CloudResearch

What CloudResearch does

CloudResearch is a US-based, privately held participant-sourcing and online research platform headquartered in New York, serving academic researchers, market research firms, healthcare organizations, government agencies, nonprofits, and AI/ML companies. The company operates an integrated suite of products covering the full research lifecycle: Engage delivers AI-powered conversational surveys with automated coding, AI-driven follow-ups, and real-time sentiment and theme analysis; Connect for Researchers provides vetted participant recruitment with demographic targeting and census-matched sampling; Sentry applies multi-layered behavioral analysis, AI content detection, attention checks, and proprietary DigiPrint fingerprinting to validate data quality, reporting a 94.2% clean data rate. Supporting offerings include Persuad.AI for AI-mediated belief-change measurement, Managed Research as a full-service professional engagement layer, AI Training for human-annotated data used in AI model development, and an Enterprise tier with dedicated account management.

The technology stack combines generative AI, NLP, and anomaly detection into research workflows, with two granted patents covering Engage and six covering Sentry, alongside SOC 2 Type II, Microsoft SSPA, and TX-RAMP security certifications. CloudResearch monetizes through quote-based subscription and project pricing on Engage, Connect, and Sentry, plus professional services for Managed Research, with both self-serve onboarding and enterprise field sales motions; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is concentrated in the United States via the cloudresearch.com platform, an MTurk API integration with Amazon, and a Partner Program. Scale signals include 500M+ lifetime surveys completed, 5,000+ published academic papers citing Connect participants, and named enterprise engagements with OpenAI, Kellogg's, and Amazon.

The company is led by Co-CEO and Chief Research Officer Leib Litman and Co-CEO and CTO Jonathan Robinson. The company has not disclosed any external funding rounds, operates at a headcount of 11-50, and is registered as CloudResearch LLC in New York. Its strategic emphasis has shifted toward AI-native survey experiences, enterprise and government procurement readiness, and supplying human-annotated data to AI developers, as evidenced by the 2024 Persuad.AI launch, the OpenAI Affective Use Study engagement, and a growing compliance footprint.

Name

CloudResearch

Legal name

CloudResearch LLC

Website

https://cloudresearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CloudResearch is a US-based, privately held online research platform providing AI-powered conversational surveys (Engage), vetted participant recruitment (Connect), and multi-layered data quality validation (Sentry), serving academic researchers, market research firms, healthcare, government, nonprofits, and AI/ML companies with enterprise and self-serve go-to-market motions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Survey & Research Platform

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Data Platforms & Analytics Migration (BPAEACAI)

Keywords

• Online survey platform
• Participant recruitment
• Data quality validation
• AI survey tools
• Market research services

Headquarters

HQ city

Flushing

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Connect for Researchers - Participant Recruitment: CloudResearch recruits and delivers vetted research participants to researchers. Researchers pay to access the participant panel, with recruitment fees based on sample size, targeting criteria, and study complexity. The platform enables demographic targeting (age, gender, location, education) and delivers verified participants with quality metrics.
2. Engage - AI Survey Platform: AI-powered conversational survey platform offered as a subscription or usage-based service, combining quantitative surveys with AI-driven qualitative follow-ups, automated coding, and real-time insights.
3. Sentry - Data Quality Validation: Data quality validation service offered as an add-on or standalone tool for researchers, protecting survey responses from fraudulent respondents through behavioral and AI detection.
4. Managed Research Services: Full-service research solutions where CloudResearch's team manages projects from design to implementation, including survey design, participant recruitment, study execution, and analysis.
5. AI Training - Human Data Services: Services for training AI models using high-quality human-annotated data collected through the participant panel, targeting AI developers and researchers needing labeled training datasets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CloudResearch is a unified online research platform that provides AI-powered conversational survey software (Engage), vetted research participant recruitment (Connect), and advanced data quality validation (Sentry, including AI content detection and DigiPrint® behavioral fingerprinting) for academic, market research, healthcare, government, nonprofit, and AI/ML clients. It complements these products with full-service managed research delivery and human data services for AI model training.

Product overview

CloudResearch is a unified survey platform and participant recruitment service that provides an integrated suite of products spanning the entire research lifecycle. The core offerings include Engage (AI-powered conversational surveys), Connect for Researchers (participant recruitment), and Sentry (data quality validation). These are complemented by Persuad.AI (AI intervention measurement), AI Training (human data for AI model training), Managed Research (full-service support), and Enterprise accounts. The platform is designed for academic, market research, healthcare, government, and nonprofit sectors, featuring AI-powered bot detection, automated survey coding, and vetted participant panels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Engage: AI-powered conversational interview platform for conducting research interviews
• Connect
• Sentry
• Managed Research
• Persuad.AI

Products and services

• Engage AI-powered conversational survey platform that combines quantitative and qualitative research with AI-driven follow-ups, automated coding, live sentiment analysis, and real-time theme extraction. Designed for researchers conducting scalable conversational interviews with participants.
• Connect for Researchers
• Connect for Participants
• Sentry
• AI Training
• Managed Research

Quantifiable outcome

• 500M+ surveys completed across the platform
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and notable.

• Amazon (MTurk)coreTechnology or IntegrationCloudResearch integrates with Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) service, providing MTurk API access to researchers for managing studies, monitoring usage, and improving the platform experience. The integration enables researchers to leverage CloudResearch's quality tools while accessing MTurk worker pools, with CloudResearch acting as a layer providing data quality validation and participant management.
• OpenAInotableTechnology or IntegrationOpenAI used CloudResearch Connect to recruit 1,000 verified participants for their Affective Use Study, with over 32,000 surveys completed and published as scientific research. The engagement demonstrates CloudResearch's platform capabilities for large-scale AI research data collection.
• VerisoulcoreTechnology or IntegrationSentry's Verisoul integration provides additional data quality validation through behavioral analysis and bot detection, enhancing CloudResearch's fraud prevention capabilities for survey respondents.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• UserTesting (by Merative): UserTesting is an enterprise UX research platform with participant recruitment and survey capabilities. It overlaps with CloudResearch's market research segment for consumer insights and UX testing at the enterprise tier.
• Forsta (formerly Confirmit): Forsta is an enterprise market research technology platform with survey, panel, and analytics capabilities. It overlaps with CloudResearch's Engage and Connect products for enterprise market research buyers, though it serves a broader CX/research portfolio.
• SurveyMonkey: SurveyMonkey is a broad incumbent in online survey software with consumer, SMB, and enterprise tiers. Its platform competes with CloudResearch's Engage for general survey design, though CloudResearch differentiates with participant recruitment and AI-powered data quality.
• Qualtrics: Qualtrics is the enterprise incumbent in survey platforms and experience management. While it offers broader CX/EX capabilities, its survey engine and panel integrations directly overlap with CloudResearch's Engage and Connect products for enterprise and academic customers.
• Macromill (or Toluna): Macromill and Toluna are global online research panel and survey providers. They compete with CloudResearch in market research and consumer insights, though at a much larger global scale across multiple geographies.

Emerging players

• Surge (by CloudResearch successor or similar panel tools): Surge AI is an emerging player in human data collection for AI training and evaluation. It competes in the same AI training data market as CloudResearch's AI Training product for foundation model developers.
• Toloka (by Nebius): Toloka provides human-annotated data services for AI training, directly competing with CloudResearch's AI Training product. It overlaps in the emerging AI data labeling market that CloudResearch entered with its verified participant panel.

Direct peers

• Respondent.io: Respondent.io is a participant recruitment marketplace for B2B and consumer research. It directly competes with CloudResearch's Connect product by connecting researchers with vetted participants for qualitative and quantitative studies.
• SubjectWell: SubjectWell is a patient recruitment platform for clinical research, overlapping with CloudResearch's healthcare segment. Both serve research teams that need verified participants for health-related studies with strict demographic and quality requirements.
• Prolific: Prolific is a direct competitor in online participant recruitment for academic and commercial research. Both operate vetted participant panels with demographic targeting and data quality controls serving the same academic and market research buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CloudResearch_1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cloudresearch-com

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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