Glaut vs. Surveys

Which research tool gets you closer to your research goals?

Surveys provide the numbers. Glaut AIMIs bring the stories. Together, they give researchers a complete picture of people’s experiences, motivations and reasoning.

Traditional survey
This marks the shift from static data capture to dynamic dialogue. Surveys reduce human experience to checkboxes, while AIMIs open up context, nuance, and meaning through conversation.

Glaut AIMI vs. Surveys at a glance

Surveys
Depth of Insight
Deep narratives, multi-turn probing, and voice tone captured
Mostly closed-ended; usually open-ended in surveys get no/gibberish answers
Moderator quality
Consistent, tireless; no drift across sessions
No moderator; responses are either self-completed (online/mail) or interviewer-administered (phone/face-to-face).
Scale & Speed
Parallel interviews (hundreds/thousands) 24/7; results in hours
Fast at scale, but limited to scripted Q&A
Data Quality & Fraud prevention
Real-time uncooperative detection, voice-only mode, and response consistency checks
Basic quality controls via question design and post-hoc data cleaning
Analysis time
AI agents to analyze multi-layer levels of depth and insight templates (sentiment, thematic, etc.). Charts, crosstabs, TOM, and trends visualization included
Numeric analysis is quick, with charts and crosstabs; open-ends require manual coding.
Participant comfort
Private, flexible voice or text inputs; asynchronous
Clicking, scrolling, only text option
Engagement
High engagement due to personalized conversations
Engagement often low; survey fatigue
Human role
Researchers design, supervise, interpret
Researchers design, distribute, interpret
Scale & Speed
Parallel interviews (hundreds/thousands) 24/7; results in hours
Fast at scale, but limited to scripted Q&A
Cost efficiency
Lower cost per depth at scale
Lower cost per respondent; higher cost to code open-ends
When it shines
Depth + breadth; interviewing hard-to-reach targets; global, rapid iteration; trackers needing qualitative insights and % metrics
Measuring prevalence; quick polls; trackers needing % metrics

When to use each

Choose Glaut AIMIs when you need:
• Rich depth at scale
• Hard-to-reach audiences
• Fast turnaround from brief to insights
• Built-in fraud prevention
• Higher engagement through conversation

Choose Surveys when you need:
• Numeric measures only (%s, averages, incidence)
• Simple, structured closed questions
• Longitudinal tracking over time

On Glaut, you can also design a project made entirely of select and rating questions, and still enrich it with targeted open-ended follow-ups where deeper context matters.

WHEN TO USE TOGETHER
Maintain your surveys, embed AIMIs for qual depth
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You don’t need to disrupt your existing survey stack or start from scratch to use Glaut. With our iframe plug-in, AIMIs embed directly into your current surveys, whether in Qualtrics, Alchemer, or another platform, enriching legacy trackers with deeper, qualitative context.

This means you keep the structure, comparability, and historical continuity you rely on, while adding the power of Agile Quantifiable Qual (AQQ) to capture the “why” behind your KPIs.

Faq

Get answers to the most commonly asked questions

Do I need to replace surveys with Glaut AIMIs?

Not at all. Surveys and AIMIs work best in combination. Surveys give you the numbers, AIMIs uncover the reasons behind them. Many researchers embed AIMIs into surveys or run them side by side for a fuller evidence base.

Can Glaut handle closed questions like a survey?

Yes. On Glaut, you can build projects with select or rating questions only, and still add smart open-ended follow-ups wherever you want more depth. This means you can run survey-style projects without leaving the platform.

How do AIMIs improve data quality compared to surveys?

AI moderation reduces gibberish, straight-lining, and copy-paste responses. In validated studies, AIMIs produced 129% more words per answer, cut gibberish by 53.6%, and achieved 56% higher completion rates than traditional surveys.

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