you like on every plan, including Free. Unlimited editors from Core. | 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 | None. Fiuto runs unmoderated studies and AI respondents, not a live moderated interview. | Yes. AI Studio runs AI-moderated studies, launched 14 April 2026. |
| AI respondents | Up to five per run before real people see the study, up to two of them experts in conversion, usability, copy or SEO. | Not published as of September 2026. |
| 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, available to dscout customers on its standard pricing. |
| MCP server | Read and write: create, launch and read results. Seven coding agents. Every plan including Free. | Read and write: draft, launch and analyse, from Claude, Codex, VS Code, Co-Pilot, Figma Make and Cursor. Available to customers with dscout AI Studio, which has no published price. |
| Recruitment | Prolific's panel of 300,000+ participants across 38+ countries, ordered from the launch page. Or share the link with your own people. | Its own verified Scouts, plus over 3 million partner-panel participants, with 60 or more targeting attributes. |
| Participant price | US$7.00 per respondent on the 5-minute band, US$14.00 on 12, US$21.00 on 20. The unused screen-out reserve is refunded when the run settles. | Not published as of September 2026. 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 as of September 2026. |
| Templates and product memory | 24 curated templates plus the ones you save, on every plan. Fiuto remembers your product, your audience and what you are trying to learn between studies. | Not published as of September 2026. |
Sources: dscout's pricing page, dscout's MCP page, dscout's participant recruitment page and dscout's AI Studio announcement.
MCP for user research
Your data is yours. Stay in Claude Code
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.
Create studies from
Claude Code
Cursor
Codex
Lovable
v0
Replit
BoltWho fits which tool
Fiuto fits people for whom research is not the job
You are building the thing and you have a question about it you would rather not guess at. Fiuto writes the study, runs it, and hands back findings, and it still serves you when research is your job.
Fiuto fits teams that want a price on the page
You want to start today on a free plan, run every method on it, and know what the next step and the next batch of respondents cost before you talk to anyone.
Choose dscout if you have a research team and a budget
You have researchers, a research calendar, and an organisation ready for an annual contract.
Choose dscout if your work runs in the field over weeks
You need diary studies, field studies, website intercepts, and moderated interviews at scale. Fiuto runs none of them.
Frequently asked questions
01Is Fiuto a dscout alternative?
For most of what people use dscout for, yes, and it is a fair swap when you want the study drafted, run and analysed at a published price. Fiuto adds eighteen unmoderated methods, AI respondents, a read-and-write MCP on every plan, and pricing on the page with no seats and no sales call. It is not a swap for diary studies or field research, which dscout does and Fiuto does not.
02Does dscout have a free plan or a published price?
No. Its pricing page names three tiers, Core, Select and Enterprise, without figures, and the only 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.
03Does dscout have an MCP server?
Yes, and it writes as well as reads. Its page says the dscout MCP can draft, launch and analyse from Claude, Codex, VS Code, Co-Pilot, Figma Make and Cursor, and that it is available to customers with dscout AI Studio. No price is published for it. Fiuto's MCP creates, launches and reads back studies from seven coding agents on every plan including Free.
04Does Fiuto have an AI moderator?
No. dscout runs AI-moderated interviews and Fiuto does not. Fiuto runs unmoderated studies, and sends AI respondents through the study first so you get a read in minutes and catch a bad task before real people see it. If a live AI moderator is the thing you need, dscout is the better tool.
05What does it cost to recruit participants on Fiuto?
US$7.00 per respondent on the 5-minute band, US$14.00 on 12 minutes, and US$21.00 on 20, ordered from the launch page and paid per order outside your AI credits. A reserve covers screen-outs, and whatever the order does not use is refunded to the original payment method when the run settles. You can also share the study link with your own users at no cost.
06Do I need research experience to use Fiuto?
No. Paste your URL and say what you need to learn. Fiuto writes the study, runs it with AI respondents, recruits real people if you want them, and reads the results back into findings and a deck. You review each step before it launches, and it serves the researcher just as well.
07Which 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.