HeyMarvin Alternative

Built for researchers who want to trust every answer.

Most teams look for a HeyMarvin alternative because the pricing stays hidden until a sales call, the frameworks you need sit one tier up, and the AI sometimes answers a question your data can't actually support. DoReveal provides a different experience.

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Alok Jain, CEO of DoReveal
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I spent 30 years doing research - building the first UX team at The World Bank, leading strategic research inside a Fortune 50 healthcare company. In every one of those years, the same thing happened: the best part of the work, sitting with what people actually said, got crowded out by the worst part, tagging it all by hand so someone else could read a report.

I didn't start DoReveal to make research faster for its own sake. I started it so researchers could spend their time on the thinking, not the admin - and so a growing team never has to choose between good research and an affordable tool.

Alok Jain

CEO & Chief Researcher, DoReveal

How research actually moves through DoReveal?

1

Provide study context

Share your research goals and discussion guide, so DoReveal understands intent before it sees a single transcript.

2

Upload Interviews

Interviews, focus groups, survey text - one file or a hundred.

3

Chat with your data

Ask follow-up questions directly - compare cohorts, trace a claim back to its source, test a hunch.

4

Apply frameworks

Jobs-to-Be-Done, grounded theory, emotional laddering, journey maps, thematic analysis - built in, not bolted on.

5

Find quotes/create clips

Every quote in every report links straight back to the moment it came from.

What is DoReveal

Everything between recording and reporting, made easier.

From the moment you upload your first interview to the moment your stakeholder reads the insight, DoReveal supports every step of your qualitative research workflow.

Flexible import
Recordings, transcripts, and live sessions in one workspace
DoReveal interview import workspace
Bring your existing qualitative research into DoReveal. Analyze IDIs, dyads, triads, focus groups, diary studies, and community research from a single workspace.
Import recordings, transcripts, and live sessions captured by the Meeting Bot, or bring in studies from platforms like Recollective, Qualzy, Field Notes, and Incling.
Global coverage
Coverage across 100+ supported transcription languages
Mixed languages like Hinglish and Spanglish
In-person focus group recordings
More accurate than OpenAI and Google
DoReveal delivers transcription accuracy that surpasses leading providers, including OpenAI, Amazon, and Google.
Supports interviews and transcripts in 100+ languages, making it easy to analyze global research at scale. Protect participant privacy with automatic redaction of sensitive information.
Study-aware AI
Analysis grounded in your objectives, guides, and background materials
DoReveal understands the study any participant context, enabling richer analysis.
Before analysis begins, AI learns your study objectives from research materials like discussion guides, proposals, and background documents, giving every analysis the right context.
It also understands conversations as they unfold—not just individual responses—capturing speaker intent and dialogue flow to deliver more accurate, nuanced analysis.
Framework-ready analysis
Smart grids, themes, cohorts, and chat in one workflow
Various forms of analysis - Smart Grids, Thematic Clustering, Agentic Chat with embedded frameworks
Analyze research from multiple angles with Smart Grids, thematic clustering, and agentic AI chat. Structure findings across participants and cohorts, surface patterns and contradictions, and explore your data interactively.
Apply proven frameworks such as Jobs-to-be-Done, emotional laddering, journey mapping, and persona development to bring greater rigor to every study—while researchers remain in control of the analysis and conclusions.
Evidence-backed outputs
Reports, clips, and canvases linked back to source data
DoReveal report builder output
Create executive-ready reports, stakeholder-specific summaries, collaborative canvases, and multimedia highlights from a single research workspace.
With every insight linked back to your research data, DoReveal helps teams move from analysis to communication quickly, consistently, and with confidence.

See qualitative data analysis software in action

A personal walkthrough from our founder - from raw interview to cited report.

DoReveal product walkthrough
75%

faster than traditional qual analysis — without sacrificing depth or rigour

65+

native frameworks — JTBD, grounded theory & more

100+

languages supported, go global with your research

$0

seat tax, add unlimited users are no extra cost

Zero Hallucinations
GDPR Compliant

What HeyMarvin costs you?

For a team running 250 interviews a year, here's how the two actually compare.

HeyMarvin
Contact sales

Starter, Pro, and Enterprise all require a sales call for a quote.

DoReveal
~$1,250/year

Same 250 interviews - pay per interview, nothing extra.

One price is public. The other needs a phone call.

The story we hear most

You shouldn't have to double-check the AI's homework.

A stakeholder asks a question your data doesn't actually answer. The assistant answers anyway — confidently, citing nothing. Reviewers of tools like this flag exactly this pattern: no data behind a claim doesn't stop the AI from generating one.

Or you open the tool for the fifth time this week, and you're still hunting for the function you needed. Cluttered is the word researchers keep reaching for.

None of this is a reflection of your research. It's the tool asking you to double-check it before you can trust it.

DoReveal starts from a different place: every claim traced back to its source, every framework included on every plan, and a price you can see before you ever pick up the phone.

DoReveal vs. HeyMarvin

What matters DoReveal HeyMarvin
Pricing model Pay per interview, unlimited users Per-seat tiers (Full / Collaborator / Viewer caps)
Pricing transparency Published pricing, no sales call needed Every paid tier says 'Contact sales' — no public price
Framework access JTBD, grounded theory, thematic & more, on every plan Deep Research (JTBD, thematic, hypothesis testing) gated to Pro tier and up
Answer reliability Every claim traced to source, no data = no answer Reviewers report answers generated even without underlying data
Ease of use Intuitive from first upload Reviewers describe a cluttered interface and a real learning curve
Language support 100+ languages on every plan 40+ language translation gated to Pro tier and up

HeyMarvin details per heymarvin.com/pricing and published G2 reviews, current as of this writing — verify before launch if pricing claims need legal review.

Everything switching from HeyMarvin to DoReveal gets you

Jobs-to-Be-Done, grounded theory, emotional laddering, journey mapping, and thematic analysis - built in, ready for you to apply, not configured by hand.

Interview in the language your participants speak. Report in the language your stakeholders read.

Find the exact moment behind an insight and turn it into a shareable audio or video clip in one click.

Intuitive from the first upload - no manual setup, no learning curve, no configuration before you can start analyzing.

DoReveal surfaces patterns and evidence. You decide what they mean - the ability to drive the analysis stays with you, not the tool.

DoReveal Return-on-investment (ROI)

Same model we use for every DoReveal ROI case study.

hours
per hour
Estimated annual savings
$39,375
Hours reclaimed
562
Based on productivity gains reported by our customers.

Loved by
freelancers, research agencies,
in-house teams, and academics

Data privacy

Your data stays yours. Always.

No model training on your data

Your transcripts, recordings, and insights are never used to train AI models. Zero. None. We mean it.

GDPR compliant by design

Built with privacy at the core. Fully compliant with GDPR and applicable data protection laws.

Data residency options

Choose where your data lives — US, EU, or Canada. You decide what's right for your organisation and clients.

Enterprise-grade security

End-to-end encryption, role-based access controls, and audit logs. Built for regulated industries.

Full details at trust.doreveal.com →

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