Labvanced vs RealEye

Labvanced is a no-code platform for designing and running behavioral research experiments. Researchers use graphical tools to build studies and can collect millisecond-precise reaction-time measures and webcam-based eye tracking. Study elements include questionnaires, audio and video stimuli, mouse tracking, and real-time multi-participant sessions. Labvanced documents recruitment integrations including Prolific, CloudResearch, Sona Systems, Besample, Panelabs, Amazon Mechanical Turk, and Clickworker. Its desktop app can connect EEG systems, eye trackers, motion sensors, and wearables through Lab Streaming Layer, and can run locally without internet access; that app is available to group and departmental license holders for Windows, MacOS, and Linux Ubuntu. A Chrome extension enables controlled studies on live third-party websites while recording gaze, clicks, hovering, and scrolling. Labvanced says webcam eye-tracking video is not sent to its servers or experimenters by default. The free plan includes 300 MB of storage, 10 recordings, and one active recruiting link. Paid tiers list live chat, with some adding premium email support or onboarding. Labvanced was released in 2018 and is maintained by Scicovery GmbH.

RealEye is a cloud-based webcam eye-tracking research platform for building online studies, tracking participants, and analyzing results. Researchers can use images, videos, or live websites as stimuli, configure display settings, and add instructions and follow-up questions. The dashboard includes heatmaps, gaze and fixation analysis, Areas of Interest statistics, survey answers, and raw or processed data exports. A facial coding feature analyzes neutral, happy, and surprised expressions. External survey connections can redirect participants to services such as Qualtrics, Google Forms, or SurveyMonkey and pass participant identifiers through URL parameters. RealEye says webcam image and sound processing happens in the browser, and that it stores gaze-point predictions rather than webcam images or sound. It states that it is GDPR compliant and runs on AWS data centers in the United States. Participants using a researcher's own link need a laptop or PC with a webcam; smartphone tests are also offered. Basic costs $325 a month billed annually or $390 a month. Standard costs $825 a month billed annually or $990 a month.