Lyssna Reviews & Product Details

I like that I'm able to conduct UXR in one hub. I haven't explored all the different types of tests, but I enjoy that I'm not responsible for external recruitment if I don't have to be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There have been multiple instances in which my changes were not being saved and I lost entire studies that I had spent time working on, which was really frustrating. I wish it operated like Google Suite, where changes are saved almost immediately on the cloud with the option to Undo, Redo, and view Version History should I choose.

I also find the flow of some of the tests to be a bit odd, specifically A/B testing as a UX Designer. I've found myself having to administer 2 First-Click tests instead to achieve the results that a A/B test would otherwise give me if not administered through Lyssna. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a great tool that I, as a UX Researcher, can use to quickly gather feedback about our live website and the prototypes that my fellow UX Designers are making for the team. This makes the voice of the customer more important to our company and advocates a great UX. Also, customer support is through the roof: always very helpful and accomodating. Feedback is brought to the developer team, so things that are missing constantly evolve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not many downsides, only that the questionnaire logic is a bit more basic than dedicated Survey tools.

But the fact that you can record live website behavior and people interacting with a prototype, and even do audio recordings, make it a tool that we are very happy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Super fast feedback

Easy to set up and run tests

Flexible formats for different research needs

Solid panel reach Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prototype builder could use more flexibility

Pricing model can get tricky with targeting

The AI summary combines all responses in preference tests, so it ends up being too generic and not that useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lyssna's mix-and-match study builder is its main asset. You can easily combine different methods, task types, etc. in a fairly flexible way. The builder UI is intuitive (easy to navigate with keyboard, supports bulk pasting to build response trees, functional Figma integration), and data export is rich (although occasionally plagued with special character issues). It is very good for quick, single-purpose studies with rapid recruitment and flexible screening tools. I often don't need to write custom screeners because they collect a lot of demographic data you can use when building your sample - for example, if I want to survey homeowners, I can select that attribute rather than writing a screener question (for which they charge extra...). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lyssna's pricing is wildly unpredictable. Where other platforms charge a consistent rate for a specific type of research (e.g. $5/head for surveys, or $60 for unmoderated usability testing), Lyssna prices based on predicted length of study, and those predictions seem to have little relationship to reality. Sometimes this is useful - I find Lyssna's rates are often below competitors for shorter studies or single tasks - but sometimes it's prohibitive, as estimates snowball for longer studies and rapidly become unreasonable. I wouldn't recommend them for larger usability studies with many tasks, or for benchmarking studies where you want users to perform multiple tasks with each of several competitors, both because the randomization feature can't handle this, and because you'll have no idea of your cost until you've built the whole study out.

I also consistently experience crippling performance issues with their study builder, which is laggy under the best of circumstances and unusable under the worst. (Notably, PlaybookUX has the same problem here. I wouldn't recommend them either.)

Lyssna has zero qualitative analysis functionality for interviews - not even the ability to export video clips, let alone tag things. I would absolutely not recommend them for synchronous studies right now.

Finally, Lyssna's study builder does not autosave, and won't save your study with errors or incomplete fields. This makes it risky to work with - you can't build out a click test protocol preemptively without uploading your images, for example, because it won't save - and I've lost large amounts of work many times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s comparable to other powerful tools and very close to meeting all my needs—just a bit shy on some of the functionalities noted in my recommendations. The customer service and support, however, are excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations:

More flexible logic for screener questions to route into card sorts and other test types.

Segment recruiting with expanded screener options (beyond 4).

Cap participants per screener/demographic for balanced samples.

Save and reuse participant pools from past studies as well as select them to be invited.

Support hybrid card sorts (open + closed), allowing participants to name categories or create subcategories.

Provide dendrograms for card sort results.

Show accurate recruitment timelines.

Send notifications as participant quotas fill. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So darn intuitive to use. I've hardly had to refer to documentation to figure out how to get started. Lots of templates to use as a starting point. And I've attended several webinars hosted by the support team. Always have ready-to-implement insights and nice to be able to chat with other designers in the chat room. Easy to read and share the testing results. I've even added collaborators to the projects to encourage other marketing folks to leverage the tool. They also found it very easing to use. We can upgrade / downgrade as our needs dictate and the cost per cost is fair. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I need help writing good instructions to be able to get quality responses from the participants. Sometimes I feel like the responses don't give me enough insights to inform the next iteration of the design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lyssna provides a wide range of tools that make it easy for us to carry out both moderated and unmoderated user research. Most of these tools are straightforward to use, and I particularly appreciate the excellent customer support offered by the Lyssna team! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've run into issues with losing progress on my surveys and tests because my browser timed out and I forgot to click the "Save and Preview" button. Wish there was a more intuitive way to save drafts, or have an auto-save feature! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've started to user Lyssna as a research platform about 3 month ago. For this time, we conducted about 11 surveys and UX research about our fintech product. For some of them we already had the audience but the most of them was conducted with recruiting tool help. We're international company and we need to conduct surveys for different countries and different user segments — and Lyssna helps with it a lot. I way more cheeper than Maze but quality is very good.

Also, it's very easy to create a survey or research in Lyssna. There's very convenient interface when you can create any task whether it survey or 5-sec-test. And I love the interface that users see while taking part in the survey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I believe that it could be much better if the rates being reconsidered. The main problem that I cannot share any test or add any employee if I'm on starting rate — I need to purchase Basic or Pro. And the most strange thing for me that "credits" for paying for the recruitment is not inculded in any rate. I think if the rate contains some credits or some discount on purchasing them, it'll be way more attractive for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like that Lyssna is able to let me create studies that are simple and straightforward, or complex and advanced. It has great summary and synthesis tools, and lets me recruit however I need to best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the lack of customization and some of the UI design, I also really struggle with the lack of an autosave feature while editing/creating a survey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lyssna makes it simple to gather fast, actionable feedback from real users. The platform is intuitive, easy to set up, and provides a variety of testing options, which makes it flexible for different research needs. I like how quickly I can create a test, share it, and get results that are clear and well visualized. It helps me validate business decisions with confidence, without needing a steep learning curve or heavy setup. Their support team is also great, and very quick to respond with helpful answers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The pricing is quite steep, especially for smaller teams or individuals. I was also told my order would be complete within 20 hours, but in reality, it took 5–6 days in total, which was frustrating as I hoped for a much faster turn around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.