Decipher

Power complex surveys with ease.
Decipher is the leading survey platform for top researchers worldwide. Built for speed and scale, it delivers faster, deeper insights with the precision experts need and the flexibility teams love.
Any survey. Any complexity.
Run quick tests to global trackers with drag-and-drop ease or full-code control, advanced logic, rich media, and support for 80+ languages.
Built for scale. Backed by experts.
Decipher supports over 1 billion surveys annually with global fielding, enterprise-grade security, 24/7 expert support, and proven performance in 40,000+ studies a year.

Design fast, discover faster.
Move from setup to insights fast with AI tools that turn Word docs into surveys, reuse templates, speed up sampling, automate QA, and summarize open text.
AI probing with Open Assist
Use AI to prompt follow-up questions in real time—capturing deeper, more actionable feedback. Uncover the “why” behind responses that traditional surveys often miss.
Connected tools. Seamless research.
Seamless from survey to insight, with an end-to-end workflow that connects panels, dashboards, qual tools, and your tech stack via open API.
Put a face to the data
Our surveys let you collect video open-ends so you can put a face to the cold data, and add those little nuances that don’t come across in pure quant data.

Key features
Sample marketplace
Source high-quality respondents up to 80% faster, in-platform with our fully automated system. Choose from leading suppliers.
AI Survey Scripting
Instantly transform Word docs into surveys. AI detects questions and answers, saving hours of setup time.
Ready-to-use templates
Create or customize pre-programmed surveys with 85+ dynamic question types. Do more surveys, even quicker.
High data quality
Ensure secure, superior data quality including server-to-server (S2S) connections
Live survey management
Easily manage survey quotas, logic, and deployment in real time
Services
From programming to complete project coverage, Forsta gets your projects running fast. You’ll have a dedicated client success manager and expert support from our programmers and project leads. We also specialize in seamless tracker migrations from other survey platforms.
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