Research · head to head
Aurelius vs Dovetail
Aurelius
Research
UX research repository for tagging notes, building insights and finding them again years later
- From
- $49/month
- Rated
- -
Dovetail
Research
AI-powered customer intelligence and research repository.
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Dovetail has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Aurelius aurelius does not recruit participants or run unmoderated studies, so it is always a second tool alongside a testing or recruitment platform and never the whole research budget.; Dovetail no published mid-market pricing; enterprises must contact sales for custom quotes
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Aurelius and Dovetail actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Research).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Aurelius
- Research repository
- Analysis board
- Tagging
- Insights and recommendations
- Transcription
- AI assist
- Automatic report builder
- Universal search
Only in Dovetail
Nothing recorded that Aurelius does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Aurelius
- A research team of three whose findings currently live in individual Miro boards and Google Docs that nobody outside the team can find six months laternot Dovetail
- A product organisation that wants every designer and product manager to search past research without paying forty repository seatsnot Dovetail
- A consultancy running discovery for multiple clients that needs tagged evidence kept separate per client but searchable internallynot Dovetail
- A team preparing a repeat study who need to know what was already learned about the same problem two years ago before they recruit anyonenot Dovetail
Dovetail
- Product teams conducting qualitative research and extracting actionable insightsnot Aurelius
- Customer success teams identifying churn drivers through session recordings and feedbacknot Aurelius
- Design and UX teams analysing user feedback to inform product decisionsnot Aurelius
- Marketing teams monitoring sentiment and customer perception trendsnot Aurelius
- Enterprise organisations requiring secure, compliant customer intelligence infrastructurenot Aurelius
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Aurelius
- Aurelius does not recruit participants or run unmoderated studies, so it is always a second tool alongside a testing or recruitment platform and never the whole research budget.
- Integrations are thin, with Zapier, Jira and Slack rather than direct connections to the call recording and testing tools most teams already run, so getting material in often means manual upload.
- The tag vocabulary is only as good as the discipline applied to it, and repositories where several researchers invent overlapping tags become unsearchable within a year with no built-in governance to prevent it.
- Unlimited users is genuinely unlimited but permissions are basic below Enterprise, so a team that needs client-safe or stakeholder-only views has to buy the quoted tier for something that reads as a table-stakes control.
- It is a small independent vendor competing with much better funded repositories, which is a real procurement risk for an organisation storing years of research in it, and enterprise assurance material such as penetration test reports sits behind the top tier.
Dovetail
- No published mid-market pricing; enterprises must contact sales for custom quotes
- Free tier strictly limited to one channel and one project; scaling requires Enterprise plan
- Enterprise pricing model opaque; no transparent tier for growing teams
- Free tier includes AI Chat but with basic summaries only; advanced AI features reserved for Enterprise
- No per-seat pricing published; cost model for multi-person teams unclear
Pricing, plan by plan
Aurelius
$49/month- Professional$49/month
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited projects and storage
- Notes, tags and documents
- Premium$199/month
- Everything in Professional
- Recommendations
- Universal search across projects
- Enterprise$undefined/year
- Everything in Premium
- SSO with SAML 2.0
- IP allowlisting
Dovetail
Free- FreeFree
- One channel for feedback tracking
- One project for research
- AI Chat with basic summaries
- Enterprise$undefined/variable
- Unlimited agents, channels, projects and docs
- Advanced dashboards and AI features
- Data redaction and access controls
Which should you pick?
Questions people ask
- Is Aurelius or Dovetail better?
- Neither clearly leads. Aurelius starts at $49/month and Dovetail at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Aurelius or Dovetail?
- Dovetail has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $49/month for Aurelius and Free for Dovetail.
- Does Aurelius or Dovetail run on more platforms?
- Aurelius runs on Web. Dovetail runs on Web, Mobile, API.
- Can I use Dovetail for free?
- Yes. Dovetail has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Aurelius starts at $49/month.
- What is Aurelius best used for?
- Aurelius is most often used for a research team of three whose findings currently live in individual miro boards and google docs that nobody outside the team can find six months later, a product organisation that wants every designer and product manager to search past research without paying forty repository seats, a consultancy running discovery for multiple clients that needs tagged evidence kept separate per client but searchable internally, a team preparing a repeat study who need to know what was already learned about the same problem two years ago before they recruit anyone. Of those, a research team of three whose findings currently live in individual miro boards and google docs that nobody outside the team can find six months later and a product organisation that wants every designer and product manager to search past research without paying forty repository seats are not what Dovetail is typically brought in for.
- What can Aurelius do that Dovetail cannot?
- Aurelius covers Research repository, Analysis board, Tagging, Insights and recommendations.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Aurelius: Does the price really include unlimited users?
Yes. Professional at 49 US dollars a month and Premium at 199, both billed yearly, both with unlimited users, projects and storage.
Dovetail: What is included in the free plan?
The free plan includes one channel for feedback tracking, one project for organising research, and AI Chat with basic summaries.
SourceAurelius: Can I run usability tests in it?
No. Aurelius stores and analyses research; it does not recruit participants or host sessions. Pair it with a testing tool.
Dovetail: Does Dovetail have compliance certifications?
Yes. Dovetail is SOC 2 Type II compliant and includes automatic PII redaction and private AI processing for enterprise-grade security.
SourceAurelius: What is the difference between Professional and Premium?
Premium adds universal cross-project search, collections, recommendations and Zapier. If your value comes from finding old research, Premium is the tier that delivers it.
Dovetail: How many integrations does Dovetail support?
Dovetail connects to 38+ external tools through API, CLI and integrations including Slack and Microsoft Teams.
SourceAurelius: Is there single sign-on?
Only on Enterprise, along with IP allowlisting, Jira and advanced permissions. Everything below is quoted separately.
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