The Conveo alternative that doesn't need an enterprise contract.
Conveo runs real-human video interviews for enterprise teams. Articos runs peer-reviewed synthetic user research at $8 per study, in 30 minutes, self-serve. Same research jobs. Different economics.
7-day trial · 2 free researches · No credit card
Recall against expert-published research findings, validated against Baymard Institute and Nielsen Norman Group.
Full segment reasoning per persona. Conveo delivers in days after real-human interviews complete.
Flat cost per research on Pro. Conveo Enterprise starts at $45,000/year (per Software Advice).
Conveo was built for the flagship study. Research needs happen every week.
Conveo built the strongest AI-moderated real-human interview platform in the market. 400+ enterprise teams, video-first output, tone and facial expression analysis, days-to-insight. Companies like Canva, P&G, JDE Peet's, and Orange run their flagship studies on Conveo. For enterprise research programs with real-human depth, it's the tool.
But the Enterprise plan starts at $45,000/year, and even Conveo's Pay & Go tier requires per-project procurement. The email subject line test on Tuesday doesn't get commissioned. The three landing page variants ship on gut. Research rationing happens between the flagship moments. Articos was built to fill that gap.
What you get without the enterprise contract.
Articos isn't AI moderation for real-human interviews. It's synthetic user research, delivered self-serve in under 30 minutes per study.
Message Testing
Test up to 3 messaging variants in a single study.
Each persona reacts independently, returning clarity scores, resonance signals, objection patterns, and the actual language your audience uses. Stance-diverse panels engineered across five categories — Champions, Pragmatists, Skeptics, Blockers, Observers — prevent uniform approval.
On Conveo: AI-moderated real-human interviews, delivered in days after asynchronous video sessions complete.
Concept Testing
Compare multiple concept directions across buyer archetypes in one study.
Not just which concept won, but which segments preferred which and why. Run all directions in parallel — no per-concept scheduling, no interview waves.
On Conveo: real-human video interviews per concept, priced within the Enterprise plan or per-project on Pay & Go.
A/B Testing
Pre-launch testing without traffic, ad spend, or scheduling.
Landing pages, hero variants, pricing pages, and ad creative — tested against behaviorally diverse personas before anything goes live. Every preference comes with the reasoning behind it.
On Conveo: real-human preference tests with facial expression analysis, days to insight.
User Interviews
Interview up to 50 behaviorally diverse personas without recruiting anyone.
Hypothesis-blind methodology. Cognitive memory across sessions. Follow up with Talk to Research or move to live audience calls for real-time voice conversations with real people.
On Conveo: real-human 1:1 async video interviews via AI moderator, requires panel recruitment or CSV upload.
ICP Discovery for B2B Roles
Any role, any seniority, any industry, any geography. Instantly.
Software engineers, CISOs, procurement managers, C-suite buyers, RevOps directors. Cultural intelligence built in across 69 countries via Hofstede 6D. No panel sourcing, no scheduling delays.
On Conveo: real-human recruitment via panels or CSV lists, scheduling required.
Reports That Ship
Evidence-traced, white-label, client-ready.
Every finding cites a specific persona quote. Confidence scores on every theme. Six-stage adversarial review pipeline. Export as PDF with white-label on Pro — your logo, your colors.
On Conveo: video-first deliverable with quote reels, tone analysis, facial coding. Enterprise-grade output for enterprise decisions.
Four moments the enterprise contract stops being the right answer.
Teams shipping research every week, not every quarter
Conveo is built for the quarterly research cycle. For a PMM running a message test Tuesday, an LP test Thursday, and an ABM sequence Friday, the enterprise contract can't flex to that cadence. Days-to-insight per study stretches longer than the sprint window itself.
Agencies delivering research inside client retainers
$45,000/year is one P&L line. Across a book of B2B clients, most won't approve a $10K–$30K enterprise study inside their monthly retainer. Research gets skipped or absorbed. Both are bad options.
Mid-market SaaS teams without enterprise research budget
Conveo's $45K minimum locks out companies below the enterprise threshold. Series A and B SaaS teams need audience research just as much as Fortune 500 CPG brands, but the enterprise pricing model excludes them entirely.
Consultants and fractional CMOs needing research on new engagements
Enterprise contracts don't fit the consulting engagement model. Fractional CMOs walking into new companies need audience evidence in the first week, not the first quarter. Sales cycles for enterprise research don't align with consulting timelines.
Peer-reviewed methodology, not persona prompting.
Skepticism of AI-generated research is warranted for tools that use a persona prompt as their whole methodology. Articos is a different category. Personas are engineered from Big Five personality science (NEO-PI-R, 30 facets), Hofstede's six cultural dimensions across 69 countries, Rogers' diffusion model, and ACT-R cognitive architecture. Every interview is hypothesis-blind. Every finding runs through a six-stage adversarial review.
Recall against expert-published findings, validated against Baymard Institute and Nielsen Norman Group.
Validated across e-commerce, SaaS, healthcare, fintech, consumer mobile, education, enterprise, cross-cultural, and mixed research domains.
More accurate than prompting the same AI model directly. Same underlying models, completely different architecture.
Two research decisions where Conveo still wins.
Worth saying out loud.
Video-first output with real human respondents.
When the deliverable requires real consumers on camera, with tone and facial expression captured, and a video reel your CMO can show to the board, Conveo's AI-moderated interview format is the right answer. Synthetic personas return reasoning per persona, but not real video footage.
Regulatory or stakeholder mandates for named human respondents.
Some enterprise research programs — regulated industries, IRB-approved studies, procurement-mandated vendor evaluations — specifically require named human panelists on the cover sheet. Synthetic personas don't clear that bar.
For everything else — weekly messaging tests, self-serve concept work, mid-market research, agency retainer work, consultant engagements — Articos is the fit.
The side-by-side.
| Capability | Conveo | ArticosTry free → |
|---|---|---|
| Signal source | Real humans via AI-moderated video interviews | Synthetic personas grounded in Big Five, Hofstede 6D, ACT-R |
| Time to insight | Days (interviews + AI analysis) | Under 30 minutes |
| Cost model | $45,000/year Enterprise (per Software Advice), or Pay & Go per project | Flat $8–$20 per study on Pro |
| Monthly entry | Enterprise annual contract, or per-project procurement | $79/mo Starter · $199/mo Pro (unlimited) |
| Free trial | No free trial available | 7-day trial · 2 free researches · no card |
| Access | Demo, contract, onboarding | Self-serve signup, first study in 15 minutes |
| Validation | Traditional research methodology + team from Nielsen, consulting | Peer-reviewed paper · 86% recall |
| Video output | Yes — video-first with facial expression + tone | No — structured segment-level reports |
| Message testing | Real-human async video | Segment reasoning per variant |
| Concept testing | Real-human interviews per concept | One study across concepts |
| User interviews | Real-human 1:1 async video | Synthetic, instant, hypothesis-blind |
| Live audience calls | Not offered in this format | Real-time voice conversations |
| International | 50+ languages, real-human recruitment | 69 countries via Hofstede 6D |
| Continuous programs | StoryLines (enterprise pricing) | Study-based, on-demand |
| Best for | Enterprise flagship studies, video-first output, real-human video | Weekly research cadence, mid-market, agencies, consultants |
Conveo pricing verified via Software Advice. Subject to change.
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