Articos runs AI synthetic user interviews and delivers a research report in under 30 minutes. Plans from $79/month with a 14-day free trial.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Articos is an AI user research platform that runs synthetic user interviews and returns a structured report in under 30 minutes. Instead of recruiting participants, teams describe a research goal, and Articos generates AI personas that mirror real-world demographics and behaviors, then interviews them about ideas, landing pages or messaging.
The company says its output captures 86% of the themes expert research teams find, based on validation against published work from Baymard Institute and Nielsen Norman Group across 46 studies. Articos describes the result as suited to early-stage and directional research, not a replacement for deeper usability studies with real participants.
A study starts with a research goal, such as UX friction, messaging clarity, audience reaction, concept feedback, competitive positioning or persona development. The site says setup takes under three minutes. Articos then builds a panel of personas using the Big Five personality model, 30 personality facets, cognitive bias mapping and enforced stance diversity.
Each persona is interviewed in isolation and without seeing the researcher's hypothesis, which is meant to prevent agreeable answers. A check called ELEPHANT Scoring flags personas that agree with everything. Every study passes through a six-stage synthesis with an adversarial review before the report is produced, and reports can be exported to PDF.
Articos offers three main study types: user interviews for audience research, messaging testing for comparing copy variants, and A/B testing, where users upload landing pages and receive structured audience reactions. Interview script refining and probing follow-up questions are included with each research run.
After a study finishes, Talk to Research lets users ask follow-up questions to any persona, and live calls provide real-time voice conversations with panel personas. Reports include evidence chains, interview citations and confidence scores. An MCP connection lets users run studies from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Gemini.
Articos is an AI user research platform that runs synthetic user interviews with AI-generated personas and returns a structured report in under 30 minutes. It supports user interviews, messaging testing and A/B testing. It is aimed at agencies, consultants and SaaS teams.
Starter costs $79 per month and Pro costs $199 per month. One study uses about 400 credits, and the company says this works out to roughly $8 to $10 per study. A custom option is available by contacting the company.
Yes. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial that includes 1,000 credits, around 2 full studies, and no credit card is required. Reports and data stay accessible for 30 days after the trial ends.
Articos states that it captures 86% of the themes and findings expert research teams identify. This was validated across 46 studies in 9 domains against published research from Baymard Institute and Nielsen Norman Group. The company describes the output as suited to early-stage and directional research.
Articos is built for agencies, consultants and fractional CMOs, B2B SaaS teams and growth marketers. Its site also has pages for healthcare, ecommerce and consumer goods teams. It fits teams that need research answers quickly and cannot afford traditional studies.
Articos offers an MCP connection that works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini and other MCP-compatible agents. It is available on both Starter and Pro. The sources do not list other integrations.
Yes, on Pro and Enterprise. Reports can be exported with your own logo and colors instead of Articos branding, which agencies use to deliver research as their own deliverable.
Personas are interviewed without seeing your hypothesis. A Stance Diversity Engine builds panels with champions, pragmatists, skeptics, blockers and observers, and ELEPHANT Scoring flags any persona that agrees with everything.