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Lewsearch Starter vs Pro
Starter is $595 a month or $5,950 a year for 20 studies: surveys and message tests, one seat, internal use. Pro is $2,900 a month or $29,000 a year for 175 studies: focus groups, the research API, five seats, and a wider commercial licence. Enterprise starts at $90,000 a year.
The published rungs
Every dollar on this page is copied from /pricing. Below both plans sit a free study on a work-email signup and one-time packs of 3 studies for $149 or 10 for $399, limited to one purchase a rolling year. Concierge managed studies are from $999 per study. A Pilot is custom-scoped over 1 to 6 months and its price is not printed.
| Starter | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $595/mo or $5,950/yr | $2,900/mo or $29,000/yr |
| Studies a month | 20 | 175 |
| Seats | 1 | 5 |
| Respondents a study | 500 to 2,500 | 500 to 10,000 |
| Surveys and message tests | Yes | Yes |
| Digital twin interviews | Up to 50 twins | Up to 100 twins |
| Focus groups | No | Room of 5 to 30 on a 200, 500, or 1,000-person panel |
| Multi-market Deep Research | No | Yes, 5 studies |
| Research API | Demo key, 5 calls | Included, no add-on fee |
| Sandbox, Lewn chat, Flash A/B | No | Listed on Pro. Not always on. |
| Licence | Internal business use | Client deliverables and resale, up to 5 end clients |
What Starter is for
Starter is the self-serve research seat: write the instrument, pick a market, get a tabulated panel back. Message tests (single, A/B at no extra study, monadic across 2 to 4 cells) and twin interviews up to 50 twins sit on this plan. Stimulus upload (image, PDF, DOCX, or a URL) is included. The licence is internal business use. Client deliverables and resale are not.
What Pro adds
Pro is the plan for a research firm or a team that needs a room, an API, or a commercial licence. Focus groups, Deep Research, larger n, and twin interviews of 51 to 100 sit here. The REST cohort query API is included: up to 5 keys, 30 requests a minute, up to 1,000 respondents a call. Five seats are listed on the pricing matrix. Instant surfaces (Sandbox, Lewn cohort chat, Flash A/B) are Pro features and are not always on. Queued studies still run.
Enterprise
Enterprise is not a bigger Starter. It is an annual contract from $90,000, with a dedicated GPU deployment, a cohort built to your population, studies uncapped under contract, unlimited resale, and full white label. Seats, single sign-on, the audit log, and full white label are delivered during onboarding on a date written into the contract. Detail is on enterprise and enterprise pricing.
FAQ
- What is the difference between Lewsearch Starter and Pro?
- Starter is $595 a month or $5,950 a year for 20 studies: surveys and message tests, one seat, internal use. Pro is $2,900 a month or $29,000 a year for 175 studies: focus groups, the research API, five seats, and a wider commercial licence. Enterprise starts at $90,000 a year.
- What can Starter run?
- Surveys, message tests (single, A/B, and monadic), and digital twin interviews up to 50 twins. Panels run from 500 to 2,500 respondents. One seat. Internal business use. The research API on Starter is a demo key (5 calls).
- What does Pro add?
- Focus groups (a room of 5 to 30 on a 200, 500, or 1,000-person panel), multi-market Deep Research, twin interviews up to 100, panels up to 10,000 respondents, the REST API with no add-on fee, five seats, and a commercial licence for client deliverables and resale to up to 5 end clients.
- When is Enterprise the right buy?
- When you need a dedicated GPU deployment, a cohort built to your own population, uncapped studies under contract, unlimited resale, or full white label. The published floor is $90,000 a year on an annual contract. Confirm live figures on /pricing.
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