How Numerator and Pogo compare

Pogo vs Numerator

Pogo confirms buyers from card and debit transactions, receipts, and retailer-account data, then runs AI-moderated video interviews and Quant Surveys with those same buyers, in one study, with no project to commission.

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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Verified buyers you can actually interview

Pogo verifies the buyer from card and debit transactions as well as receipts and retailer accounts, then puts that buyer in front of you. You launch Quant Surveys and AI-moderated video interviews yourself, in the same study, and the interviewer asks follow-up questions until the reason behind the purchase is on the record. On Numerator, self-serve research is surveys with optional photo and video uploads; moderated interviews and focus groups run as a project with its research team. On Pogo, the why is self-serve.

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

A side-by-side comparison

Numerator
Hearing the why
✓
AI-moderated video interviews with hundreds of verified buyers at once, with follow-up questions, transcripts, and highlight reels
✕Self-serve surveys with optional photo and video uploads; moderated interviews and focus groups run as a project with its research team (NuQual)
How buyers are verified
✓
Card and debit transactions, receipts, and linked retailer accounts
✕Paper and email receipts, linked retailer accounts, and mobile app purchases
Quant and qual, same buyers
✓
Quant Surveys and video interviews on the same verified buyers, in one study you run yourself
✕Self-serve surveys (Verified Voices); qualitative work commissioned separately
Watching the buyer
✓
Verified buyers on camera, clipped into highlight reels and transcripts for your next deck
✕Photo and video uploads added to surveys; AI summaries of open-ended text

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 Numerator

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 self-reported 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

Is Pogo a good Numerator alternative?

Yes, for any study where you need to know why people buy. Pogo confirms buyers from card, receipt, and retailer-account data, then lets you run AI-moderated video interviews and Quant Surveys with them yourself, in one study. You get the number and the buyer explaining it on camera.

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.

Doesn't Numerator already verify its buyers?

Numerator confirms purchases through receipts and linked retailer accounts. Pogo confirms them through card and debit transactions, receipts, and retailer-account data, and every one of those buyers can be interviewed on video, by you, in the same study as your Quant Surveys. Verification is the floor. The interview is the difference.

How is Pogo different from Numerator Verified Voices?

Verified Voices is self-serve surveys of verified buyers, with optional photo and video uploads; moderated interviews and focus groups run as a project with Numerator's team. On Pogo you launch Quant Surveys and AI-moderated video interviews yourself, on the same verified buyers, and the interviewer asks follow-up questions. No project to commission.

Is Numerator's Nexa the same as AI-moderated interviews?

No. Nexa answers business questions in plain language from Numerator's existing data. It doesn't interview consumers. Pogo's AI interviewer talks to verified buyers on video and asks follow-up questions.

How long does a Pogo study take?

Interviews start coming back within hours of launch, and most studies are complete end to end in under 2 days. Watch interviews as they finish, then get a report and highlight reels.

Can I interview my competitors' buyers on Pogo?

Yes. Pogo builds an audience from what people actually bought, by brand, retailer, SKU, or frequency, so you can talk to a competitor's customers, lapsed buyers, or category switchers.

Know what they bought. Now ask them why.

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