4.3M+
Participant pool
verified participants
Report
Should I Use Respondent?
Find research participants for surveys, user interviews, and focus groups from a pool of 4.3M+ verified participants.
Worth it
Worth itBuy it if you regularly run paid interviews, focus groups, or usability studies and need vetted, targeted participants fast.
Legit 10-year-old panel: 4.3M+ participants, IBM uses it. Great for paid research; overkill for free feedback.
Confidence: Medium
~10 yrs
Track record
domain age per ScamAdviser
Excellent
Trust score
Gridinsoft safety check
6 countries
Panel regions
US, UK, CA, DE, FR, AU
Ease of use
4
Only testimonial found: 'really worth joining'
Feature depth
4
Deep role, industry, company-size targeting; large pool
Support quality
3
Dedicated global support and security lead on staff
Security posture
4
Excellent trust score; dedicated security page
Pros
- 4.3M+ verified participants for surveys, interviews, and focus groups¹
- Targets by job title, industry, company size, skills, and software use⁶
- Recruit, qualify, pay, and manage participants in one platform⁷
- Panels in US, UK, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia²
- IBM researchers use it — enterprise credibility⁵
Cons
Gotchas
- mediumGuess: pay-per-participant incentives plus platform fulfillment fees; no published pricing to model costs¹
- mediumMany panelists arrive via side-hustle promotions; write tough screeners to filter professional respondents⁹
- mediumGuess: niche B2B quotas (role, company size) cost more than general consumer panels⁶
Best for
- Product/UX teams running paid interviews
- B2B research by role and company size
- Focus groups and usability studies
- Pay-per-participant buyers, not seat buyers
Not for
- Anyone wanting free survey responses
- One-off polls — a survey tool is cheaper
- Buyers needing published, predictable subscription pricing
- Budget teams doing occasional lightweight feedback
Companies that use it
- IBM⁵
Security
No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
What users say
Independent buyer reviews are scarce; the only direct testimonial found is a participant calling it 'really worth joining'.
“Really worth joining! User testing site”
Alternatives
Compare Respondent with each alternative.
User Interviews
Big rival; strong screening, scheduling, and panel management for research teams.
Respondent vs User InterviewsProlific
Simpler pay-per-participant panels; popular for academic and quick studies.
Respondent vs ProlificEthn.io
Specialist in intercept and real-time participant recruiting.
Respondent vs Ethn.ioGoogle Forms
Cheapest route: recruit from your own customer email list.
Full analysis
Based on 14 public sources; most independent mentions are participant-side (paid-study seekers), with few buyer reviews and no published pricing.
Sources
- Respondent homepagerespondent.ioofficial
- Respondent security pagerespondent.ioofficial
- Gridinsoft trust check: Excellent Trust Scoregridinsoft.comsecurity
- ScamAdviser legitimacy check (10-yr domain)scamadviser.comsecurity
- Respondent LinkedIn: IBM uses Respondentlinkedin.comnews
- Respondent LinkedIn: targeting optionslinkedin.comofficial
- Respondent Pinterest: recruit, qualify, pay, managepinterest.comofficial
- X user testimonialx.comreview
- Facebook: side-hustle promotion of paid studiesfacebook.comnews
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