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Introducing CogniStream

A smarter alternative to Outset, with emotional intelligence

CogniStream delivers deeper emotional insights, adaptive moderation, simpler setup, and synthesis beyond surface-level takeaways.

CogniStream Emotional Insights from Voice Interview

Why switch from Outset to CogniStream?

Outset provides a robust customer research tool. But CogniStream goes further, using advanced emotional AI to conduct dynamic, human-like interviews, analysing emotional expressions from the tone of voice. It connects emotional signals to intent, uncovers hidden friction, and delivers decision-ready insights.

Outset relies on the legacy “think-out-loud” model

Static questions narrated by an AI bot
Participants need to “click-to-record”their responses
Far from a natural conversation
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What Makes CogniStream Different from Outset AI?

Outset AI is tidy, but it’s not transformative. CogniStream empowers your team to act on insight with a structured output and recommendations relevant to your research objectives. It’s built for speed.

Empathetic AI That Reads Between the Lines

While Outset tracks survey data and interviews, CogniStream enhances customer insights with emotionally rich signals from tone-of-voice.
CogniStream UI component displaying a sentiment analysis graph

Better UX, Built for Action

CogniStream’s natural voice conversations replaces friction-heavy workflows. It adapts realtime. Researchers get what they need fast.
AI Voice research chat bubble

Actionable insights report

Exec-ready report with insights, quote bank, and emotional analysis. Ready to send to your leadership for a faster buy-in.
CogniStream AI Interface showing researchreport outputs

Feature Comparison

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Competitor logo Outset ai
Conversational AI
Adaptive voice interviewer (not a bot)
Static question/ response format
Emotional Analysis
 Emotional expression analysis from the voice listens for tone, hesitation, sentiment shifts
Not available
Setup & Onboarding
2-minute setup, guided flow
Upload your own discussion guide
UX & Workflow
Clean, modern, browser-based interface
Fragmented, survey-like UI
Exec-ready Report
Synthesizes answers into structured, decision-ready insights + emotional expression mapping
Generates summaries with themes and quotes + unstructured chat with Ai 
Ideal For
Built for agile teams under pressure to act now, who want actionable insights
Designed for larger research teams with time to spare 

Ready to See the Difference?

Make the switch this month and receive:
White-glove onboarding for your team
Save up to 30% when you switch from Outset

Ready to Turn Customer Emotions into Executive Clarity?