Recollective
Recollective: A qualitative research platform for always-on communities, live studies, and AI-assisted analysis. Ranked #17 of 58 in Market Research Software by our editors (7.4/10); pricing: Paid; best for always-on qualitative communities.
At a glance
- Editor score7.4 / 10
- PricingPaid
- Best forAlways-on qualitative communities
- Free planNo
- Paid from$475/mo
- Panel accessYes
- Founded1998 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Facts checked21 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Always-on panels, communities, screening, quotas, and segmentation
- Live, asynchronous, and AI-moderated qualitative research
- Advanced analysis, coding, exports, SSO, webhooks, and Qualtrics integration
Where it doesn't
- No permanent free plan
- Annual pricing starts at $475 per month
- Broader capabilities may exceed the needs of one-off studies
Our verdict on Recollective
Recollective is a cloud-based qualitative market research platform for brands, agencies, and research teams. It brings together insight communities, panel management, participant onboarding, screening, quota balancing, asynchronous activities, discussions, diary and ethnography projects, concept testing, UX feedback, virtual interviews, and live focus groups. Its Connect offering is especially suited to teams running ongoing customer, shopper, or employee research through an always-on panel and community. Teams focused on qualitative research across recurring and project-based studies will find the broadest fit here.
Pricing is organized around annual plans. Live Only costs $475 per month and includes live interviews and focus groups, unlimited concurrent projects or studies, more than 3,000 video minutes, and unlimited admin seats. Qual Live + Async costs $750 per month and adds asynchronous research, async video capture, AI-moderated interviews, and Ask AI analysis, while retaining unlimited admin seats. Connect is designed for always-on panel and community management, with discussion forums, community homepages, segments, and custom profiles. Live Only video-minute pricing is also available at $2 per minute for Live Only projects. Final pricing depends on participant count, study length, and selected features.
The platform’s strongest differentiator is its combination of community operations and research analysis. Teams can use custom profile fields and smart segmentation, then work across live video, asynchronous activities, discussions, AI-powered summaries, theme discovery, coding, excerpting, charts, data tables, and word clouds. PDF, Excel, and transcript exports support reporting, while SSO, Okta, OpenID Connect, Google, Facebook, Qualtrics, a Single Sign-On API, and webhooks support broader workflows. Choose Recollective when ongoing qualitative engagement and varied research formats matter. Teams needing only a lightweight one-off research tool, or a permanent free plan, should consider alternatives.
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Recollective fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $475/mo |
| Panel access | Yes |
| Conjoint analysis | Not verified |
| Advanced segmentation | Yes |
| Reporting level | Advanced |
| Response limit | Not verified |
| User seat limit | Not verified |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Compliance & security | GDPR, HIPAA, 2FA |
| Support | Email, Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 7 integrations: Okta, OpenID Connect, Google, Facebook, Qualtrics, Single Sign-On API … See all → |
| Pricing | Paid (source) |
| Website | recollective.com |
| Facts checked | 21 Sep 2026 |
Recollective integrations
Recollective lists 7 integrations on its own site.
- Okta
- OpenID Connect
- Qualtrics
- Single Sign-On API
- Webhooks
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