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What is UserTesting?

UserTesting aims to enable every organization to deliver the best customer experience powered by human insight. The vendor states that with UserTesting’s on-demand Human Insight Platform, companies across industries can make accurate customer-first decisions at every level, at the speed…

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9 out of 10
June 25, 2024
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As a large e-commerce company, our team of 3 UXRs and other UXDs uses UserTesting daily to run studies on every aspect of users' journeys …
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What is UserTesting?

UserTesting aims to enable every organization to deliver the best customer experience powered by human insight. The vendor states that with UserTesting’s on-demand Human Insight Platform, companies across industries can make accurate customer-first decisions at every level, at the speed business demands.

UserTesting Screenshots

Screenshot of UserTesting's several solutions for gathering rich customer experience narratives.Screenshot of Interactive Path Flows
Built on recent research in data mining, the Interactive Path Flow aggregates interaction data across multiple participant sessions to visualize the customer journey, surface unexpected behaviors, and locate key moments in the customer journey.Screenshot of Keyword Mapping
Similar keywords are automatically grouped based on overall sentiment (positive, negative, or neutral) to identify themes. Highlight reels associated with each keyword are grouped together, to discover the why behind each sentiment.Screenshot of Video capture and live streaming
Digital and real-world customer experiences are recorded on desktop and mobile devices or live streamed for in-platform viewing.Screenshot of Audience targeting
Audiences are specified by screening contributors from UserTesting’s global network of contributors or connecting to any preferred network.

UserTesting Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesNorth America, APAC, EMEA
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, German
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Julian Tang | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use UserTesting mainly to conduct unmoderated usability tests. Since we practice agile, we must frequently launch tests every week or every other week to receive user feedback and gain insights so the design team can work on them. What's good about UserTesting is that it doesn't take long until participants complete the test (unless you are screening for niche users), so you can launch the test, go for a walk, and then come back to analyze the data.
  • Product Manager who follows up on your UserTesting usage and gives advice/support when you need it.
  • UserTesting University is a great platform to learn how to use UT and general information about research.
  • UserTesting can find participants quickly, so you won't need to wait long before you can start the analysis.
  • Sometimes when you want to go back to the previous page, it feels really slow.
  • (Not sure if it's UserTesting fault) Sometimes, users can't open the URL for some technical reason (It's just a normal www. website).
The unmoderated usability test on UserTesting is perfect. However, the tree test/card sort is not great, as you have two websites for it, and some functionalities are also missing. I also rarely use UserTesting AI quick insights because it's hard to believe these insights when sometimes the transcript is wrong!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Testing the usability of prototypes or new features, assessing the fit of propositions, and assessing the clarity of copy—all these help us ship products that are clear and easy to use. We can make those improvements in designs before we actually build them in code. We mainly focus on the usability side, but it can also be good for assessing the needs of certain customer segments.
  • Unmoderated tests are easy to set up and for users to navigate.
  • It has many features to help analyze a lot of feedback quickly. It highlights themes and sentiments and brings scores together.
  • It's good for finding users to test with quickly and allows you to set particular criteria.
  • It's great for exporting user feedback and highlight reels.
  • Some users that come through do not match the target user profile that I specify.
It's great for usability testing and getting fast feedback on prototypes or live products/websites. It's not as strong for user needs insights, but it can still be useful there.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We mainly use UserTesting for two things: 1. Product discovery (generative research) on customer insights to find pain points and evaluate high-level product/feature ideas or terminology feedback, and 2. Evaluative research, such as doing usability evaluations of clickable prototypes to test for intuitiveness or to get feedback on feature ideas shown through text descriptions and/or mocked-up screenshots.
  • Has a large bank of survey respondents.
  • Has many different test methodology options.
  • Summarizes results automatically.
  • The seat license cost is very high.
  • The in-test UI for testers could be improved.
It's the grand-daddy of user testing tools, especially since it acquired some competitors, so it has lots of functionality and is pretty easy to use. It has a massive bank of test subjects that you can use (at a cost), which means even if you need to screen for specific attributes, you can still find testers and get results very fast (usually a few hours). The main downside to the product is the per-seat license cost, which is the only reason I don't recommend it higher.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
UserTesting is used across the user experience team at my company to answer the research questions that we have across our product teams that we support. We use it for a variety of research methods from unmoderated to moderated, generative to evaluative, and more. The problems that the platform helps us solve are the ability to test our assumptions and quickly gain feedback on design concepts that influences the product decisions that our teams makes.
  • Finding niche audiences
  • Ability to collaborate with other UX teammates or product partners
  • Quickly getting insights
  • Expanding their panel of healthcare users and customers
  • Better validation that users are who they say they are
  • More accurate and helpful sentiment analysis on sessions
UserTesting is a great way to quickly gain user or customer feedback in both generative and evaluative research studies. Want to better understand who your users are but don't have time to be on moderated interviews, UserTesting can help. Want to gain early feedback on design concepts, they can help you there too.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it to perform unmoderated user testing from time to time and organize individual interviews with customers. UserTesting provide us with access to an open-market customer base outside of our existing customers.
  • Summarising unmoderated user testing.
  • Ease of reviewing individual test clips.
  • Easy to set up unmoderated testing.
  • Avoid professional testers.
  • More natural, candid test participants.
  • Was hard to find the data summarising feature.
It was good but would have been more effective with more natural participants, i.e., first-time test participants and fewer professional testers.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it to test our future design and concept. We like to use the preference testing template for this type of need. We also use it to test our current product to see if improvements can be made. UserTesting gives us a chance to validate our assumptions or test new ideas faster than an individual interview or another type of testing. It's a big time saver for us.
  • Good templates for a lot of testing type.
  • Metrics dashboard are well done.
  • The support team is good!
  • How to find panelists - creating a panelist group in an easier way than today.
  • Having a personalized dashboard.
  • More suggestion to improve our questions when we type it - in a live way (AI?).
It's so fast to test a concept with a real user! This is a good and easy way to create a video reel to explain pain points on the interface. We had some issues with the firewall when we used our personal external users (a client based in a government agency) to test. It was harder to set up an environment for them to bypass their own security rules.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I work in UX content design, so I use the platform for A/B, comprehension, and validation testing. It really helps me do what I consider an essential part of my job: getting our content in front of real users before we commit it to the live product. That helps me justify some of the content decisions we make.
  • Ease of use is excellent.
  • The turnaround of testing is very fast.
  • The platform support is exemplary.
  • More content-specific templates please.
  • A dark mode would be great.
  • More comprehensive FAQs.
UserTesting is excellent for solving complex content problems. A lot of work I do is based on compliance messaging, some of which is convoluted and confusing for users. If I can test variants of the content on users to find a way that's both compliant and user friendly then I've done my job well, UserTesting is essential in helping me do that. Regarding less appropriate scenarios, I honestly can't think of anything specific that affects my career. It would not be easy to use for physical product testing, considering the platform is online only.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As a UX Researcher, I employ UserTesting in my daily flow. I launch a number of qualitative studies, and UserTesting has not failed me ONCE in recruiting participants who meet my stringent criteria within tight deadlines. The transcription tool that writes out participants' feedback is also incredibly helpful in my analysis and synthesis process.
  • Recruiting participants based on specific screener criteria QUICKLY
  • Allows me to cancel or replace user sessions EASILY when there are issues with the test plan or participant feedback
  • Simplifies analysis process by transcribing interviews
  • Creates highlight reels
  • Allows you to easily copy and paste standout participant quotes
  • AI feature is not quite helpful -- sentiment analysis is subpar
  • Wish there were more internal tools for data analysis/synthesis like tagging (as Dovetail has)
  • Hoping that the AI summary tool really ups its game soon
Use UserTesting if you need to recruit participants QUICKLY to get fast results. If you're running a particularly stringent project, UserTesting's screener tool isn't the most rigorous as I've had several participants who shouldn't have qualified based on the screener questions pass through and end up as participants in my studies. If strict adherence to participant recruitment guidelines is of top priority, you might want to use a more traditional approach to recruitment.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We've been using UserTesting to close the gaps in our understanding of customer behavior - this has been done through usability tests, card sorting, surveys, preference testing, and gathering insights using some of the UserTesting templates. It's always easy to set up a test, and the participant feedback has been excellent. The ability to summarize with AI and create highlight reels has been helpful in sharing our findings with stakeholders and leadership. This year we are looking to expand the scope of what we use UserTesting for beyond digital products and incorporate user research into more areas of our company, which also allow us to stretch ourselves creatively with how we test. Very exciting stuff and thankful to have a solid foundation with UserTesting's tools.
  • Generates insights based on user feedback
  • Flexible templates
  • Ability to customize audience to zero in on relevant users
  • Would like to ability to generate keyword clouds
  • Highlight reels are time consuming to create
  • AI summaries don't always pull relevant feedback
UserTesting is well suited for testing ideas and validating designs - through preference testing we've been able to determine which designs meet customer needs and can be put through development, without wasting time and resources on designs that will fail. We've also used UserTesting card sorting feature to help refine hierarchy for new pages, allowing us to see exactly what customers prioritize when making decisions.
Juan Oliveira | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
At our German mobile games company, we use UserTesting extensively to improve the user experience and interface design. This tool allows us to reach specific target audiences, allowing them to offer real-time feedback on our mobile game prototypes via recorded audio and screen activity. Our use case for user testing includes everything from pre-launch idea testing to post-launch game enhancement. We investigate responses to game pitches or early prototypes during the concept phase. We test increasingly polished iterations of the games as production moves forward, concentrating on certain features like character design, stage difficulty, and UI options. We use UserTesting even after the game launches to improve it according to how players engage with various aspects/features of the game—which is frequently surprising.
  • Fast feedback from tester
  • Decent filters to set the audience profile for the tests
  • Mostly testers are great participants with good feedbacks
  • Great customer support
  • Add filters to Contributers Network feature!!!!
  • Add more features for data analysis (e.g. cross data from different participants)
Mainly to test products from industries that are well-established and have a huge use base of users (e.g., beauty, health, bank applications, etc). I would not recommend it for things that are too niche (e.g. French card mobile games) because the tool doesn't have enough filters or screening questions to allow researchers to recruit participants from UserTesting userbase. Probably this is on purpose right?
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am the Lead UX UI Designer on our team, and sit under the CRO team. UserTesting has been invaluable to us, has assisted us through multiple rounds of design iterations on our biggest project to date, Checkout redesign, which has seen a huge uplift and been extremely successful. The tool was used throughout the project to target specific areas of the checkout which would have caused our users issues or confusion and I was able to develop these. I am currently using the tool in the same way to redesign our PDP. It has been used to gain insights into users' experiences of our benchmarked competitors, as well as our current PDP. The tool is used throughout our CRO monthly testing cycle where designs for tests are usertested in short test forms to refine designs. We also use Content Square as a data tool, and are able to gain qualitative insights from UserTesting where we see looping behaviours or rage clicks on the site. We will be progressing to using surveys and interviews as our scope increases, particularly to further understand customer journeys, inspirations, motivations and frustrations.
  • Usable - great dashboards and data metrics
  • Different options for testing to suit your needs - surveys, moderated and unmoderated tests, and interviews
  • Platform keeps you up to date as a partner to any networking events or webinars hosted to learn from other clients and businesses
  • Missing the ability to create folders or tag tests which have been sent out in multiple or successive rounds
  • Word clouds for any verbal responses e.g. describe this page in 3 words
  • More logic to how highlight reels are created, or info pop ups on why they have been created/any interesting segments (this may be more of an AI part to the tool)
UserTesting has been pivotal for understanding the digital experience on our site for users, identifying pain points which can influence Business Cases, Re-designs, Refinements, Trade analysis, and A/B testing programmes within the company. It is suitable for UX teams, CRO teams and may also be helpful for Creative and Marketing teams if feedback on campaigns or content is required. It is particularly useful for iterative design processes, as well as research for design projects. Interviews I imagine would be extremely helpful to truly understand user experiences and pain points. I am hoping our business can move towards utilising this feature. It is, I would say, not appropriate to base all decisions on insights gained from the platform as quantitative data is extremely important, but it can help answer the 'why's' of user interactions, and feedback from UserTesting has always been well-received by management and non-UX experts when I have presented it.
Ilgvars Jansons | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using UserTesting at [...] to speed up and scale up our learning capabilities and build the bank the world loves to use.

UserTesting helps us to gather quick feedback on our designs and product direction as well as deep dive into different money and wealth management topics.

It helps us learn as a team and eventualy make better product and design decisions.
  • Quick feedback for evaluative research
  • Collaboration (research as team sport)
  • Large external participant panel
  • Clicks maps
  • Heat maps
  • Quantitative research functionality
If you are a larger company with a bigger research and design team, UserTesting can help to make user research a team sport.

Also, in case you don't have your own participant panel, UserTesting can offer a large participant panel that you can share your study with.

It could be however a more costly solution if you are a smaller company or have a smaller UX team.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use UserTesting multiple times per week. I am Director of User Research at my company, and conduct multiple kinds of research using UT. I use it for unmoderated usability testing (click through prototypes, etc), moderated in-depth interviews, to test surveys, and get feedback on new product concepts.
  • Quotas for different test types would be extremely helpful
  • Ability to search across workspaces, and improved search in general
  • A more consistent user interface across the platform (functions behave differently in certain places, for instance)
  • Improved ability to manage contact lists
  • Improved scheduling features
I love UT for quick usability testing, or to test a survey, for instance. Recruiting is fast and easy as long as your audience is well-represented. It is less useful for niche audiences like some of the ones we recruit for.
April 12, 2024

Helpful in every way!

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
UserTesting can be a powerful tool to understand how real people experience my organization's software. Here's how I leverage it within my team. I start by defining clear goals for my user testing session. What specific questions do I have about user behaviour? UserTesting offers its participant pool, or I can recruit my testers based on my target audience. Once participants are selected, I'll create a test scenario with tasks for users to complete while interacting with the interface. The beauty of UserTesting is that it facilitates remote, unmoderated sessions. Users complete the tasks on their own while recording their screen and audio. This allows me to observe genuine user reactions and thought processes without influencing their experience. After the test, UserTesting provides recordings of each participant's session. I can watch them individually or share them with my team. As I analyze the recordings, I pay attention to areas where users struggle or hesitate. This can reveal issues with the interface's usability. UserTesting also offers tools to highlight key moments and create clips for easy reference and discussion with my colleagues. By synthesizing the findings from the user testing sessions, I can identify opportunities to improve the user experience. UserTesting empowers my organization to make data-driven decisions based on real user behaviour.
  • unmoderated sessions
  • highlights of the key moments in the recorded session
  • replacing participants in case of unsuccessful session
  • improve the audience so we can target even more specific groups
  • AI powered analysis of the sessions with data put into affinity diagrams
  • verification of the participants, make sure people pot more or less true data about themselves
It's the best for A/B tests or tests where you need a broad audience. If you don't need a real niche audience (that you should recruit then rather yourself), then you can rely on UserTesting. It's good because it's so quick, almost instant, it takes about 10 minutes on average before I can start reviewing and documenting sessions.
Anna Baumbach | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our UX/UI team uses UserTesting regularly to conduct research studies. We have used different features, from unmoderated tests like A/B testing or prototype tests to live User Interviews. We enjoy the pool of candidates that are found within a few minutes of the test launch. Why do we use it? To talk to users within our industry to understand their needs, motivations, and expectations when using products like ours. We believe this tool is currently the best option on the market to combine all of our research efforts. The only struggle is the limited amount of pre-screener questions and the limitations within Canada (provinces/terretories).
  • Intuitive software
  • Easy onboarding
  • Fast participant recruitment
  • Easy scheduling
  • Confidentiality agreement toggle - Name might be confusing when used for other documents like NDAs or Privacy Policies
  • Recruitment in Canada - balanced demographic within provinces/ territories
Any research efforts are met perfectly with this tool. We can do moderated or unmoderated sessions and utilize the transcript for quotes. For live sessions like User Interviews, we also like the option to have a note taker in the call that the participant is unaware off. We believe this created less stress on the participant. As mentioned before, the only problem we are facing as a Canadian company is the pre screening process. We would like to have participants represented from within all our provinces and territories. This causes us to launch multiple tests and then reject/accept a certain province for each one.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My team uses UserTesting to conduct moderated and unmoderated usability testing and interviews. The platform solves for not having to manage your own recruitment and incentivization processes. It also helps with the recording and analysis process post-facilitation.
  • Recruitment (broad and vast panel audience)
  • Incentivization
  • Fast-paced and smooth end-to-end delivery
  • Recording
  • Transcription
  • Inviting team members to observe live or asynchronously
  • AI-powered Sentiment Analysis
  • Managing clip snippets
  • Cross-timezone scheduling - On the participant scheduling page, it always defaults to Pacific Time (PT). If participants don't notice this and miss my instructions, they'll go ahead and schedule in PT, even if they're in a different timezone, resulting in having to reschedule their session, which is very cumbersome and time-consuming.
  • Duration of Sessions - You only offer pre-set durations, such as 30 mins and 60 mins, if I recall correctly. Please allow us to select our own durations, such as 45 mins. Also, once the "timer" is up, Zoom just ends the session automatically, which is problematic when often times the sessions go over the allotment, resulting in an abrupt ending.
UserTesting is the best tool I've worked with for facilitating any research projects - ranging from discovery to evaluative research. I appreciate that it offers a variety of methods, beyond just usability testing. It also includes newer features like card sorting and tree testing. By integrating these features, it negates the need to use another tool such as OptimalWorkshop for which your team may not have a license.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our team has been leveraging usertesting.com for conducting all the unmoderated and moderated research. The tool is pretty intuitive and helps our designer able to conduct the unmoderated tests without any support. The team at usertesting.com has been immensely helpful in working with us in putting together the right set of documentation which standardizes our overall research operations. Their acquisition of UserZoom has also integrated all our userbase into one. I highly recommend usertesting.com to others! We did evaluate other tools but the quality of the product, easy integration w/Figma and their Support system makes this an absolute 10/10!
  • Support system
  • Intuitive and easy to learn
  • Their certification process giving our users industry wide recognition
  • Not really with usertesting but there are opportunities with their integrations w/Figma
Best suited for researchers to conduct moderated tests and UX designers to conduct unmoderated tests! Not suited for diary studies!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
UserTesting gives us access to general consumer panels that we otherwise would have no way to communicate with, let alone efficiently recruit for research. UserTesting also allows us to conduct a variety of methods including (but not limited to) moderated interviews, unmoderated usability testing, cart sorts, and more. One of the features we find most beneficial with UserTesting is its out-of-the-box panel filtration and custom screening capabilities, both of which help us recruit the most appropriate research candidates based on learning objectives and timelines.
  • Effective panel recruitment
  • Quick, informative, & friendly customer service
  • Smooth unmoderated usability testing
  • Highlight reel creation
  • Straightforward test creation
  • Card sorting feature
  • Ability to re-launch tests myself that aren't picking up participants as quickly as I'd like
Most appropriate for:
-Panel recruitment
-Unmoderated usability testing
-Quick tests
-Moderated interviews
-Unmoderated interviews

Less appropriate for:
-Card sorts
-Surveys
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As a UX Designer, I have completed an internal course that allows me to set up my own tests with the guidance of an assigned UX Researcher. I mainly use UserTesting to test design concepts we are currently ideating on to learn how participants interact with our prototypes. So far I have launched unmoderated card sorts and usability tests and both have helped give me the information I need to either start designing solutions, or go forward with the solution I had already proposed.
  • Ease of use to set up tests
  • Time stamping transcriptions
  • Connecting the correct participants based off screener
  • Updates sent to email once a test is completed
  • The word cloud function isn't very accurate.
  • Personally, I wish participants didn't have to open a Figma prototype link in a separate tab. I wish it could stay in UserTesting so they don't have to hop between tabs.
  • Having certain filters set to default sometimes slip by me. I wish those had no default and were required so I can be sure to not skip over it.
UserTesting is great to help designers get validation on their designs to see if they are initiative or user friendly, however it can also determine if a design needs more work if participants have trouble using/understanding it. At my company, we tend to test after ideation and solutioning to help validate which concept to go forward with, but I am hoping in the future we can start testing early on in the ideation phase to help us get enough supporting evidence to determine whether or not we should explore a design further to create a better case with product and tech folks.
Gonzalo M. Gonzales | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
UserTesting allows me to create moderated and non-moderated usability tests quickly and easily. I don't need to worry about recruiting participants as they have a very wide range of participants available.
  • Recruitment
  • Setting up usability tests
  • Transcritpion
  • Using better AI for transcription
  • Sometimes it's buggy when setting up a test
  • It doesn't really work as a repository
UserTesting solves the problem of recruitment. Thanks to UserTesting I can recruit participants from different countries around the world with the characteristics I need. Recruitment is a very difficult process for a small research team and I sometimes still struggle with that; for example, when recruiting minors for research. But not having to do the whole recruitment and reward process is a huge benefit.
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Evaluating new product features with real users: UserTesting helps us gather feedback on new product features before they are released to the general public. We create tests for specific user flows and invite participants to provide feedback on their experience using the feature. This allows us to identify any issues or pain points early on and make necessary adjustments before releasing the feature.
  • easy setup of ux testing
  • recording of videos
  • Testers quality has degraded over time and they could benefit from acquiring more motivated testers
  • Make it easier to distribute mobile app builds
  • Tester sometimes don't answer screener questions truthfully creating unnecessary work for our team
Well-suited scenarios
Basic and quick user testing for general user segments: UserTesting is great for getting quick and basic feedback on general user segments. It is easy to set up and can provide valuable insights into the user experience of a product.Testing specific features or user flows: UserTesting can be effective in evaluating the usability of specific features or user flows. This can help identify any issues or pain points that need to be addressed.

Less appropriate scenarios
Requiring specific user segments: If you require testers from a specific demographic or with certain qualifications, UserTesting may not be the best option. In my experience, relying on UserTesting to recruit specific user segments often resulted in low quality testers and unreliable feedback.In-depth research: UserTesting may not be suitable for conducting in-depth research. If you need more detailed feedback or want to conduct more complex studies, it may be better to use other research methods or tools.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use it for quick unmoderated user feedback on live sites and prototypes. We use the feedback to guide development decisions to make sure that they are in line with user needs and goals.
  • Recruitment
  • Unmoderated
  • Customer service
  • Broader offering of of types of questions and response types. Current selection is just to limited.
It just makes it really easy to quickly gather feedback from contributors. For US markets I normally get 10 respondents within 2 hours of launching the study. The turn around time is great in a last minute thinking culture at times. I extensively use use and appreciate the pre-panel filters, super easy and helpful.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use UserTesting to get feedback from live consumers/users of our websites and products. We’ve used the available community and also done private groups with both non-moderated (self-guided) tests and moderated tests. <div><br></div><div>We’ve ran tests to get feedback on website redesigns and enhancements including site architecture/structure, UI/UX, content, and style/colors. </div><div><br></div><div>It has been immensely helpful in getting user feedback quickly and easily to drive changes. </div>
  • Available Tester Pool
  • Ease of Use
  • Speed to market
  • Coordination/ease of use for private testers
  • Ability to establish micro tests/segments
  • Non-licensed viewing of results
UserTesting allows me and my team to create and complete user tests incredibly quickly and cheaply. User testing used to be incredibly expensive and time consuming and as such wasn’t completed as often as it should have been.

With UserTesting, we can set up, deploy, and get results within ONE WEEK with no extra costs beyond what we pay for the service. It’s a true game changer to get voice of the customer feedback in near real-time and get feedback more often.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it mostly for unmoderated testing to see usage, workflow, and pain points encountered on our site as well as uploading interviews to create clips.
  • I particularly like the note taking feature, that you're able to export the notes and has time stamps for the notes.
  • I like that it is relatively fast to recruit users.
  • It is pretty simple to set up a user test: the tasks.
  • The UI ironically is a bit difficult to use. Sometimes its difficult to navigate around.
  • The tagging feature could be really useful, but it doesn't allow you to create tags for projects (only tags that go across all of your projects) so it makes it difficult to use.
  • Creating reels could also be better. Similarly it isn't by project so it can be tedious to create them because you have to look through so many clips.
  • It doesn't allow you to collaboratively take notes in a live session. It would be really useful to be able to use it like an observation room and have participants take notes that are time stamped.
Best suited: low complexity user testing of a prototype or live site. Less appropriate: user tests that are more foundational in nature and require follow up questions, as well as testing complicated flows in prototypes because you can't course correct participants easily.
Alex Jones | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
UserTesting is mainly used by our UX team (designers, writers, researchers) to inform the development of our Hi-Fi designs and content. It allows us to see whether users understand and like the designs before releasing updates to our app and onboarding journey. Members of the marketing team also use it in order to test different campaign designs and messaging.
  • Very fast responses from users
  • Very detailed qualitative feedback
  • Easy to use and set-up
  • The export to Excel function could be improved. It works, but I often have to manipulate it when analysing.
Really good for getting super-fast feedback to help sense-check that your designs are heading in the right direction. As a default you are able to record the user's face (as well as their screen) which makes for really engaging video recordings to analyse. Verbal feedback is automatically transcribed and there is an automated sentiment feature which helps identify problems to rectify really quickly.
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