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How the pricing works

This is how the pricing is built: what is measured, what is not, and what separates the tiers. The figures are published in autumn 2026 — there are no numbers on this page yet, because an unfinished price list is worse than a missing one.

Why there are no figures yet

Two things must be settled before the price list is published, and neither is a question of price: the EU region for AI processing, and the transition terms for eDelphi users. Publishing before those would make the first negotiations fail for reasons that have nothing to do with the price. The structure is ready, and it is here.

What every tier includes

  • Unlimited panelists — panel size is not a pricing metric
  • Unlimited theses and rounds
  • Free viewer access: a team member who only reads does not consume a seat
  • All Delphi variations: argumentative, classical, real-time and barometer
  • Round 0 intake, dialogue and export to analysis (DAE)
  • Three languages for the panelist: Finnish, English, Swedish

What is measured

Two things: how many people run studies (seats) and how many studies run at once (active studies). The number of panelists is not measured, because panel size is a methodological choice — price must not steer it. AI usage is metered separately as credits, see below.

Five tiers

The tiers differ in three ways: how many people run studies, how many studies run at once, and what support you get. Moving between tiers requires no data migration.

Student
Studying, teaching and trying out
One person, one study at a time. Free.
Researcher
A dissertation or a single project
A couple of people, a few parallel studies. Email support.
Team
A research group or unit
A group of people, around ten parallel studies. A named contact.
Organisation
A department, an agency or a company
Dozens of people and studies. Data processing agreement (DPA), training, priority support.
Consortium
A university, a group or a consortium
No seat or study limit. Service level agreement, EU processing, the option of your own AI key.

Credits — making AI usage visible

AI panelists, Round 0 conversations and the coding of responses consume credits. Every tier includes a monthly allowance and more can be bought. The purpose of credits is not revenue but visibility and control: all AI cost is shown per study, and you can set your own ceiling. The AI cost of a single study is in practice a single-digit sum in euros.

Additional services

These are not included in any tier. They are method work rather than software — and so they are bought separately, when they are needed.

Method consultation
Panel and question architecture design
Analysis and reporting (the DAE pipeline)
Scenario work
Training day
Custom report template
Data migration from eDelphi

For eDelphi users

eDelphi.org stays in use, and Pronoia complements it now and will replace it later. Existing users have a transition path in which the data is migrated and the price rises in steps — the terms and the length of the transition are published together with the price list.

For non-profits

Universities, colleges and non-profit bodies have a published discount that appears in the price list and needs no negotiation.

Before the price list: the pilot

The first institutional customers come in as pilots: a reduced price in exchange for a named reference and a case description. If your study starts this autumn, this is the best way in right now — and it tells us what a price list cannot.

Ask about the pilot