Pricing
Academic researchers pay $0.99 per participant and commercial teams $2.49, or either buys a yearly license. Every plan includes automated scoring, the device check before each session and the Study Quality Monitor.
Pay as you go, academic
$0.99 per participant
$0
10 free participants, then $0.99 each
$249 / year
$0.83 per included participant
$1,999 / year
$0.67 per included participant
$6,499 / year
No charge per participant
$0.99 per participant
Every account gets 10 free participants. After that, each participant uses one credit for the whole study, however many of the 54 tests they take. Pay-as-you-go studies include scores, norms where supported and trial-level export.
Minimum purchase: 25 credits ($24.75).
Academic credits are for academic and nonprofit research. You confirm this before paying.
Every plan includes automated scoring, the Study Quality Monitor, score CSV and the two-study comparison CSV. Paid plans and pay-as-you-go studies add norms where supported, trial-level CSV and Clock Drawing JSON.
Each link counts toward your participant limit, or uses one credit, as soon as you create it, before anyone takes part. A participant counts once for the whole study, whatever the number of tests. A participant in another study or timepoint counts again.
Every plan signs in with an email link or a ConductScience account.
| Participants a year | Cheapest academic option | Academic cost | Cheapest commercial option | Commercial cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Pay as you go (2 × 25 credits) | $49.50 | Pay as you go (2 × 25 credits) | $124.50 |
| 100 | Pay as you go (1 × 100 credits) | $99 | Pay as you go (1 × 100 credits) | $249 |
| 250 | Pay as you go (2 × 100 credits + 2 × 25 credits) | $247.50 | Pay as you go (2 × 100 credits + 2 × 25 credits) | $622.50 |
| 500 | Pay as you go (1 × 500 credits) | $399 | Pay as you go (1 × 500 credits) | $999 |
| 1,000 | Pay as you go (2 × 500 credits) | $798 | Commercial Research | $1,499 |
| 2,000 | Pay as you go (1 × 2,000 credits) | $1,299 | Pay as you go (1 × 2,000 credits) | $2,999 |
| 5,000 | Academic Department + 1 × 2,000 credits | $3,298 | Commercial Team + 1 × 2,000 credits | $6,498 |
List prices in US dollars for one year. Academic credit packs are for academic and nonprofit research, and commercial packs for commercial and sponsored research. Yearly plans add Italian participant pages and adjustable task settings, and the larger plans add researcher seats. Prices on other platforms are on the comparison pages, with the date they were checked.
Each study can share one open link with Prolific, Sona Systems, CloudResearch Connect or Qualtrics. The recruitment setup guides show the settings for each service.
One person in one study. A participant uses one credit, or one place in a yearly allowance, for the whole study, however many tests it runs. The same person in another study or at another timepoint counts again.
A participant you add yourself, with a participant link or an imported ID, is counted when you add them. A person who arrives through your open study link is counted when they agree to the consent form. People who open the link and leave, or decline consent, are not counted.
All 54. Building, previews and practice runs are free. Every account gets 10 free participants, then $0.99 per participant for academic and nonprofit research, one credit per participant however many tests they take. The free plan includes up to 3 active studies.
No. Percentiles come with every yearly plan and with pay as you go on the free plan, for the tests that have a published norm.
No. Building a study, previewing it and practice runs are free and never count as participants. Credits are used only by participants in your studies.
Commercial and sponsored research can pay $2.49 per participant instead of buying a yearly plan, for any of the 54 tests, with scores, norms where supported and trial-level export. Each participant uses one credit, once, whatever the number of tests. Commercial credits come in packs of 25 for $62.25, 100 for $249, 500 for $999, 2,000 for $2,999, and need no eligibility statement.
Academic and nonprofit pricing, including academic credit packs, is for independently funded, publication-oriented work that is not commercially sponsored, used for product development or regulatory submission, or restricted for a for-profit sponsor. Sponsored university or hospital studies use commercial pricing: a commercial plan or commercial credit packs.
Yes. Department, Institution, Commercial Research, Commercial Team, Enterprise, and all three-year licenses use a PO or invoice quote. Academic Research one-year licenses and participant credits, academic and commercial, can also be bought by card.
Academic Institution covers unlimited participants and researcher seats under fair use, for $6,499 a year or $15,599 for three prepaid years.
Participants who arrive from Prolific, Sona Systems, CloudResearch Connect or Qualtrics use a credit or an allowance place like any other participant, with no added fee. Participant payments and the service's own fees are paid to that service.
More answers are in the FAQ.
Preview any test, then run a pilot with your 10 free participants before you buy credits or a license.