Research · head to head
Aurelius vs Greenphire
Aurelius
Research
UX research repository for tagging notes, building insights and finding them again years later
- From
- $49/month
- Rated
- -
Greenphire
Research
Clinical trial participant payments, reimbursement and travel, now part of Suvoda
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- 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.; Greenphire the standalone greenphire.com site now redirects to Suvoda and the brands have been integrated, so buyers are contracting with a randomisation and supply vendor and should expect cross selling rather than an independent payments specialist.
- They diverge on capability: Aurelius covers Research repository, Greenphire covers ClinCard.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Aurelius and Greenphire actually diverge.
| Attribute | Aurelius | Greenphire |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $49/month | On request |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly fee, unlimited users | quote |
| Platforms | Web | Web, iOS, Android |
Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 Greenphire
- ClinCard
- Direct to bank payment
- Expense reimbursement
- Travel and logistics
- Site payments
- Budgeting and benchmarking
- Tax handling
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 Greenphire
- A product organisation that wants every designer and product manager to search past research without paying forty repository seatsnot Greenphire
- A consultancy running discovery for multiple clients that needs tagged evidence kept separate per client but searchable internallynot Greenphire
- 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 Greenphire
Greenphire
- A global Phase III trial paying stipends across many countries where participants cannot practically be reimbursed by sponsor accounts payablenot Aurelius
- A decentralised or hybrid trial where participants travel long distances and the sponsor funds flights and accommodationnot Aurelius
- A trial in a population where slow reimbursement drives dropout and same day payment materially helps retentionnot Aurelius
- A sponsor that wants site payment milestones and participant payments handled by one vendor rather than twonot 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.
Greenphire
- The standalone greenphire.com site now redirects to Suvoda and the brands have been integrated, so buyers are contracting with a randomisation and supply vendor and should expect cross selling rather than an independent payments specialist.
- Nothing is published on price, and the typical shape of a platform fee plus per participant and per transaction charges means the cost of a trial is not knowable until enrolment is known.
- Payment method availability varies sharply by country, so a global protocol may end up with card payments in some regions and slow manual processes in others, which undermines the retention argument that justified the purchase.
- Sites bear the administrative work of enrolling participants and triggering payments but are not the buyer, so adoption depends on the sponsor mandating it and site resistance is a real implementation risk.
- Participant payments create tax reporting obligations that differ per jurisdiction, and the tooling helps but does not remove sponsor liability, so legal and finance review is required in every country the trial runs in.
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
Greenphire
On request- Greenphire Patient Payments$undefined/year
- Priced per study through a sales process
- Typically a platform fee plus per participant and per transaction charges
- Funding of the payment float is separate from the software fee
Which should you pick?
Choose Greenphire if
- You need clincard.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want direct to bank payment.
Questions people ask
- Is Aurelius or Greenphire better?
- Neither clearly leads. Aurelius starts at $49/month and Greenphire at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Aurelius or Greenphire?
- Aurelius starts at $49/month and Greenphire at On request.
- Does Aurelius or Greenphire run on more platforms?
- Aurelius runs on Web. Greenphire runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- 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 Greenphire is typically brought in for.
- What can Aurelius do that Greenphire cannot?
- Aurelius covers Research repository, Analysis board, Tagging, Insights and recommendations. Greenphire covers ClinCard, Direct to bank payment, Expense reimbursement, Travel and logistics.
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.
Greenphire: Is Greenphire still sold?
Yes, as Greenphire Patient Payments on the Suvoda platform. The independent website and social presence have been consolidated into Suvoda.
Aurelius: 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.
Greenphire: What is ClinCard?
The reloadable debit card Greenphire issues to participants. Greenphire Patient Payments was formerly known as ClinCard.
Aurelius: 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.
Greenphire: Does it publish pricing?
No. Pricing is per study and quoted through sales, and funding the payments themselves is separate from the software fee.
Aurelius: Is there single sign-on?
Only on Enterprise, along with IP allowlisting, Jira and advanced permissions. Everything below is quoted separately.
Greenphire: Can it pay participants outside the United States?
Yes, in more than thirty currencies, but the available payment method depends on the country.
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