VideoAsk alternative for user and market research: Feedbaq vs VideoAsk

Peter Kildegaard · 30 September 2026

Feedbaq is a VideoAsk alternative built for user and market research. You write your questions instead of recording a video for each one, people answer by voice or by sharing their screen, and an AI asks a follow-up that fits what each person said. Your own AI agent can build the study and read every answer. And you pay per response, not per minute, so people can talk for as long as they need, up to 10 minutes an answer.

VideoAsk, made by Typeform, is built for face-to-face video: recruiting, lead generation and testimonials. Teams that use it for feedback get spoken answers, which is the right instinct. Feedbaq keeps that and removes the parts that slow user and market research down. This page compares the two for startups, product teams and marketing teams, with VideoAsk’s features and prices taken from its own site on 30 September 2026.

Key takeaways

VideoAsk requires a video prompt on every step. In Feedbaq you type your questions, or your AI agent writes them.
Feedbaq’s AI can write a new follow-up after any answer. VideoAsk’s AI chatbot sends people down paths of videos you recorded in advance.
VideoAsk bills by recorded minutes, from 20 a month free to 200 on its $50 Brand plan. Feedbaq bills by response, and answers can run 10 minutes.
Feedbaq has an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT and other agents can build studies and read the answers. VideoAsk lists none.
Both record screens. Feedbaq never asks for a camera, and a screen share can run up to 10 minutes.

Feedbaq vs VideoAsk at a glance

VideoAsk is built for video conversations with customers and candidates. Feedbaq is built for user and market research, with written questions, spoken and screen answers, AI follow-ups and an agent that does the reading.

Feedbaq compared with VideoAsk, checked 30 September 2026
	Feedbaq	VideoAsk
Built for	User and market research: feedback, discovery, concept, message and landing page tests	Video conversations: recruiting, lead generation, testimonials, support
How you ask	Written questions, with an image or video if you want one	A video on every step; text questions sit on a placeholder video
How people answer	Voice, narrated screen share, text or multiple choice	Video, audio or text, multiple choice, files, payments, calendar
Answer length	Up to 10 minutes	2 minutes by default, up to 5 on paid plans
AI follow-ups	A new question written for the answer, after any question you turn it on for	An AI chatbot routes spoken answers to videos you recorded (Brand plan)
Your AI agent (MCP)	Builds, publishes and reads every full response with transcripts	None listed
Pricing	$49 a month with every feature included, however long people talk; screen recordings up to 600 minutes a month	By recorded minutes: free for 20, $30 for 100, $50 for 200, up to $344 for 2,000

Ask in writing, not on camera

In Feedbaq you type a question and it is ready. In VideoAsk, every step needs a video. VideoAsk’s help center is direct about it: each step requires a video prompt. You do not have to be on camera: a text question can sit on a placeholder video, a stock clip or an image exported as a video. But every question needs that extra asset, and if you ask on camera, every change to the wording means recording again. Research questions change a lot.

Written questions also mean your agent can write them. Ask it to draft a concept test from your roadmap, a message test for your new landing page or a churn study from your cancellation notes, and the study is ready to review in minutes, with no camera involved on either side.

Follow-ups that fit each answer

Feedbaq’s AI reads the answer and writes a new follow-up about what that person actually said. You choose which questions get one, and steer it with a line of guidance, such as “ask what they did next” or “ask what it cost them”. It works after spoken answers, screen shares, typed answers and multiple choice.

VideoAsk’s AI chatbot, on its Brand plan, works differently: it matches a spoken answer to categories you set and plays the next video you recorded for that category. That is a branching script. It can only ask what you thought of in advance, and the most useful follow-up is usually the one you did not. In a 2026 experiment with 1,800 people, AI follow-ups made open answers more detailed and informative.

Take a look at our new pricing page. What would you choose, and why?

0:36

Probably the middle one. The top plan has the API, which we’d want eventually, but I can’t tell what counts as a ‘seat’. If our contractors count, the middle plan is already too small for us.

AI follow-up

Who would count as a seat for you, if you signed up this month?

0:18

Four of us, plus two contractors who only need to read the reports. If they count, I’d go somewhere else.

Participant 5 · marketing lead at a 30-person agency

A script written in advance would have needed a branch for contractors, and this one had none. The follow-up found the deal-breaker in the second answer.

Feedbaq’s screen questions ask people to share their screen and talk you through a task, for up to 10 minutes, and never turn on a camera. You get the recording with a word-by-word transcript, synced. Watching people use a product while they think aloud is what Jakob Nielsen calls the number one usability tool.

VideoAsk can record screens too, on the web. By default it records the person’s face as well, which they can turn off, and answers stop at 2 minutes unless you raise the limit to 5 on a paid plan. Many usability tasks take longer than that.

Your agent runs the study

Connect Feedbaq to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok or any MCP client, and your agent becomes the researcher: it builds the study, publishes it and reads every answer. It gets each full response, with the transcript of every spoken answer and screen share and a link to each word, so it can find the patterns across all of them and quote people exactly. VideoAsk lists no MCP server or agent connection in its help center.

Your agent, with Feedbaq connected

You: Set up a test of both versions of our pricing page, with a screen share. I’ll send the links to our waitlist.
- feedbaq · create_study“Pricing page, version A” and “version B”
- feedbaq · upsert_questionScreen share of the page, 2 voice, 1 choice
- feedbaq · publish_studyTwo public links ready
A week later
You: Which version worked better, and why?
- feedbaq · list_responses78 responses across both studies
- feedbaq · get_response78 full responses with transcripts
- More people understood version B
  31 of 39 could say who each plan was for, against 19 of 39 for version A.
- Both lose people on “seat”
  22 people asked whether contractors count. P-0014 on B: “I’d need to email sales just to find out.”

Pay per response, not per minute

VideoAsk counts every minute recorded, including the videos you record to ask. Feedbaq counts responses, so a long, thoughtful answer costs the same as a short one. VideoAsk’s plans include 20 minutes a month free, 100 minutes on Grow at $30 and 200 minutes on Brand at $50, with higher Brand tiers up to 2,000 minutes at $344, according to its pricing page. When you run out, VideoAsk hides new answers until you upgrade or the month resets. Feedbaq is $49 a month with every feature included. Screen recordings have their own allowance of 600 minutes a month. Try your own numbers:

Your study, per month

People who answer

Minutes each person talks

Most of the talking happens during screen shares

Count the minutes each person records across all their answers.

What it costs

VideoAsk counts recorded minutes

$172a month on Brand, 1,000 minutes

1,000 minutes a month. The tier includes 1,000.

Feedbaq counts responses

$49a month

100 responses. The price is the same however long people talk, up to 10 minutes per answer.

Prices from each company’s site, 30 September 2026. VideoAsk’s tiers above 200 minutes come from the price list behind its pricing page.

For a handful of short answers, VideoAsk’s smaller plans cost less. When 100 people talk for 10 minutes each, VideoAsk needs its 1,000-minute Brand tier at $172 a month, while Feedbaq stays at $49.

Keep VideoAsk for face-to-face video

If you want to see faces, VideoAsk is built for it. Video testimonials, one-way video interviews with candidates, and personal video replies to leads are its home ground, along with booking calls and taking payments inside the flow. Feedbaq does not record cameras. Use VideoAsk where the face is the point, and Feedbaq where the insight is.

Start this week

Write the questions you used to record. Or paste your VideoAsk script into your agent and ask it to rebuild it in Feedbaq, with a follow-up on each open question.
Start from a template if you like. The concept test template puts a design in front of people and asks for their first reaction by voice. The concept testing guide has more questions.
Add a screen share wherever people use something on screen.
Send the link. Participants need no account and no camera.

Building a study is free. Answer it yourself by voice and with a screen share, and read the follow-ups. You subscribe only when you publish.

Free template

The concept test template

Put a design in front of people and hear the unfiltered first reaction, before you build it.

Use this template, free

1What do you use today for this?Text
2Take a look at this. What is your first reaction?Voice
3In your own words, what do you think this does?Voice
4What would stop you from using this?Voice
5Anything else you want us to know?Voice

Questions people ask

What is a good VideoAsk alternative for user and market research?

Feedbaq is built for user and market research, from discovery and concept tests to message and landing page tests: you write questions instead of recording videos, people answer by voice or narrated screen share, an AI can ask a follow-up after any answer, and your own AI agent can build the study and read the answers. It costs $49 a month with every feature included.

Does every VideoAsk question need a video?

Yes. VideoAsk’s help center says each step requires a video prompt. It does not have to show you: a text question can sit on a placeholder video, a stock clip or an image exported as a video. In Feedbaq, questions are written, and you can add an image or video if you want one.

How does VideoAsk pricing work?

VideoAsk bills by recorded minutes, counting both your videos and people’s answers. On 30 September 2026 its plans included 20 minutes a month free, 100 minutes on Grow at $30 a month and 200 minutes on Brand at $50 a month, with higher Brand tiers up to 2,000 minutes at $344. Feedbaq costs $49 a month with every feature included, however long people talk, with 600 minutes of screen recording a month.

Does VideoAsk ask AI follow-up questions?

Not in the sense of writing new questions. VideoAsk’s AI chatbot, on the Brand plan, matches a spoken answer to categories you set and plays the next video you recorded. Feedbaq’s AI writes a new follow-up for the answer, on the questions you turn it on for, guided by instructions you give.

Can Feedbaq record video of participants?

No. Feedbaq records voice and screen shares, not cameras. Participants can answer by speaking, by sharing their screen and talking, by typing or by choosing an option. For video testimonials or face-to-face replies, VideoAsk is the better fit.

Does Feedbaq work with Claude and ChatGPT?

Yes. Feedbaq’s MCP server works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok and other MCP clients. Your agent can create, edit and publish studies, and read every full response with transcripts.

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