Fiuto vs Lyssna
Fiuto vs Lyssna: 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 Lyssna'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 study done for you, end to end, with the AI switched on from the first day.
The AI works on the free plan, respondents and experts included
Drafting, AI respondents, AI experts, findings and the deck all run on Free with 600 AI credits a month. AI is metered by credits, never gated by tier, so the assistant works on Free exactly as it works on Pro. Lyssna keeps its AI features for paid plans.
An MCP that makes studies, not one that only answers questions about them
Fiuto's research assistant runs in the app, in your coding agent over MCP, and over the API. It creates, launches and reads back studies from Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Lovable, v0, Replit and Bolt, on every plan including Free. Lyssna's MCP is read-only, in beta, and needs a paid plan.
Collaborators, not seats
Price is per account. Share a study, its findings and its deck with as many collaborators as you like on every plan, including Free. Nobody has to decide who gets a seat this month.
The whole study, run for you
Paste your URL and say what you need to learn. Fiuto drafts the study, sends AI respondents through it first, recruits real people from Prolific's global panel if you want them, and turns the results into findings and a deck. You review each step. No research experience required.
Side by side
Every row checked against Lyssna's own pages in September 2026.
| Fiuto | Lyssna | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Every method, 1 live study a month, 10 responses per study, 600 AI credits a month, no card. | $0, 3 seats, unlimited quick studies, 15 self-recruited responses a month, no AI, no MCP. |
| Paid plans | Core $29 and Pro $69 a month, published, flat per account. Upgrade, downgrade or cancel from the billing page. | Growth, $166 a month, 5 seats, 5 in-depth studies a month. Enterprise above it. |
| Collaborators | Share with as many collaborators as you like on every plan, including Free. | Per seat: 3 on Free, 5 on Growth, unlimited on Enterprise. |
| Study drafting | AI drafts the whole study from your URL and goal, on every plan including Free. | Templates and a builder. AI follow-up questions and summaries on Growth and up. |
| 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. |
| MCP server | Read and write: create, launch and read results from seven coding agents, plus an API, on every plan including Free. | Read-only, in beta, Claude and ChatGPT, on paid plans. |
| Recruitment | Prolific's global panel across 38+ countries, priced per response with no quote. Or share the link with your own people. | Pay-per-use panel on every plan, priced separately, plus self-recruited. |
| Methods | 18 method blocks, every one on every plan. Card sort, tree test, first-click, five-second, preference test and click heatmap among them. | Five-second, first-click, preference, card sort, tree test, prototype, surveys, interviews. |
Sources: Lyssna's pricing page, checked 3 September 2026 and Lyssna's MCP announcement, checked 3 September 2026.
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 small teams without a researcher
You have a question about the thing you're building and no one whose job is research. Fiuto drafts the study, runs it and hands back the findings, in hours.
Fiuto fits people who want the AI from day one
You want the assistant, the AI respondents and the deck on the free plan, not as a reason to upgrade. Upgrade when you outgrow the monthly allowance, and change or cancel the plan yourself.
Choose Lyssna if you'd rather author every study by hand
You want to shape each test yourself in a builder you already know, and you don't need the study drafted for you.
Choose Lyssna if your study history already lives there
Years of past studies sit in it and you only need an agent to read them back.
Frequently asked questions
01Is Fiuto a Lyssna alternative?
Yes, for small teams that want the study drafted, run and analysed for them. Fiuto covers the same self-serve methods, adds AI respondents and AI experts on every plan, recruits from a global panel with no quote, and charges per account with no seats.
02Is Lyssna's AI available on its free plan?
Its pricing page keeps AI features and its MCP for paid plans, and caps the free plan at 15 self-recruited responses a month. Fiuto's free plan runs 1 live study a month with 10 responses, 600 AI credits, every method and the AI included.
03How does sharing work on Fiuto?
There are no seats. Share a study, its results, its findings or its deck with as many collaborators as you like, on every plan including Free.
04Will Fiuto run 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.
05Can I change or cancel my Fiuto plan without contacting anyone?
Yes. You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your subscription at any time from the billing page in the app. There's no sales conversation at any point.
06Which 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.