From recruitment to deck, flowres.io goes beyond being just a repository.
Simply put, Dovetail is a research repository. It stores, tags, and surfaces qualitative data you bring to it.
Whereas flowres.io is a platform where data gets collected, analysed, clipped and turned into a slide deck... all in one connected workspace.
flowres.io is a cloud-native platform for qualitative research. It handles your entire workflow: recruit participants, host live sessions, analyze data with AI, and export PowerPoint slides without downloading software or jumping between tools.
Work fully in the cloud from any browser on any device. There are no software downloads, license keys, or updates to manage.
Conduct live sessions on the video tools your participants already use. Enjoy built-in features like a hidden client backroom, private messaging, and HIPAA-compliant audio streams.
Find participants through Respondent.io, distribute rewards instantly via Tremendous, and book sessions using Calendly or MS Bookings, all without leaving the platform.
Analyze your sessions using chat or comparative grid views. Every insight generated by AI links directly to the exact quote and original session source for instant verification.
Turn your research analysis into a polished slide deck instantly. Use the SlideBuilder add-in to populate your own custom presentation template without manual copy-pasting.
Bring in unlimited teammates, moderators, translators, and clients at no extra charge. Choose between pay-as-you-go options ($70/credit) or monthly subscriptions starting at $1,100 with zero hidden fees.
Access around-the-clock support five days a week with a rapid 31-second average response time, complete with free onboarding and live session assistance.
Works effortlessly with Zoom, delivering substantial savings while ensuring premium observer experience with client chatrooms. End to end platform with accurate transcription, multiple language support, clipping and AI analysis abilities with dedicated client chatrooms
| flowres | Dovetail | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | ||
| Platform type | Cloud-native; no download required | Cloud-native; no download required |
| Transparent pricing | Pricing is publicly listed Pay-as-you-go from $70/credit; Subscription from $1,100/month | Free tier available (1 project, 1 channel, approx. 5 to 10 hrs transcription/month) For other tiers – pricing available on request (Vendr approximates it at $21,600/year) |
| Free trial | Yes, no credit card required | Yes, limited to 1 project and 1 channel |
| Unlimited users | Yes, for all plans | No |
| Research workflow | ||
| Participant recruitment | Built in via Respondent.io | Not available |
| Incentive distribution | Built in via Tremendous | Not available |
| Scheduling integration | Calendly and MS Bookings | Not available |
| Live session moderation | Full; IDIs and focus groups | Not available |
| Zoom / Teams / Meet integration | Standard on Zoom; Teams and Meet available for enterprise | Zoom only, for uploading recordings |
| Client backroom | Private backroom for observers, private chat, and audio-only HIPAA streaming | Not available |
| Live moments bookmarking | Available | Not available |
| Transcription | ||
| Automated transcription | Built-in for ~99+ languages; no extra cost | Capped availability on free & paid tiers |
| Custom vocabulary | Available | Not publicly available |
| Human proofreading | Available as add-on | Not available |
| Interactive transcript editor | Find and replace; speaker name editing | Basic editing available |
| Analysis | ||
| AI analysis | Included in all plans with chat, grid views, and instant source citations | Strongest for large stored repositories. Includes auto-tagging, sentiment analysis, theme detection |
| Cross-session AI querying | Ask the same question across all sessions simultaneously; for Grid outputs | Cross-project search available; no grid-format (comparative) output |
| Manual coding (CAQDAS) | Thematic tagging and coding built in | Tagging and basic coding; not deep CAQDAS |
| Video clipping and reels | Built in; no export required | Built-in; no export required |
| Research repository | Sessions and analysis available in workspace | Core strength; cross-project searchable repository |
| Cross-functional insight sharing | Available | Strong; built for non-researcher stakeholder access |
| Reporting | ||
| SlideBuilder PowerPoint add-in | Generate slides directly in your template, using flowres.io analysis | Not available |
| Export transcripts and analysis | Bulk downloads and AI transcript exports | Bulk downloads; AI transcript export |
| Security and compliance | ||
| GDPR-compliant | ✓ | ✓ |
| ISO 27001 certified | ✓ | Not publicly confirmed |
| HIPAA-ready | ✓ | Not publicly confirmed |
| Data used for LLM training | Never | Not publicly confirmed |
| ESOMAR / MRS / QRCA member | Yes | No |
| Support | ||
| Onboarding support | Free onboarding and setup support for your first sessions | Available on enterprise plans |
flowres.io lets you run live sessions, generate transcripts, and perform analysis in one seamless environment without friction.
Replace your complex software stack with flowres.io. Handle recruiting, scheduling, rewards, hosting, transcription, AI analysis, video clipping, and slide generation in a single workspace instead of paying for multiple separate tools.
AI analysis in flowres.io reviews your entire session set and links every insight back to original participant quotes with a single click. Unlike Dovetail, where AI is a paid add-on, flowres.io includes AI analysis across every plan.
“Analysis was actually really great... the platform learned and understood the conversation flow pretty soon and accurately. So when I prompted, it accurately answered the questions and provided quotes that accurately reflected what I was trying to capture. The synthesis reflected what I was hoping for summarize, as a moderator and analyst.”
“We used specialized platforms only for a few projects when clients demanded it. When I realized how much we had spent on these platforms in 2022, I decided to search for a better option. I spent days looking at several platforms out there, and the platform that I found to be meeting all our needs was flowres.”
“I took the same questions from my interview guideline and asked them to that collective set of 20-plus interviews. I was able to catch nuances- see the thread and the corresponding quotes. Digging in, uncovering, discovering. A perfect example of human-centered AI: I'm in the driver's seat.”
“What I appreciate most is that the technology doesn’t replace the researcher. We’re still reading, questioning, checking themes against the transcripts, looking for contradictory evidence, and discussing where our interpretations differ. flowres.io helps us get closer to the data and makes it easier to explore patterns across a large body of qualitative work. And that is exactly how I want to use AI in research: not to hand over thinking, but to give researchers more capacity to think.”
“There's so many examples of how supported we felt and how we really appreciated ways of working that you guys demonstrated to us. There's several times the Tech team went over and above, to help work with the tool.”
ISO 27001 certification and GDPR-ready infrastructure for enterprise-grade compliance.
HIPAA-friendly features, including audio-only streams and PII redaction capabilities.
AWS-hosted, SSL-certified infrastructure for secure data handling and storage.
Moving from Dovetail to flowres.io is simple. Upload existing audio, video, or transcripts directly into flowres.io for automatic transcription and instant AI analysis.
You can transition smoothly by running new research projects on flowres.io while keeping historical projects active in Dovetail.
For research teams running live qualitative studies, flowres.io replaces Dovetail and the tool-stack surrounding it. For teams whose primary need is a cross-functional insight repository where non-researchers browse findings, Dovetail's repository-first architecture may remain relevant alongside flowres.io.
No. Dovetail is a repository and analysis platform. Live session moderation, participant recruitment, and client backrooms are not available on Dovetail.
flowres.io stores all sessions, transcripts, analysis, and clips in one workspace. This repository is searchable and accessible to all users. Dovetail's cross-project repository and stakeholder sharing features are more extensive, suited for large organisations referring to hundreds of studies over time.
Dovetail's free plan covers one project and one channel. Beyond that, pricing is Enterprise-only and custom-quoted, with a median contract of approximately $21,600/year. flowres.io's pricing is publicly listed: Pay-as-you-go from $70/credit or Subscription from $1,100/month, with unlimited users on all plans.
SlideBuilder is flowres.io's PowerPoint add-in, available through Microsoft App Marketplace, that builds slides in your own template directly from analysed flowres.io data. Dovetail has no PowerPoint integration or slide creation capability.
Yes. Text transcripts exported from Dovetail and Audio or video files can be uploaded into flowres.io for transcription and analysis. Contact the support team for a migration walkthrough.