Synthetic Idea Pre-Screener vs. Screen It


 

  Synthetic Idea pre-screener Screen It
     
Use case Directional prioritization: an independent, consumer-informed signal to narrow a set of meaningfully different ideas before higher-confidence human research. For when you need a relative read, not diagnostic explanation. Best for high volume (30-300 ideas).

Narrow down a smaller pool of (10-60) ideas that need insight from human respondents to continue to develop and invest


 

After Synthetic Idea Pre-Screening or as the first testing step in the testing cycle (if you have less ideas or want higher confidence)

Built for the decision What ideas deserve further investment with human respondents?  What do we develop further? How to make it better before testing again
Input Abundance of product ideas and concepts (works from 30+), text only or text and image format Shorter list of ideas, concepts, names, messaging, flavors (~10-60 ideas, works from 2+)
Output/What you can do with the output

Directional ranking:

  • Concepts are ranked by purchase likelihood, ie. top 10%, next 30%, etc, and ranked.distinctiveness flag, 2-3 word positive/negative themes or tags.
  • For broad category audiences


 

A directional read for a broad category audience; cut a long list (30+) to a prioritized smaller list worth human testing. (Onto Screen It or Activate It). Best for distinct concepts, not close variants

More granular:

  • Ranked appeal/measure of choice
  • Optional scaled measures/KPIs
  • Granular heatmaps/likes & dislikes
  • Audience breakdowns


 

Allows you to understand which ideas perform better than others, why, with which audience segments, which ideas to take further and what  early optimizations to make

What is it not for
  • Doesn't answer "are these ideas strong enough to take to market"
  • Not suitable for optimizing an individual idea
  • Not for high-volume pre-filtering.
  • Not final validation. 
  • Directional-but-sequential, so not monadic/absolute reads.
Signal type Synthetic respondents > Directional consumer signal  Live human consumer insights > Higher confidence
Speed 15mins for <100 stims (up to 45min for 200+ stims) 4+ hours (live human respondents)