Fiuto vs Userbrain: 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 forever plan, in minutes, no research experience required.
Fiuto's mark beside Userbrain'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
More than a usability video, with the whole study drafted before you write a word.
Eighteen methods, not one
Card sort, tree test, first-click, five-second and preference test, click heatmaps, ranking, rating scales, surveys, and prototype and live website tasks, mixable in one study on every plan including Free. Userbrain runs unmoderated video tests.
The tasks written for you
Paste your URL and say what you need to learn. Fiuto reads your product and drafts the whole study, method, tasks and questions, for you to review. No research experience required. On Userbrain you write the tasks yourself.
AI respondents before you spend on a session
Up to five AI respondents work through the study first, up to two of them experts in conversion, usability, copy or SEO, so you get a read in minutes and catch a bad task before a real person's session is spent. On every plan including Free.
Findings, a deck, and your data in any format
Fiuto reads the results back into findings, a readout and a deck you can share with as many collaborators as you like. Raw CSV and JSON export, a per-study API token and MCP on every plan. Your data is yours.
Side by side
Every row checked against Userbrain's own pages in September 2026.
| Fiuto | Userbrain | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Every method, 1 live study a month, 10 responses per study, 600 AI credits a month, no card. | $0, 3 test setups a month, 1 seat, 5 of your own testers a month. |
| Paid plans | Core $39 and Pro $89 a month, published, flat per account. Upgrade, downgrade or cancel from the billing page. | Pro, $49 a month billed yearly, unlimited test setups, 15 seats. Enterprise above it. |
| Collaborators | Share with as many collaborators as you like on every plan, including Free. | Per seat: 1 on Free, 15 on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise. |
| Study drafting | AI drafts the whole study from your URL and goal, on every plan including Free. | You write the tasks. AI-powered analysis and automated reports on every plan. |
| 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. | Not published. |
| Recruitment | Prolific's global panel across 38+ countries, priced per response with no quote. Or share the link with your own people. | Panel testers priced per tester per session, plus your own testers. |
| 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 video usability tests. |
Sources: Userbrain's pricing page, checked 3 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 questions a video can't answer
You need to know how people group things, what they notice first or which option they prefer, not only how they get through a task, and you want all of it in one study this week.
Fiuto fits people who'd rather not write the tasks
You know what you need to learn and would rather review a drafted study than author one, then run it from the app or your coding agent.
Choose Userbrain if a weekly diet of think-aloud videos is all you need
You want recorded sessions of people using your site every week, you write the tasks yourself, and you don't need other methods beside them.
Choose Userbrain if you buy sessions one at a time
You want to pay per recorded session and never think about a study beyond it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fiuto a Userbrain alternative?
Yes, for small teams that want more than video usability tests. Fiuto drafts the study for you across 18 methods, runs it with AI respondents and real people, recruits from a global panel with no quote, and reads the results back into findings and a deck, with an MCP and an API on every plan.
Is Userbrain free to use?
Its free plan carries 3 test setups a month, 1 seat and 5 of your own testers a month, and its Pro plan is $49 a month billed yearly. Fiuto's free plan runs 1 live study a month with 10 responses, 600 AI credits, every method and the AI included.
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.
Can I run Fiuto from my coding agent?
Yes. The research assistant works in the app, over MCP from Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Lovable, v0, Replit and Bolt, and over the API, on every plan including Free.
Will 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.
How does sharing work on Fiuto?
There are no seats. Share a study, its findings or its deck with as many collaborators as you like, on every plan including Free, and export the raw data as CSV or JSON whenever you want it.