Dovetail
The AI-first customer insights hub for product teams
Founded
2017
Starting Price
Free
Category
UI/UX Design
Last updated April 27, 2026
About Dovetail
Dovetail is a research repository and customer insights platform that centralizes qualitative data from interviews, surveys, support tickets, and feedback channels. It uses AI to automatically transcribe, tag, and surface themes across customer conversations, helping product teams make faster evidence-based decisions.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Powerful AI-driven theme clustering saves hours of manual analysis across research sessions
- Centralized repository makes it easy to find past research and avoid duplicating studies
- Excellent video transcription with highlight reels for stakeholder communication
- Slack and Teams integration lets anyone query research data without logging into the platform
- Free tier is genuinely usable for individual researchers getting started
Key Features
Research Repository
Centralized hub for storing and organizing interviews, surveys, support tickets, NPS data, and other qualitative research in one searchable location
AI Theme Clustering
Automatically identifies patterns and themes across research data using AI, grouping related insights and surfacing trends without manual tagging
Video & Audio Transcription
Automatic transcription of research session recordings with speaker identification, timestamps, and the ability to highlight and tag key moments
Highlight Reels
Create shareable video clips from research sessions to communicate user insights to stakeholders without requiring them to watch full recordings
Insights & Reporting
Transform raw research data into structured insights with evidence trails, making it easy to connect findings to product decisions
Integrations
Connects with Slack, Teams, Salesforce, HubSpot, Jira, and calendar tools to pipe customer feedback directly into the research repository
Pricing
Free
Free
- 1 project
- 1 feedback channel
- Basic AI chat and summarization
- Core analysis tools
- No credit card required
Most Popular
Best For
Continuous Discovery
Maintain a living research repository that grows with every customer conversation, making it easy to spot evolving patterns and inform product roadmap decisions
Research Democratization
Give product managers, designers, and engineers self-service access to customer insights without requiring them to attend every research session
Voice of Customer Programs
Aggregate feedback from support tickets, NPS surveys, sales calls, and user interviews into a single view of customer sentiment and needs
Stakeholder Communication
Create compelling highlight reels and insight reports that translate raw research into actionable narratives for leadership and cross-functional teams
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