Morae Usability Testing

One significant advantage of Morae is that it is priced competitively so both large and small organizations can easily deploy user experience testing - which has been the critical barrier to entry for the vast majority of customers who desire to deploy a user experience testing program.

Ashwini Meena,
Research Analyst
Frost & Sullivan October 2006

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Morae promises to lower costs and reduce complexity for researchers. But beyond these obvious benefits, the application offers intriguing possibilities for testers to extend their testing efforts into new areas.

Harley Manning,
Forrester Research

Nothing is more entertaining than watching Web designers and developers cringe when they see people struggle with their "baby" ... Morae let's you create an easily shared and packaged AVI to get the message across.

Eric T. Peterson, JupiterResearch

"Morae 2.0: WORTH A LOOK. Prior to this release, Morae was one of the best products available for carrying out software and website usability tests. These new features make it a five-star product."

David Travis, Usability News, April 2007

We found that Morae is an incredible tool and invaluable as part of the process of improving instructional lessons. Although TechSmith may have positioned this product for use by academics or software developers for quantitative and qualitative research, I see Morae becoming a common tool used by e-learning departments to improve their product before releasing it to learners. And once academics learn that they will no longer have to sit through hours of videotape, they too will agree that Morae deserves a four-star rating, Training Media Review's highest.

Jon Aleckson, Training Media Review,
October 13, 2005

One of the greatest advantages of having such a small footprint, portable usability testing solution, which requires no hardware outside of the tester computer, is that in many cases there is no need to call for an official usability test session, as the test can be run by real users while performing their daily tasks. Exactly.

As the Morae recorder can be installed (with the due licenses) on as many PCs as desired, a selected group of users within an organization or even at different geographical locations can be setup with recorder software set to start automatic recording each time a certain tool, software or website is accessed. This enables to have a much more realistic capture of data from real users and while they are actually challenged by real world situations: no data could be better than this for a usability specialist.

Robin Good, MasterNewMedia.org,
May 4, 2005

Usability testing needn't cost a fortune. Morae is a usability lab on CD-ROM; it's revolutionized our approach to usability testing.

Bryan Eisenberg, ClickZ, February 18, 2005

Morae provides everything they need to perform basic user experience testing and does so at a price far below renting a test lab or building their own. Once your network applications are delivered quickly and reliably it is time to take user satisfaction to the next level using Morae.

Thomas Powell, Network World Fusion,
February 7, 2005

Morae provides everything they need to perform basic user experience testing and does so at a price far below renting a test lab or building their own. Once your network applications are delivered quickly and reliably it is time to take user satisfaction to the next level using Morae.

Thomas Powell, Network World Fusion,
February 7, 2005

Morae... makes the process of event detection, recording, and management more efficient while also helping to capture the context of those events. It will perhaps be particularly attractive to those who do not have the physical space or budget for a conventional usability testing lab. Overall, I recommend considering Morae as a tool for usability testing.

Roger Chapman, Ergonomics in Design,
Fall 2004

Morae is a fully featured desktop application that requires minimal investment in new equipment. Its key benefits are a range of capture and file management capabilities, packaged in an intuitive interface. The ability to examine and mark user actions as well as reactions, make this a real time-saver for user research and analysis.

Meryl Enerson, Software Magazine,
October 2004

A new product's budget package offers usability analysis that won't break the bank or your testers' patience. And I'm inclined to agree-this is no video camera on steroids.

Rick Wayne, Software Development Magazine, October 2004

We have had a tendency to spare them the pain - and to sacrifice the gain - because connecting developers to users in this way has not often been practical. This new generation of tools aims to close that critical feedback loop, thereby helping developers figure out what ease-of-use really means to users.

Jon Udell, InfoWorld,
June 4, 2004

PC Authority, the ultimate technology magazine, gave code&data its Most Exciting New Product Award, which considered the product that most impressively showcases the latest technology and is sure to create great interest in the market. The award was for Morae, a digital solution which records and synchronises user and system data to enable better system and user interface development.

PC Authority, May 17, 2004