Comments on: 5 Ways to Get Usability Testing on the Cheap

By: Doug Breaker - Founder, EasyUsability.com

Doug Breaker - Founder, EasyUsability.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:00:07 +0000

We also offer an easy way to usability test with EasyUsability.com. We go through Mechanical Turk to get our testers, but offer a more structure than Feedback Army. We'll offer video recording shortly, much like UserTesting (which I have used and like very much). Everyone gets a free test, testers are $15 per tester after that.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:09:21 +0000

You can also get a heuristic analysis for $25 at BWI.

By: DJ Burdick

DJ Burdick — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:09:18 +0000

Good article, I hadn’t seen usertesting.com before and will most likely give it a try in the near future.
Some more thoughts on the subject here:
http://hacksushi.com/2009/02/08/wtf-do-i-click-on-website-usability-testing/

By: garann

garann — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:12:57 +0000

five second test seems slightly more structured than review forums, with the same $0 price tag and impartiality.

By: userbeta

userbeta — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:18:00 +0000

I agree, post launch testing is often overlooked. You could have $30,000 spent on an e-commerce site with no usability testing to show for it. My company outsources for crowd testers based on your site´s demographic and we automate the process as much as possible using both benchmark tests and one time tests. Plus we even include footage of your site being used.

http://www.userbeta.com

By: Gubbi

Gubbi — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:55:57 +0000

Clicktale allows about 100 videos of user interaction with the website for free every month. And it provided other analytic data too.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:44:54 +0000

wow! thats amazing, my business is fully focused on web analytics, and these cools will go down very well with my clients,

thank you

http://www.thelostagency.com

By: Crazymik3

Crazymik3 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:14:16 +0000

I have taken into account the idea of usability testing, but mostly by asking people their thoughts on the design of the site and what not.

I’ll be taking a few of the usability testing services into account the next time I plan on doing some usability testing, so thanks for those links!

By: Jeremy Skelly

Jeremy Skelly — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:54:47 +0000

Silverback is awesome. I love that program. Its simple, but effective…and only $50 bucks!

By: Raffi

Raffi — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:05:44 +0000

Hi Josh,
I wrote Feedback Army and want to say thank you for the mention. While you can bypass Feedback Army and post to Mechanical Turk directly, Feedback Army has several advantages:

1) Your results are available via an RSS feed. No need to login and navigate several links to get your results.

2) I find Mechanical Turk’s interface intimidating. You can do a lot with the service and it shows. Contrast this with Feedback Army: Provide a web address, write some questions, pay, and start getting results. The whole process takes less than two minutes for someone who knows what they want to ask.

3) Feedback Army manages the entire process of posting the task, collecting the results, and paying the workers on time. Feedback Army only accepts reviews from workers with proven track records. The interface the Turkers use has seen tweaks based on their feedback. This results in saved time and better reviews.

My goal is to save time and make the Mechanical Turk community accessible to developers.