10+ years
of experience
in UI/UX design
in UI/UX design
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UX research consultancy
Become a client
Your customers have hidden needs and pain points. We uncover them, shape them into your competitive advantage, and turn that insight into growth. Because knowing your customer isn’t just a strategy—it’s your revenue driver.
- Validate Before You Waste Money
Don’t build blindly. We can consult you on refining your product vision, validating market assumptions, and finding product-market fit—so you invest in what actually works. - Find the AI Advantage
AI is a game-changer. Our consultancy can pinpoint exactly where AI can accelerate your success and make your product indispensable. - Turn Research Into ROI
UX research isn’t an expense—it’s an investment that pays off. Get the insights you need to build a viable, scalable, and high-impact product. Need guidance? We’re here to consult you on UX research.
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$500M+
in funding secured
for our clients
for our clients
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120+
awards backing
our excellence
our excellence
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2015
founded, 10+ years
of experience
of experience
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San Francisco, CA
AI product design agency
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full-cycle product design
from user research to production-ready design systems
Among our clients:
Awards
& Recognition
& Recognition
Our team’s work was honored with most of the world-known trophies
120+
Awards won all time
CSS Design
Website of the year
Awwwards
Agency of the year nominee
The Webby Awards
The FWA
Awwwards
Red Dot Awards
Behance
the drum awards
How Can Our UX Research Consultancy Help You?
UX research isn’t just about users—it’s about aligning their needs with your business goals. Get the strategy, insights, and validation you need before investing in something that won’t pay off.
Save Time & Money
Stop wasting resources on guesswork. We help you define clear customer needs and create a roadmap that keeps development on track—so you avoid costly rework.
Maximize ROI
Building without market validation is like rolling the dice. We make sure your product resonates with real users, so every feature drives real value.
Accelerate Time to Market
Too many opinions and shifting priorities can slow you down. With a structured strategy and a team that keeps up with industry shifts, we help you launch faster—without the chaos.
Unlock More Growth Opportunities
Leverage insights from 600+ projects across industries to level up your product. Our consultancy helps you uncover game-changing features and build a product that doesn’t just compete—it dominates.
Our Approach to UX Research Consulting
Flexibility, personalization, and strong communication are at the core of how we work. No rigid playbooks—just a research process built around your objectives and challenges. We adapt to your needs, ensuring every step drives real value for your product and business.
Close Collaboration
We don’t work in silos. Our team partners with yours to validate ideas, refine strategies, and create actionable plans that align with business goals while delivering a UX people actually want.
Deep Industry Immersion
We don’t just study your industry—we embed ourselves in it. Our team blends domain expertise with fresh, out-of-the-box thinking to ensure every insight is both practical and innovative.
Custom Research Frameworks
No rigid templates. We meet you where you are—leveraging your existing research or starting from scratch—to build a research approach that’s efficient, effective, and tailored to your product.
Strategic Iteration
We don’t just hand you a report and disappear. Through ongoing collaboration and brainstorming, we test, refine, and challenge assumptions—helping you make smarter, faster, and more impactful product decisions.
Case studies
Projects with UX Research Consulting Applied
From Fortune 500 giants to fast-moving startups, our UX research consultancy has helped businesses hit their goals, scale faster, and maximize impact. See how UX research consultancy turns insights into real growth, better products, and higher conversions.
UX Research Consulting Services
Trust From Those Who Matter
Beyond metrics and case studies, we value the partnerships we build. Here's what our clients say about working with lazarev.agency
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"Lazarev is top-notch in what they do and they charge accordingly."
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"Their team helped our staff stay productive and focused on the deliverables."
Industries We Transform with Consultant Services
We don’t just follow industry trends—we help you set them whatever the industry. Our team brings cross-industry expertise and battle-tested strategies to give you the competitive edge, spark innovation, and drive real business growth.
Who we are and why teams like yours work with us
We exist for B2B teams under pressure to turn an AI roadmap into visible product usage, expansion, and a safer story in front of the C‑suite and investors. If design isn’t moving revenue, adoption, or retention, it’s decoration. We design to avoid that. Since 2015, we’ve shipped 600+ products and earned 120+ awards for work on complex, data-heavy tools: fintech platforms, AI copilots, decision engines, and vertical SaaS. Our work has helped clients turn “we have AI features” into “our customers actually use and pay for them.”
We started designing AI products in 2017, long before “AI-native” became a buzzword. With 30+ AI products shipped, we focus on the hard part most teams struggle with: making complex intelligence feel simple, trustworthy, and obviously valuable in a demo, a POC, or a QBR. We’re a 40+ person team of UX strategists, product designers, and analysts who treat design as a business function. Every engagement is anchored to the metrics you care about: AI feature adoption, activation and retention in key accounts, time-to-decision in core workflows, and upgrade/expansion tied to AI-powered plans.
120+
international
industry awards
industry awards
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600+
projects
successfully completed
successfully completed
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We operate on a simple principle: if you're not measuring design against business outcomes, you're wasting money.
What sets us apart from a typical agency or a single in-house hire is pattern recognition at scale. We’ve seen what works – and what quietly kills adoption – across hundreds of AI and data-heavy products. That lets us spot failure modes early, bring proven interaction patterns to your team, and reduce the risk that your next AI release is another unused toggle in a settings menu.
We start with research not because it’s “best practice,” but because designing without understanding your users, your market, and your revenue model is just guessing with nicer pixels. From there, we collaborate with your product, AI, and design leaders to define where AI should show up, how it should behave, and how to make it obvious, safe, and monetizable.
If you’re a Head of AI, Product, or an AI-native founder who needs AI capabilities to be seen, understood, and used now, not someday, we’re built to be that partner.
The Process Behind UX Research Consulting
We don't just gather data and compare against your data. We uncover the hidden drivers behind user behavior and turn that knowledge into actionable strategies that create real market impact.
Our process is tailored to what you need, so you’re in control every step of the way.
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Discovery & Analysis
We don’t offer advice without diving deep. We immerse ourselves in your business, users, and market. Every insight is carefully documented and turned into actionable steps that shape the direction of your product.
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Validation & Refinement
Forget waiting for big “Aha!” moments. We test early, test often, and refine as we go. We check our hypotheses against reality and share what’s working—and what’s not—so we don’t waste time or resources.
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Insights Transformation
Once the insights are validated, we help you turn them into clear product strategies. We work side by side with your team, ensuring every insight is translated into tangible results, backed by real user data. We make sure the next move is not just a guess—it’s a calculated step toward success.
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Design Implementation
We don’t just gather data—we can you shape design decisions based on that research. We back every UX decision by user insights and testing, ensuring your investment in research translates into measurable product success.
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FAQ
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How do UX research methods differ from traditional market research?
While market research focuses on broad trends and consumer preferences, UX research consulting dives deep into how users actually interact with your product. We observe behavior patterns, identify pain points, and uncover opportunities that users themselves might not articulate. Our qualitative research consultant’s approach combines insights from user interviews and usability tests with quantitative data analysis to provide a complete picture of the user experience. This helps teams make informed decisions about feature prioritization, interface design, and product strategy.
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When is the right time to engage a UX research consultant?
User research consultant brings value at any stage of product development, but it's most impactful when integrated early. Whether you're validating initial concepts, improving an existing product, or exploring new features, early research helps avoid costly mistakes and redesigns. Even successful products benefit from regular research to stay aligned with evolving user needs and maintain competitive advantage. The key is to view research as an ongoing investment in user understanding rather than a one-time project.
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How do you measure the success of UX research initiatives?
Success in UX research is measured through both immediate insights and long-term impact. Our ux evaluative research consultants track metrics like task completion rates, user satisfaction scores, and conversion improvements. But equally important are qualitative indicators: reduced support tickets, increased user engagement, and positive user feedback. We help teams define clear success metrics at the start of each project and implement measurement frameworks that track the real impact of research-driven changes.
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How do you ensure research insights actually translate into product improvements?
Our user research consulting bridges the gap between research and implementation by creating actionable deliverables tailored to your team's needs. Rather than lengthy reports, we provide clear design recommendations, prioritized improvement roadmaps, and specific usability guidelines. We work closely with your designers and developers to ensure insights are properly interpreted and implemented. Regular validation testing helps confirm that changes actually improve the user experience as intended.
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