Pricing for research & institutions.
Universities, public agencies, and research programs don't buy software off a card — pricing is scoped to how your institution works. Here's how it's structured.
University & department licensing
Audience perception research, embedded in your department — for faculty research programs, individual courses, or student access at scale.
Department License
One department account with quarterly time for test design and report review.
Faculty License
Seats for up to 10 faculty running their own research, with group onboarding.
Course License
Student access for one course section — up to 30 students working with real perception data.
Department Student License
Student access across the department — up to 200 students, with facilitated workshops.
Public agencies & policy
Documented resident perception data for public decisions — defensible community input, in a form built to hold up in a council packet, a public meeting, and a grant application.
Engagement Study
One done-with-you community engagement study tied to a specific decision — public art, district identity, wayfinding, cultural-plan input. We design it, field it to residents, and deliver a policy-ready report.
Annual Program License
Year-round engagement for a commission — platform access, a done-with-you study to start, quarterly working sessions, and member rates on additional studies.
Citywide & Multi-Agency
Perception data as standard practice across departments — arts, planning, parks, economic development — with staff training and concurrent studies.
No RFP needed to start. The Engagement Study is priced to sit under typical municipal sole-source thresholds, so it can be bought on a quote.
Grant-fundable. Studies can be written into NEA Our Town, state arts council, and placemaking or CDBG applications as your engagement methodology.
You own the data. Your agency owns and may publish the findings. Individual resident responses are anonymized.
How buying works
A short conversation
Twenty minutes on your use case — who's running studies, how many people, what decision or research question it serves.
A scoped quote
Full pricing for your exact configuration, in a format that works for procurement, department budgets, or a grant application.
PO & invoice
We bill your institution the way institutions pay — purchase order and invoice, terms aligned to your fiscal year.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why isn't full pricing listed here?
Because institutional pricing depends on scope — a professor's research lab, a class of 30, and a citywide program are different engagements. We'd rather quote your actual configuration than make you reverse-engineer a grid. One conversation gets you exact numbers.
Do we run studies ourselves, or do you run them for us?
Either. University licenses are self-run with a Researcher in Residence supporting design and analysis. Public agency studies are done with you — we design, field, and report. Self-serve platform access is also available for staff who want to run their own.
Can this be paid from a grant?
Yes. Public engagement studies can be written into NEA Our Town, state arts council, and placemaking or CDBG applications as the engagement methodology. We'll provide the language your grant writer needs.
How do payment and billing work?
Purchase order and invoice — no credit card required. Annual terms can align to your fiscal year, and no multi-year commitment is required to start.
What's an APM?
An Audience Perception Map. It's what Constellations produces when you run a study—a visual map showing where your audience's perceptions cluster, align, or diverge.
Who owns the data?
You do. Institutions own their findings and may publish them. Individual participant responses are anonymized.
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