What is Research Studio?
Research Studio is an AI-assisted UX research tool for freelance UX designers, user researchers, and agencies. Research Studio combines research file support, transcription, analysis widgets, and a research question assistant. The workspace uses draggable widgets to turn research data into outputs such as personas, user stories, and categorized user motivations.
Research Studio also offers a Desktop alpha for macOS and Windows. Research Studio Desktop stores projects locally with encrypted storage and allows a choice of AI provider. The distinction between local storage and processing matters: external AI requests send the required research content to the selected provider.
What Research Studio can do
Research Studio organizes analysis around widgets for specific research tasks rather than requiring prompts for those tasks. Research Studio supports 8+ formats in 99+ languages, including PDF, video, audio, Word, and Excel inputs. Premium includes unlimited transcription hours, while the analysis widgets cover user characteristics, motivations, feedback, journeys, and research questions.
- Research Studio extracts personas from research data.
- Research Studio categorizes and ranks user goals and motivations with Jobs to Be Done.
- Research Studio classifies user comments by sentiment.
- Research Studio charts customer processes and engagement with the User Journey widget.
- Research Studio creates and analyzes user stories.
- Research Studio identifies competitor operations and links to competitor websites.
- Research Studio reviews and classifies research questions.
How Research Studio works
Research Studio provides a canvas where users drag and drop smart widgets to analyze research data. The Persona Widget extracts personas, while other widgets address different research questions. Research Studio also includes an AI assistant that can remain within the research context or use the optional Broad Knowledge setting.
Research Studio supports presenting findings with brand customization and exporting knowledge directly to Notion. Access links on the website include Go to App, a demo, and a Desktop exploration page. Research Studio Desktop provides a local-first workspace, but the website explicitly distinguishes local project storage from necessarily offline AI processing.
Who Research Studio is for
Research Studio explicitly targets freelance UX designers, user researchers, and agencies that need to analyze user research. Research Studio supports tasks spanning interpretation of user comments, identification of user motivations, and preparation of research outputs. Students and teachers are also addressed through a Premium discount available with supporting documentation.
- Research Studio helps UX designers develop personas and user stories from research.
- Research Studio helps user researchers classify feedback and review interview questions.
- Research Studio helps agencies prepare brand-customized research presentations.
- Research Studio helps researchers centralize findings through Notion export.
Research Studio pricing and plans
Research Studio lists Individual and Business subscriptions with annual and monthly pricing options. The annual pricing display lists Individual at $12 per month and Business at $15 per user per month. The monthly pricing display lists Individual at $24 per month and Business at $30 per user per month.
Research Studio offers a 3-day Individual trial without a credit card and a 7-day Business trial for up to 5 users. Research Studio Premium includes unlimited transcription hours. Students and teachers can request 60% off Premium by emailing [email protected] with a proving document, such as a student ID.
Research Studio strengths and limitations
Research Studio brings several research activities into one workspace: transcription, structured UX analysis, research chat, presentations, and Notion export. Research Studio Desktop adds encrypted local project storage and AI provider choice. These capabilities serve different stages of research analysis, but the desktop release status and external processing caveat are important when evaluating deployment.
- Research Studio Desktop is labeled as an alpha release.
- Research Studio Desktop is offered for macOS and Windows.
- Research Studio Desktop sends required content to the chosen provider when making external AI requests.
- Research Studio provides limited-duration trials rather than describing an ongoing free plan.
Research Studio FAQ
What is Research Studio?
Research Studio is an AI-assisted UX research tool for freelance UX designers, user researchers, and agencies. Research Studio combines transcription, draggable analysis widgets, research chat, brand-customizable presentations, and export to Notion.
Is Research Studio free?
Research Studio offers paid Individual and Business plans with free trials. The Individual trial lasts 3 days and requires no credit card, while the Business trial lasts 7 days for up to 5 users.
What files and languages does Research Studio support?
Research Studio supports 8+ formats in 99+ languages, with PDF, video, audio, Word, and Excel files explicitly listed. Research Studio Premium also includes unlimited transcription hours.
Does Research Studio work locally or offline?
Research Studio Desktop is a local-first alpha for macOS and Windows that stores projects on the user's computer with encrypted storage. Research Studio Desktop does not necessarily process AI requests offline: external requests send required content to the chosen AI provider.
Does Research Studio integrate with Notion?
Research Studio offers instant export to Notion to centralize research knowledge. Research Studio also supports presenting findings with brand customization, alongside widgets for personas, user stories, sentiment classification, and other research tasks.
Does Research Studio offer a student discount?
Research Studio offers students and teachers 60% off Research Studio Premium. Eligibility requires emailing [email protected] with a proving document, such as a student ID, according to the website.
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