Spontia
What Spontia is
Spontia is a web workspace for combining surveys, timed behavioral tasks, and analysis. Its survey builder includes more than 30 question types, such as Likert grids, ranking, budget allocation, and image marking. Researchers can run 21 ready-made cognitive-task paradigms, including Stroop, Flanker, Go/No-Go, N-Back, and Iowa Gambling Task. Studies can be shared through open or single-use private links, response targets, website embeds, or printed versions. Spontia lists 38 statistical tests, with browser-based analysis that checks assumptions and suggests alternatives when needed. Exports include SPSS, R, JASP, Excel, and CSV, plus a codebook and draft methods section. Analysis runs in the researcher’s browser, and the dataset is not uploaded to an analysis service. The service has a free plan, paid plans, and participant-credit options. Recruitment panels are separate, and researchers can connect a panel of their choice.
Who it suits
Spontia suits researchers running surveys, browser-based experiments, and statistical analysis in one workspace. It fits teams that need branching, exports, and their own recruitment panel.
What it does well
- Over 30 survey question types
- 21 ready-made cognitive-task paradigms
- 38 statistical tests with assumption checks
- Exports include SPSS, R, JASP, Excel, and CSV
- Free plan requires no credit card
What to know first
- No respondent panel included
- No laboratory hardware connections
- No researcher-account multi-factor authentication yet
- No formal uptime guarantee or SLA
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | No credit card required; design without time limits. · 1 study collecting at a time · 3 published studies a month · 50 responses per study · 20 experiment participants once · CSV export | Free |
| Researcher | Billed annually. Per person. Cancel any time. · Unlimited studies and responses · 2 experiments collecting at once · 300 experiment participants a year | $29 a month |
| Lab | Billed annually. · Unlimited experiments collecting in parallel · 1,500 experiment participants a year · Credits from $0.79 a participant at volume | $79 a month |
| Department | Priced around actual usage; quote provided after discussing team size and usage. · One agreement for the group · Unlimited experiments and participants · Volume pricing | $1,800 a year |
| Pay as you go | Per participant; no subscription or renewal date. · Minimum 25 participants · Credits never expire | $0.99, paid once |
| 250 participants | One-time participant-credit purchase. · 250 participants · $0.89 per participant · Credits never expire | $222, paid once |
| 1,000 participants | One-time participant-credit purchase. · 1,000 participants · $0.79 per participant · Credits never expire | $790, paid once |
As spontia.org lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Spontia brings survey creation, timed tasks, distribution, and analysis into a browser-based workspace. Its free allowance can support bounded studies, while paid plans add experiment and participant capacity.
Facts from Spontia's own pages
- Analysis
- Spontia lists 38 statistical tests and says its browser-based analysis checks test assumptions and suggests alternatives when assumptions are violated. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Analysis privacy
- The maker says statistical analysis runs in the researcher's browser and the dataset is not uploaded to an analysis service. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Response analytics
- Yes · spontia.org, 22 Sept 2026
- Respondent panel
- No · spontia.org, 22 Sept 2026
- Data minimization
- The privacy statement says Spontia does not record IP addresses and discards raw browser user-agent strings, retaining only a coarse device and browser category. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- Researchers can share an open study link, issue single-use private links, set a response target, embed a study on another site, or print a paper version. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Experiments
- The product page says 21 cognitive-task paradigms are ready to run, including Stroop, Flanker, Go/No-Go, N-Back, and Iowa Gambling Task. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Exports
- The product page lists seven export formats, including SPSS, R, JASP, Excel, and CSV, with a codebook and a draft methods section. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · spontia.org, 22 Sept 2026
- Hardware limits
- Spontia says it supports browser-based timed tasks and does not connect to EEG, fMRI, eye trackers, or other laboratory hardware. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Logic branching
- Yes · spontia.org, 22 Sept 2026
- Purpose
- Spontia combines surveys, timed behavioral tasks, and analysis in one workspace. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Recruitment integrations
- Researchers can connect a recruitment panel of their choice; the pricing page says recruitment is separate from Spontia. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Security limits
- The security statement says Spontia has no SOC 2, ISO 27001, or ISO 27701 certification, no completed independent penetration test, and no researcher-account multi-factor authentication yet. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Service status
- The terms say the platform is in active development, paid plans are not yet active, and no contractual uptime guarantee or formal service-level agreement is offered. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Support and procurement
- The pricing page offers onboarding and team training for Department buyers; team workspaces, seats, invoicing, purchase orders, and SSO are marked as coming soon where listed. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
- Survey builder
- The survey builder offers over 30 question types, including Likert grids, ranking, budget allocation, and image marking. · spontia.org, 11 Oct 2026
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