A UX Research-as-a-Service Capability

Enterprise rapid UX research, delivered in 1 to 3 weeks

Get research findings in time to guide your next product decision.

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Time to Findings
Traditional enterprise study4–16 weeks
Akraya rapid UX research1–3 weeks
0481216 wks
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The Akraya Rapid Engagement

The three phases behind the 1 to 3 week timeline

01

Get rour study scoped in days

We tailor proven screeners, discussion guides, and test plans to your research questions. This helps us agree on the scope and method quickly, so your study can get moving.

02

Reach the right participants faster

Our established panels help us recruit participants who match your study criteria in days. Your assigned researcher is briefed and ready to start, and leads your study through the final readout.

03

Get findings in time to use them

AI-assisted analysis helps your researcher deliver findings within your sprint, while there’s still time to inform your product decision. We’ll explain what to prioritize, and what we recommend doing next.

What Teams Come to Us For

Where rapid research can help your team move forward

Find usability issues before you launch

Get prioritized findings to address the most important usability issues while there’s still time to make changes.

Help your team agree on a design or feature

Discover what users understand, need, and find useful, then use those findings to choose a direction.

Test your idea before committing engineering time

Learn whether your product addresses a real need and what needs to change, and focus development time on a direction you’ve tested.

Bring a research-backed recommendation to leadership

Get clear findings and recommendations so you can explain the evidence behind your proposed direction and be upfront about any questions that remain.

Get an urgent study done when your team is fully booked

Run your urgent study without pulling your team away from existing projects, hiring another researcher, or signing a long-term contract.

Keep your researchers focused on generative research

Let your internal team focus on exploring user needs and product opportunities that will shape the roadmap.

How We Deliver Research Faster

We reduce the time spent on setup, onboarding, and repetitive tasks so your study gets moving sooner

Your study starts moving in the first week

Screeners, discussion guides, and report templates are already built and refined through enterprise studies. Your researcher can focus on your product and decision from day one instead of starting from scratch.

Your researcher is ready to go

Your researcher arrives briefed on your product, with a study framework already in place. That cuts onboarding time and helps you get findings within your sprint.

AI speeds the work. Your researcher owns the judgment.

AI helps with repetitive analysis and documentation. Your researcher still leads participant sessions, synthesizes the findings, and explains what they mean for your product decision.

Multiple studies can run at the same time

When research demand spikes, studies can run in parallel across teams. That helps clear the backlog faster instead of making every request wait in the same queue.

The same researcher stays with your team

Your researcher carries product knowledge and previous findings into each new study. Your team spends less time re-explaining context every time research starts.

Every study has clear timelines and ownership

A PMO manages deadlines, responsibilities, and SLAs throughout the engagement. The work is tied to the research delivered and the decision it supports.

Research disciplines

Research expertise across methods and product types

Disciplines
Foundational & generative researchEvaluative & usability researchQuantitative & psychometric researchHuman factors, HTI & wearables researchAI & hybrid product researchAccessibility & inclusive researchFoundational & generative researchEvaluative & usability researchQuantitative & psychometric researchHuman factors, HTI & wearables researchAI & hybrid product researchAccessibility & inclusive research
Products we research
AI productsAI agentsHardware and devicesWearablesEnterprise softwareConsumer appsMobile appsWeb platformsDeveloper toolsE-commerceFintechHealthcare techAI productsAI agentsHardware and devicesWearablesEnterprise softwareConsumer appsMobile appsWeb platformsDeveloper toolsE-commerceFintechHealthcare tech

From our clients

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Their responsiveness, attention to detail, and collaborative approach have made them a valued extension of our team.

eBay
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Their team has demonstrated exceptional responsiveness and a genuine caommitment to understanding CDW’s unique requirements.

CDW PMO Team

What You Get

Findings you can use before the decision is made

Every study ends with clear, prioritized findings and recommendations. Because they arrive while the product decision is still open, your team can use the evidence to adjust the design, change direction, or move forward with more confidence.

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Procurement, IP & Compliance

Built for confidential, compliant research inside enterprise environments

Test unreleased products without exposing your brand

Akraya can run research as an independent third party. That lets you test pre-launch hardware, early AI features, or other confidential products without revealing your company name to participants.

Keep sensitive research inside your environment

When required, research can run inside your systems and tools. Sensitive product information, recordings, and findings stay within your environment.

Avoid rebuilding the compliance process for every study

Compliance documentation, insurance, and participant compensation are handled as part of the engagement. Your team does not have to solve those operational details before research can begin.

Give procurement a clear engagement to approve

PMO-backed delivery, defined SLAs, and outcome-based scope make the engagement easier to evaluate and categorize as professional services. Procurement can see what is being delivered, how it is managed, and what the spend covers.

Comparing Your Options

Need one scoped study completed quickly and managed end to end? Akraya rapid research is built for that

What you’re weighing Embedded research Staffing Akraya rapid research
Best for Ongoing research across a product or program Extra capacity your team plans and directs A specific study tied to an upcoming decision
How it works A dedicated researcher joins your team A contractor you onboard and manage A scoped study run and delivered end to end
Turnaround Continuous, across the engagement Depends on ramp and your direction 1 to 3 weeks per study
Who manages the work Akraya researcher, inside your team Your team Akraya, PMO-backed with SLAs
Commitment Ongoing engagement Contract term One scoped study

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Akraya Rapid Research fits when you already have a specific question or decision in front of you and need the study handled end to end in 1–3 weeks.

Your next study can start in days

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FAQ

Questions teams ask before hiring us

What kinds of studies can you run on a rapid timeline? +

Rapid works best for focused, decision-oriented studies: usability testing, concept and prototype evaluation, feature validation, and quick surveys. If a question needs broad, exploratory work, we’ll tell you and point you to a better fit. Most studies run from brief to findings in one to three weeks, depending on the design and how hard the participants are to recruit.

How do you keep quality high when the study moves quickly? +

The time comes out of setup and repetitive work, and the research itself stays intact. Your researcher leads the participant sessions, synthesis, and findings, and we review the brief before fieldwork so the study answers the right question.

Who runs the study, and how do you match the right researcher? +

We assign a researcher with the right background for your product, across software, hardware, wearables, and AI. The same researcher stays with the study from brief to readout, so context isn’t lost in a handoff.

How much of our team’s time does this take? +

We take execution off your team. You bring the decision and the research question and give the researcher access to what they need. We handle scoping support, recruiting, fieldwork, analysis, and the readout.

Does rapid research include participant recruiting? +

Yes. Recruiting and scheduling are part of the engagement, including specialized or hard-to-reach participants, so recruiting doesn’t become the thing that delays your study.

How does pricing work? +

Engagements are outcome-based and scoped per study, so the cost maps to the research delivered rather than hours logged. A single rapid study doesn’t require a long-term contract.

How do you handle our data, IP, and confidentiality? +

When required, research runs inside your systems and tools, and we can run studies as an independent third party so unreleased products stay confidential. Compliance documentation, insurance, and participant payment are handled as part of the engagement.

What if we haven’t fully scoped the study yet? +

That’s fine. We can help define the decision, sharpen the research question, and shape the study before fieldwork. If rapid research isn’t the right fit, we’ll say so and recommend a better approach.