Maze is built around prototype testing and interviews, with card sorting and tree testing on its Enterprise plan. SortedResearch is built around structure and priority, with a published price. Every claim about Maze links to its own pages.
Maze publishes a Free plan and a custom-priced Enterprise plan. SortedResearch publishes every price.
| Plans and participants | SortedResearch | Maze |
|---|---|---|
| Plan that includes card sorting and tree testing | $49 a month (Individual) or $99 a month (Team) | Enterprise, custom pricing (as shown to US visitors)1 |
| Free option | One trial study, up to 10 participants, no card | Free plan: 1 study a month, prototype testing and surveys. A 30-day trial includes card sorting and tree testing, up to 3 studies1,2 |
| Recruited participants | From $5 per completed response, shown before you pay, with no minimum. Under-filled orders are refunded automatically. | 3 credits ($15) per unmoderated response from its core panel, incentives included; 1 to 250 per study4 |
| Unused participant budget | Nothing prepaid; an under-filled order is refunded | Credits expire 12 months after purchase4 |
| Cancelling | Monthly, cancel any time; your studies stay usable | Annual plans cannot be cancelled early, no refunds, and project data is locked after cancelling7 |
Maze flags fast panel participants and replaces the ones you report quickly. SortedResearch judges every response automatically, whoever sent the participant.
| Quality layer | SortedResearch | Maze |
|---|---|---|
| Speeding while it happens | ✓Asked to slow down, then the session ends. All four study types. | ~A slow-down prompt on unmoderated panel studies5 |
| Speeders, after they finish | ✓Rejected automatically, judged against how long your cards or tasks take to read | ~Flagged on panel studies; flagged people stay in your data until you decide5 |
| Participants you recruit yourself | ✓Up to eleven automatic checks on every response, including participants you recruit yourself. | –The documented checks cover panel studies5 |
| Replacing a bad response | ✓Automatic | ~Free if you report it within 72 hours; after that, a credit refund and a new order5 |
“Not documented” means we could not find it on Maze’s website or help centre on 12 October 2026, not that it cannot exist.
Maze covers prototype testing, interviews and much more. SortedResearch covers structure and priority.
| Method | SortedResearch | Maze |
|---|---|---|
| Card sorting | ✓Open, closed and hybrid; similarity matrix, dendrogram, 3D clusters | ~Open and closed; hybrid is not supported. Agreement and similarity matrices3 |
| Tree testing | ✓Findability: first clicks, paths, a confidence range per task, participant replay, Adaptive Tree | ✓Final destinations and most common paths8 |
| Pairwise comparison | ✓Importance and satisfaction, with an opportunity matrix | –Not found on their site6 |
| Best–Worst (MaxDiff) | ✓Ranks 20 to 30 items on a 0–100 scale with a must-have line | –Not found on their site6 |
| One study feeding the next | ✓A finished card sort becomes a pairwise, Best–Worst or Findability study in one click | –Not documented |
| Prototype, website, app, first-click and five-second tests, surveys, recordings, moderated and AI-moderated interviews | –Not offered | ✓All offered6,1 |
We would rather you picked the right tool. Maze is the stronger choice if:
If your work is concepts, needs, benefits and navigation, and you want a published price and every response checked, SortedResearch is built for it.
All pages read on 12 October 2026. SortedResearch facts come from our pricing page and help centre. Maze is a trademark of its owner. SortedResearch is not affiliated with or endorsed by Maze.
Try one study to see how it works. Every response is checked, and you only pay for the ones that pass.