Why Dscout customers are switching

Pogo: Built on
 Verified Buyers

Pogo runs surveys and AI-moderated interviews on 3M+ purchase-verified buyers, so your research starts with people you can confirm actually bought the product — not just people who say they did.

3M+ purchase-verified buyers / $470B+ in tracked transaction volume
Pogo AI Interviewer product screenshot showing an AI-moderated video interview with a purchase-verified buyer
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The structural difference: verified vs. self-reported

Diary-study and mobile-qual panels qualify respondents by self-report — what people say they bought. Pogo's panel is matched against real purchase and transaction records before anyone qualifies for a study, so findings are grounded in what people actually did.

3M+Purchase-verified shoppers
$470B+In tracked spend
1 in 150U.S. shopping trips

A side-by-side comparison

Dscout
Panel qualification
✓
Matched to real purchase and transaction data before qualifying
✕Self-reported — respondents describe their own behavior and purchases
Quant + qual in one platform
✓
Large-sample surveys and AI-moderated interviews on the same verified panel
✕Primarily qualitative (diary studies, in-context tasks); quant typically sourced separately
Speed to insight
✓
Studies typically field and report in hours to days
✕Diary studies run over a set collection window (often days to weeks by design)

Hear from leaders who choose Pogo

"Pogo enables us to engage verified customers and gain insights that drive smarter decisions."

Nick Swanson, VP, Business Insights & Analytics, ofi

"Pogo's breadth and depth of data is exceptional, I've yet to build an audience they couldn't find."

Jennifer Ng, GM, Advertiser Insights, The Trade Desk

"Pogo's blend of competitive basket-level spend signals, along with videos of consumers that humanize the data is a game changer (and a must have for any data-driven marketer)"

Joice Wirkus, SVP, Marketing, Pet Supplies Plus

Why teams choose Pogo over Dscout

01 · Verified buyers

Verified buyers, not self-reported claims

Most research panels qualify respondents by answering a screener, so anyone can claim to buy your brand to collect the incentive. On Pogo, every respondent is screened by real card, receipt, and location data before the study starts.

Pogo Audience Builder product screenshot showing verified-behavior audience segments
02 · Hard-to-fill audiences

Reach the buyers other panels can't

Low-incidence SKUs, a competitor's customers, category lapsers — that's where opt-in panels run dry. Pogo finds them by what they actually bought: brand, retailer, SKU, and frequency.

Pogo Audience Explorer product screenshot showing reachable audience segments
03 · Behavior + answer

The behavior behind every answer

Most tools give you the survey response. Pogo gives you the response and the verified purchase behind it — the receipt, the store visit, the brand switch — attached to the same person, in one study.

Pogo AI Research Agent product screenshot showing behavioral data behind survey answers
04 · Video interviews

Watch real buyers answer, in their own words

Talk to hundreds of verified buyers on video, in hours. Watch the full interviews, get instant reports, and share the highlight reels in your next deck.

Pogo AI video interview screenshot showing a verified buyer answering in their own words

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does Pogo verify its research panel?

Every Pogo respondent is matched to real purchase and transaction data before they qualify for a study. Instead of screening people on what they say they bought, we confirm it.

What data does Pogo actually use to verify a purchase?

Pogo matches respondents against real-world purchase signals — including credit and debit card transaction data, digital receipts, in-store visit data, and app usage data — before they ever qualify for a study. That's what "purchase-verified" means in practice: confirmed behavior across multiple data sources, not a single self-reported screener question.

How is Pogo different from a diary-study platform like Dscout?

Diary-study tools capture what people report about their own behavior over time. Pogo starts from a different foundation: every respondent is matched to real purchase data before they qualify, and you get quantitative surveys and AI-moderated interviews on that same verified panel.

Can I run both quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews on Pogo?

Yes. Pogo supports large-sample quantitative surveys plus AI-moderated qualitative interviews, all on the same purchase-verified panel — so quant and qual findings come from one consistent, trusted audience.

Can Pogo reach niche or hard-to-find audiences?

Yes. Because respondents are matched to real transaction data, Pogo can target specific buying behaviors down to sub-1% incidence rates.

How fast can I get results from a Pogo study?

Most surveys and AI-moderated interview studies field and report within hours to a few days.

How is Pogo different from a traditional qualitative research panel?

The core difference is what qualifies someone for a study. Most qual panels rely on self-report, while Pogo confirms real purchase and transaction data before anyone qualifies — which carries through to faster fielding, broader methodology in one platform, and confidence in who's actually answering.

See what purchase-verified data changes about your research

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