Dovetail
by Dovetail
User-research repository with auto-transcription used by UX teams.
TL;DR
User-research repository with auto-transcription used by UX teams.
Best for enterprise UX research teams centralizing customer interviews into a tagged, searchable repository. Pricing: subscription.
Category
Products
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
subscription
Platforms
Web
What it is
Dovetail is the UX-research repository used at Atlassian, Cisco, Canva, and others. Recordings auto-transcribe with speaker labels, then get tagged and clustered into insights. Transcripts and clip highlights are the unit of work across product and design teams.
Best for: Enterprise UX research teams centralizing customer interviews into a tagged, searchable repository.
Watch out for: Optimized for UX research, not academic qualitative coding; export of raw transcripts is plan-gated.
Watch out for: Optimized for UX research, not academic qualitative coding; export of raw transcripts is plan-gated.
Features
| Speaker diarization | Yes |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Dovetail vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Dovetail | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | subscription | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | Yes | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | — | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | Web | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to Dovetail
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