Roadmap
Which Decipher features and integrations are planned, and on what timeline? Ask how those plans affect the studies and client commitments your team expects to support.
For Forsta Decipher users
A Decipher alternative for research agencies.
If you are considering a Decipher alternative, start with the work your team needs to run. MX8 Labs combines survey programming, QA, fielding, and reporting in one platform. Compare the workflow below, then run a study alongside your current process to assess the differences in time, cost, and output.
Questions for your current vendor
How did Confirmit, FocusVision, and Decipher end up inside Qualtrics? The full chain of events is in our timeline of the consolidation. Wherever you are in your evaluation, ask your vendor about these three areas:
Pricing
What will your next renewal include? Check usage allowances, service costs, and the terms that apply if your research volume changes.
Support
Who supports your team, what response times are agreed, and how are urgent fieldwork problems escalated? Confirm the arrangements your live studies depend on.
Evaluate a Decipher alternative on your workflow
MX8 Labs programs the survey from your questionnaire document and automates data processing and report drafting. Your team reviews the survey before fielding, checks the results, and signs off the deliverables.
Survey programming
MX8 Labs programs branching, randomization, quotas, and validation from your Word document. Edit the survey in plain English and review automatic translations. The same build supports a traditional form or a chat interface.
QA and link testing
Generate simulated responses to test survey paths, then use an LLM to review transcripts for logic and piping problems. Your team checks the coverage and reviews flagged issues before fielding.
Fielding and quality
Collect responses through 70+ integrated panels, conversational SMS, or AI voice interviews. Real-time fraud detection and attention checks help your team review response quality during fielding.
Data processing and reporting
MX8 Labs updates weighting, significance tests, and crosstabs as responses arrive. It codes open-ended answers across languages and drafts reports using your branding. Your team checks the statistical results and interpretation before sharing the report.
Your team controls the study design, interpretation, and recommendations. The platform supplies documented research methods and automation. You deliver the reports under your agency's brand.
Evaluate before moving live studies
Start with one study run in parallel, using the same questionnaire and sample frame. Compare timelines, cost, and output quality against your current process. Keep live client work on your current platform while you evaluate the results. SPSS exports let you keep compatible downstream analysis in your existing tools as you evaluate.
For trackers, map the questionnaire and field a bridge wave alongside the old platform. Review where results agree or differ before joining the series. For the survey programmer's view — how Decipher concepts map across, stage by stage — see our migration guide in the documentation. For a fuller move, we offer dedicated switching packages: instrument mapping, a parallel or bridge wave to assess comparability, onboarding for your researchers, and programming support for your first studies. The economics are covered in detail on our survey automation page, and our pricing is usage-based — per respondent-minute, with no platform-access fees.
Common questions
Is MX8 Labs a replacement for Forsta Decipher?
The MX8 Labs Research Platform combines survey programming, QA, fielding, data processing, and reporting. If you need a Decipher alternative, compare the methods, integrations, and outputs your agency uses on an actual study. Your team controls the study design and client recommendations, and can deliver reports under your agency's brand.
Can we evaluate it without disrupting live projects?
Yes. Run one study alongside your current process, using the same questionnaire and sample frame. Compare timelines, costs, and outputs before moving any client work. MX8 Labs programs the survey from your questionnaire document, and your team reviews the build before fielding.
What happens to our survey programmers and DP team?
The platform automates survey programming, simulated test data, tabulation, and report drafting. Your programmers and DP team can review the build, check data quality, and validate the outputs. How responsibilities or vendor costs change depends on how your agency currently divides the work.
Which research methods does it support?
MX8 Labs supports trackers, Hierarchical Bayes conjoint and MaxDiff, and open-ended response coding across languages. It applies two-stage IPF (raking) weighting and adjusts significance tests for effective sample size. You can recruit through 70+ integrated panels or collect responses through SMS and AI voice interviews. The methodology documentation explains the weighting and choice models.
Compare Decipher with MX8 Labs on one study.
Review the time, cost, and output before deciding what to move.