Ferpection

What Ferpection does

Ferpection, founded in 2014 and now operating as UNGUESS (incorporated as UNGUESS S.r.l. in Milan, Italy), is a cloud-based crowdtesting and user research platform that connects enterprise product teams with a global community of human testers for on-demand UX testing, software quality assurance, cybersecurity (penetration testing and bug bounty), accessibility validation, and AI training and evaluation. The company serves 300+ global brands across Retail, FMCG, Banking, Healthcare, Automotive, Media, Travel, and Utilities, with named customers including Amazon, Pirelli, Sky, Costa, and Vittoria. Co-founders are CEO Thibault Geenen and CTO Arnaud Limbourg.

The platform's product surface consists of the core UNGUESS Platform for test workflow management, the CATIA AI-powered insight tool (in early access for 2026), and the Tryber.me sub-brand for professional tester and bug-hunter recruitment. Underlying technology combines on-demand global crowd recruiting, AI-driven automated analysis, and multimodal AI training/evaluation (text, image, video, audio) for LLMs and agents. The platform is differentiated by GDPR-compliant structured human feedback collection, native integrations with Jira, Slack, MantisBT, Pivotal Tracker, Trello, Zapier, IFTTT, and Redmine, and G2 Leader recognition in 2025 across Crowd Testing Tools, Test Management, Europe Test Management, and EMEA Test Management.

Revenue is generated through a platform subscription/usage model with a freemium signup tier and enterprise custom pricing. Distribution follows a hybrid motion: self-serve PLG via app.unguess.io (free signup, multi-language: English, Italian, Spanish, French) paired with sales-assisted enterprise engagement featuring dedicated Customer Success Managers. No funding rounds, revenue figures, or ownership structure are disclosed in available data; the company appears to operate as a bootstrapped or near-bootstrapped private entity with a stated headcount of 1-10, which is inconsistent with the claimed customer base and likely reflects either outdated data or a lean operation relying on a non-employee crowd.

Name

Ferpection

Legal name

UNGUESS S.r.l.

Website

https://ferpection.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ferpection, now operating as UNGUESS, provides a cloud-based crowdtesting platform connecting enterprise product teams with a global community of human testers for UX, software quality, cybersecurity, accessibility, and AI training services across eight verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Crowd Testing Platform

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAFAFAG

Personalization, Testing & Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

Business & Public Services/Marketing, Advertising & PR Services/Marketing Technology & CRM Services

Keywords

• Crowd testing platform
• User experience testing
• Software quality assurance
• Cybersecurity penetration testing
• Accessibility testing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription/Usage: Access to the UNGUESS testing platform with on-demand recruiting of real users, AI-driven analysis, and expert guidance. The platform supports various testing types including AI training, UX testing, software quality, cybersecurity, and accessibility testing. Pricing appears to be based on usage volume and test complexity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ferpection, operating as UNGUESS, provides a cloud-based crowd testing platform that lets companies validate websites and mobile apps using a recruited global community of testers combined with AI-driven insight analysis. Customers subscribe to the UNGUESS Platform and consume testing services across the digital product lifecycle, including user experience testing, software quality assurance, cybersecurity testing, accessibility testing, and AI training-data generation.

Product overview

UNGUESS is a unified testing and user research platform that combines real human insights, end-to-end testing, AI-driven analysis, and on-demand recruiting. The platform consists of the core UNGUESS Platform for managing testing workflows, supported by specialized services including AI Training, User Experience (UX), Software Quality, Cyber Security, and Accessibility testing. CATIA is an AI-powered feature for automated user insights. The ecosystem also includes Tryber.me for connecting with professional testers and bug hunters. UNGUESS serves 300+ global brands across industries including Retail, FMCG, Banking, Healthcare, Automotive, and more.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CATIA: AI-powered assistant that talks to real users and provides targeted insights for product teams.
• Tryber.me

Products and services

• UNGUESS Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 35% conversion uplift on optimized user journeys
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• JiracoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Jira for seamless bug tracking and issue management within development workflows.
• SlackcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Slack for team notifications and collaboration during testing activities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• UserTesting: Direct competitor in human insights and UX testing, offering on-demand participant recruitment and video-based user feedback for enterprise digital product teams. Highly comparable in customer segment (enterprise product/marketing) and core value proposition of real-user testing.
• Applause: Direct competitor in crowdtesting and digital QA, providing functional, UX, accessibility and payment testing through a global community. Overlaps directly with UNGUESS's Software Quality, UX and Accessibility services for enterprise customers.
• Testlio: Direct competitor combining managed crowdtesting with platform tooling for functional, UX and regression testing. Comparable in serving enterprise product teams with blended in-house plus crowd-based testing delivery.
• Bugcrowd: Direct competitor in crowdsourced security testing, offering bug bounty, penetration testing and vulnerability disclosure programs. Closely comparable to UNGUESS's Cyber Security service line, including ethical hacker community testing.
• HackerOne: Direct competitor in crowdsourced cybersecurity, with a global hacker community for bug bounty and penetration testing. Comparable in security-testing GTM and enterprise customer overlap.
• TryMyUI: Direct competitor in usability testing, providing remote usability tests with recorded sessions from a tester panel. Comparable in core remote UX testing delivery model and target customer of product teams optimizing digital experiences.

Emerging players

• Maze: Emerging player in user research and rapid product validation, focused on prototype and concept testing for product teams. Comparable in UX testing use case, though more research-design oriented and less crowd-reliant than UNGUESS.
• Lookback: Emerging player in live user research, offering moderated and unmoderated testing with participant recruitment. Comparable in the UX research segment, though smaller scale and more focused on qualitative research tooling.

Broad incumbents

• BrowserStack: Broad incumbent in software testing infrastructure, providing real device/browser cloud access for functional and regression testing. Comparable in Software Quality use case, but offers broader dev infrastructure rather than crowd-led testing.
• Sauce Labs: Broad incumbent in continuous testing, offering cross-browser and mobile device cloud plus test management. Comparable as a test management and software quality platform for enterprise development teams.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCyjAktfUKxitSp4IRrjUfOA
• Facebookfacebook.com/ferpectio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/5325418
• Instagraminstagram.com/tryber.me
• Xx.com/ferpection

Compliance1 record

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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