You are not buying responses. You are buying minutes.
Research quotes usually arrive as one number with no explanation. PolitiMind prices fieldwork on verified respondent time, so the estimate can be reasoned about before anyone talks to sales. Three inputs, one range, and a straight answer on what moved it.
Price the minutes you are buying
Set the number of qualified responses, how long the questionnaire runs, and who has to answer. The estimate updates from the same engine that prices a live deployment.
Target qualified responses
Completed, verified responses — not invitations sent.
Solid topline precision with room for a few subgroup cuts.
Estimated completion time
Fieldwork is priced on respondent time. Set the minutes directly, or build the questionnaire and let us estimate.
Audience & geography
Who has to answer, and where they have to live.
500 qualified responses · 7 min each · Statewide · Standard demographic quotas. Before any plan discount or research credits, and before methodology or turnaround choices.
Modelled from typical incidence for this audience. Confirmed against live inventory at deployment.
Availability here is an estimate based on typical incidence, not a live inventory count. Final feasibility is recalculated against the verified pool at deployment.
Pricing model pricing_respondent_time_v1. The range widens with audience difficulty because incidence is only measured against live verified inventory at deployment. This is an estimate, not a quote.
How we price, in three lines
Fieldwork starts at $1.10 per verified respondent-minute. Responses × minutes is the whole base — no per-question fee, no setup fee.
Verified participants are compensated at $24 an hour of answering. Fair pay is an integrity control: paid attention completes carefully.
Harder audiences take more invitations to fill. That shows as one explicit adjustment, not a negotiated markup. Turnaround, methodology, and plan economics live in the full calculator.
Need turnaround and plan economics?
The full calculator adds field speed, methodology add-ons, plan discounts, research credits, and an itemised amount due to launch.