The Converge Platform

Built on decades of facilitation expertise, highly rated by participants, delivering strategic insights—powered by Converge.

Transform Your Qualitative Research

Our advanced platform combines enterprise-grade capabilities with intuitive design, enabling organizations to conduct sophisticated online focus groups and stakeholder research at scale.

Powerful Technology

Run larger groups with real-time engagement and AI-powered analysis

Enterprise Ready

SOC 2 Type II certified platform trusted by leading organizations

Proven Results

Gather deeper insights faster with proven research methodologies

Advanced Anonymity Features

Configure sessions with full anonymity, alias IDs, or real names—with settings preserved in exports. Moderators can adjust anonymity levels mid-session, enabling the candid feedback and balanced participation that drive better insights.

Feature Highlights

Realtime Results

True real-time processing delivers instant response visualization across all participants. See input, AI summaries, and data visualizations the moment they happen—enabling dynamic session flow and immediate insight generation.

Integrated AI Analysis

Our AI engine instantly processes participant input to identify key themes, generate visualizations, and enable natural-language data exploration. Ask questions about your session data and get immediate insights through our integrated AI assistant.

Multi-Language Session Engine

Enable multilingual sessions where participants engage in their preferred language. Automatic translation handles participant input, session content, and real-time captions—allowing facilitators to run seamless sessions across multiple languages simultaneously.

Comprehensive Activity Suite

Seamlessly combine multiple research methods—from brainstorming to rating and ranking—within a single session. Embed rich media in any activity and flow naturally between ideation and evaluation, with integrated data across tools.

Prepared for Insight

Export rich session data in multiple formats (Word, PDF, Excel, AI Synthesis) with automated analysis across multiple common sessions. Filter and generate comprehensive reports by combining data from related sessions into unified insights.

Use Cases

  • The Converge platform helped an education organization align its strategy, culture, and values. Through collaborative sessions, employees identified core values and assessed their importance for achieving the organization's mission. With four sessions conducted in a week, participants and executive sponsors provided exceptionally positive feedback.

    “The platform is great. Very easy to navigate and clear…I love the interactive work and seeing my colleagues’ feedback in real-time…engaging and thought provoking.”

  • A major healthcare insurance provider used Converge sessions to understand market preferences and differentiate themselves. Stakeholders including brokers, employers, and customers provided insights on the organization's purpose, messaging, and areas for improvement..

    “Super easy to interact. Fast. Loved the real-time results…it seems like my opinions mattered and were taken seriously…it felt like I could make my voice heard.”

  • A global advisory company used the Converge platform to gather insights from leaders across multiple countries for a global rebranding. Participants assessed the current brand, provided feedback on draft messages, and discussed implementation strategies.

    “Really like the platform and format…easy to understand and collaborate…platform was a great way to run a workshop--impressed.”

  • A Converge session brought together farmers and environmentalists in a Midwest state to find common ground and develop messaging for mutual support. The session identified shared interests and insights to help advocacy organizations communicate effectively. Participants also provided feedback on a message video.

    “I liked seeing all the different responses—it made me hopeful to see the level of concern and passion everyone showed…eye opening experience…quick pace and diverse participant responses.”

  • A major oil company gathered consumer insights to expand their automotive services. Participants assessed factors influencing their choice of service providers, provided feedback on the company's brand and reputation, and evaluated different names for the new service facility.

    “Straightforward, easy. Like the VOIP audio…it was simple and easy to get my point out there without feeling pressure…I thought it was a great wat to submit ideas.”

  • A major cruise line held four Converge sessions with its global HR team to assess resource readiness for a post-pandemic return to service. The sessions covered HR communications, skills development, workforce levels, and organizational culture. Participants identified improvement areas, and the results were analyzed for action planning.

    “This was a great session, I enjoyed the confidentiality of it…unique way to solicit feedback…easy, seamless process…love it!! Hope the company will do it next year.”

Enterprise Security

Converge is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant -- having had an independent assessment of security safeguards covering five total trust service principles (TSPs): security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. As part of the assessment, a cloud-based vendor hosts independent inspectors, provides them with documentation of controls, and allows their systems to be sampled and tested.

Today, the Converge Platform powers modernized focus groups for organizations in consulting, market research, and enterprise. By combining decades of facilitation expertise with innovative technology, Converge enables deeper insights and more strategic, data-driven decisions.

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