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Cards to Sort

Dresses
Watches
Sneakers
T-Shirts
Sunglasses
Boots

Clothing & Apparel

Accessories

Shoes & Footwear

Free forever — no credit card
Enterprise features at $0 (vs $200+/mo for OptimalSort)
2-3x higher completion rates

How It Works

From zero to insights in under 10 minutes

01

Create Your Study

Paste your cards or pick a template. Choose open sort, closed sort, tree test, or survey. Done in under 5 minutes.

02

Get Responses on Autopilot

Share a link, recruit verified participants through Prolific (~$1.50 each), or generate AI test responses instantly.

03

Ship Better Navigation

Watch patterns emerge in real-time with dendrograms and similarity matrices. Export to CSV and share with stakeholders.

Instant Insights

Stop spending weeks on manual analysis

Traditional IA research means exporting spreadsheets and manually clustering data. CardSort gives you dendrograms, similarity matrices, and pattern recognition automatically — the same analytics enterprise tools charge $200+/month for.

  • Automatic pattern detection
  • Real-time results as responses come in
  • Dendrograms & similarity matrices included free
  • Export to CSV for deeper analysis
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Study AnalyticsLive
42
Responses
6
Clusters
89%
Agreement
Navigation
92%
Account Settings
84%
Help & Support
76%
Dashboard
68%
Participant RecruitmentProlific
Verified Participant
Completed4m 23s
Verified Participant
Completed6m 12s
Verified Participant
In Progress2m 45s
Verified Participant
Queued
~$1.50 per verified response10 free credits included

Built-in Recruitment

Get quality responses while you sleep

Stop begging colleagues to take your study. Our Prolific integration recruits verified, quality participants from a global panel of 200K+ — right from your dashboard.

  • Prolific integration — verified participants from ~$1.50
  • 10 free recruitment credits on every account
  • AI test responses to preview before you launch
  • Share your link anywhere — email, Slack, social
Get 10 Free Credits

Complete Toolkit

One platform for your entire IA workflow

Don't pay for four different tools. CardSort handles card sorting, tree testing, surveys, and participant recruitment in a single platform — with templates and multi-language support built in.

  • Open & closed card sorts, tree tests, surveys
  • Professional templates for every industry
  • Custom branding & multi-language support
  • Gamified experience — 2-3x higher completion rates
All study types included free
Open Card Sort
Discover how users think
Closed Card Sort
Validate your categories
Tree Test
Test your navigation
Survey
Gather deeper insights
Academic discounts available for educators & students

Success Stories

Real results from real researchers

47% better task completion
in 30 days

We redesigned our entire navigation based on CardSort data. Task completion jumped 47% in the first month — our best UX win this year.

Sarah Chen
UX Lead, Fintech Startup
10x faster research
vs. traditional tools

I used to spend 2-3 weeks on IA research with OptimalSort. Now I get better insights in 2 days. The Prolific integration alone saves me hours.

Marcus Johnson
Product Designer
92% completion rate
2x industry average

Our study completion rate went from 45% on OptimalSort to 92% on CardSort. The gamified experience isn't a gimmick — it genuinely gets better data.

Emily Rodriguez
Senior UX Researcher

Free Guide: Card Sorting for Better Navigation

Learn the proven methodology that helps product teams make navigation decisions backed by real user data.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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