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Customer research studies
Research for every decision
Every customer research study we run. Open one to see what it is, when you need it and what you get.
Why Obodo
How we compare with a traditional customer research agency
Same screened participants and senior moderation as a traditional agency. The differences are the price, the speed and what happens if the study isn't right.
What a complete study costs, from brief to findings. Obodo's figure is indicative until a researcher confirms the scope. Up to 80% less than an agency
Yes
How long from kick-off to findings you can act on. 63% faster with our workflows
Yes
Who you hear from: whether they match your audience and were screened for it. Screened and representative
Yes
Who runs the sessions, and how good they are at drawing out what people really do. Senior moderator
Yes
Whether the method can surface things you didn't know to ask about. Yes
Yes
What happens to your money if the study doesn't deliver. Full refund if the completed study isn't right.
Yes
Whether the evidence would stand up to a compliance, board or regulator review. Yes
Yes
Traditional agency
What a complete study costs, from brief to findings. Obodo's figure is indicative until a researcher confirms the scope. £8k to £20k a study
No
How long from kick-off to findings you can act on. 2 to 8 weeks
No
Who you hear from: whether they match your audience and were screened for it. Screened and representative
Yes
Who runs the sessions, and how good they are at drawing out what people really do. Senior moderator
Yes
Whether the method can surface things you didn't know to ask about. Yes
Yes
What happens to your money if the study doesn't deliver. Scope and price agreed before work starts
Yes
Whether the evidence would stand up to a compliance, board or regulator review. Yes
Yes
DIY interviews
What a complete study costs, from brief to findings. Obodo's figure is indicative until a researcher confirms the scope. Free, but your team's time
No
How long from kick-off to findings you can act on. Variable, squeezed around the day job
No
Who you hear from: whether they match your audience and were screened for it. Convenience sample, often biased
No
Who runs the sessions, and how good they are at drawing out what people really do. Depends on interviewer skill
No
Whether the method can surface things you didn't know to ask about. Sometimes
No
What happens to your money if the study doesn't deliver. None, but no rigour either
No
Whether the evidence would stand up to a compliance, board or regulator review. Rarely
No
AI personas
What a complete study costs, from brief to findings. Obodo's figure is indicative until a researcher confirms the scope. Cheap, and you get what you pay for
No
How long from kick-off to findings you can act on. Instant, but unreliable
No
Who you hear from: whether they match your audience and were screened for it. Synthetic, no real behaviour
No
Who runs the sessions, and how good they are at drawing out what people really do. None, it answers within the frame you give it
No
Whether the method can surface things you didn't know to ask about. No
No
What happens to your money if the study doesn't deliver. None, but no evidence either
No
Whether the evidence would stand up to a compliance, board or regulator review. No
No
Pricing
What customer research costs with Obodo
Indicative prices for the default scope of each study, up to 80% below the published agency rates we benchmark against. A senior researcher fixes the price on a 15-minute scoping call before anything is charged.
Persona Research
Real segments based on data, not internal opinion.
Price
Up to 80% less
Agency benchmark
~£20,000
Timeline
3–4 weeks
Default scope
qual personas from 15–20 depth interviews, some of your data shared
What you'll get
Evidence-based segments with the behaviours, goals and blockers that separate them.
Customer Loyalty Research
Understand what keeps customers, and what makes them leave.
Price
Up to 80% less
Agency benchmark
~£16,000
Timeline
3–4 weeks
Default scope
12–16 interviews, retained and churned customers introduced by you
What you'll get
The drivers of loyalty, and the specific moments where customers disengage.
Willingness-to-pay ranges by segment, with a recommended price and package.
Benchmarks are built from published agency price pages and cost guides; the sources are shown with every estimate. Prices exclude participant incentives, quoted separately as a pass-through.
It finds out who your customers are, what they need and why they behave as they do, through interviews, surveys and observation with real people. At Obodo a senior researcher designs the study, moderates every session and turns the findings into decisions your team can act on. The output is evidence rather than opinion: personas, journey maps, loyalty drivers or willingness-to-pay, depending on the question.
How much does customer research cost?
Obodo's indicative prices for customer research are up to 80% less than a traditional agency's for the same scope. Answer the questions above and you will see a price for your scope in about 15 seconds, with no login. A senior researcher confirms it on a 15-minute call before anything is charged.
How long does a study take?
Most customer research studies run three to four weeks from kick-off to findings. Customer satisfaction tracking takes two to three weeks to set up. We are up and running within days of your approval, and the timeline is written into your research plan, so you know it before you commit.
Do you run the interviews yourselves?
Yes. Every session is moderated by a senior Obodo researcher, never by software. AI helps with transcription, first-pass coding and desk research, and we check its output against the recordings. You approve every participant before the study begins and can watch sessions live.
How is this different from Kantar or Ipsos?
Large agencies bring scale and longer timelines. We bring a senior researcher who owns your study from brief to workshop, in weeks rather than months, at up to 80% less. That suits a single focused study or a rolling programme for a product team. If you need a multi-country quantitative tracker with thousands of respondents, a large agency may still be the better fit.
What happens after the research?
Your report, recordings and highlights land in your dashboard, and within a week you work through them in a workshop with your researcher and your team. You leave with prioritised recommendations, not just a deck. If the completed study isn't right, it is a full refund on your say-so.
Senior researchers
The people who run your study
No account managers in between: the researcher you meet on the scoping call designs, moderates and presents the work.
Brad MacDonaldUser Researcher
Qualitative Research
Operational Research
Workshops
Senior UX researcher specialised in qualitative research and operational research.
An indicative price in about 15 seconds, with no login and no sales call. Prefer to talk it through first? Book a 15-minute call with a senior researcher.