Choice-based conjoint and trade-off decisions
CBC Conjoint

Understand every customer choice.

Present realistic product alternatives and measure how customers trade features, brands, and prices. Then compare new product concepts before you launch.

Attribute ImportancePart-worth UtilitiesMarket SimulatorBootstrap StabilityIndividual UtilitiesSensitivity Analysis
OLS
Pooled + Individual
BTL
Market Simulator
400×
Bootstrap Resamples
R²
Model Fit
CONJOINT METHODS

Choose the right conjoint method

From classic CBC to adaptive tasks, menu building, and MaxDiff prioritization — each method extracts preference in a different way.

CBCMost popular
Choice-Based Conjoint

Respondents choose one option from a set of full profiles. Closest to real purchase behavior.

ACBCHigh precision
Adaptive CBC

Task difficulty adapts to each respondent's preferences, increasing precision with fewer questions.

MBCBundling
Menu-Based Conjoint

Respondents build their own bundle from a menu of options — ideal for configurable products.

MaxDiffFeature prioritization
Maximum Difference Scaling

Respondents pick best and worst items from small sets — excellent for prioritizing long feature lists.

Ratings do not reveal trade-offs

01Customers rate every feature as important, so the results do not reveal a real priority.
02You know which feature is preferred, but not what customers would give up to get it.
03Price decisions are being made without knowing how customers trade price against value.
04There is no reliable way to compare product concepts before launch.

CBC shows the trade-offs behind each choice and how preference changes across product concepts.

FROM SETUP TO FIELDWORK

Build the attributes. See the exact task respondents get.

No separate preview step — every attribute and level you add updates the task on the right immediately.

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CBC Conjoint Analysis

ConjointCustom tasks · min. 200 respondents

Attributes (min. 2)

3 attributes

Each attribute is one characteristic that varies across product bundles (e.g. "Price"). Each level below it is a value that characteristic can take (e.g. "$10", "$20"). Add at least 2 attributes, each with at least 2 levels.

1Brand×

Levels

1Brand A×
2Brand B×
3Brand C×
+ Add level
2Price×

Levels

1$10×
2$20×
+ Add level
3Quality×

Levels

1Standard×
2Premium×
+ Add level
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Task 1 of 8

Which option do you prefer?

Option 1

BRAND

Brand B

PRICE

$30

QUALITY

Standard

Option 2

BRAND

Brand A

PRICE

$20

QUALITY

Premium

Option 3

BRAND

Brand C

PRICE

$10

QUALITY

Premium

None of these
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Left: the attribute builder every CBC study starts from. Right: exactly what respondents see — same labels, same order, updated as you type.

FROM RESPONSES TO RESULTS

Choice utilities and product scenarios

Every figure below comes from one real example study — a laptop choice survey of 30 respondents, fit through the same engine your own data runs on.

Choice task design

Enter attributes and levels; balanced choice tasks are generated automatically, varied per respondent and checked for design efficiency.

Choice task 4 / 123 attributes · 9 levels
A
Brand A₩1,000,000512GB
Chosen
B
Brand B₩1,500,0001TB
Choose
C
Brand C₩2,000,000256GB
Choose
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Attribute importance

Decompose the choice into percentage contributions to compare the relative importance of each attribute.

Relative importanceTotal 100%
Brand
43.8%
Price
42.5%
Storage
13.7%
Interpretation
Brand drives 43.8% of the choice — the single strongest factor.

Part-worth utilities and WTP

How each level ranks inside its attribute — and what that gap is worth in money.

Part-worth · BrandImportance 43.8%
Brand A (ref)
0
Brand B
−2.0
Brand C
−3.9
1TB (ref)
0
512GB
+1.2
WTP · Brand C−₩1,026,186

Product and price simulation

Enter concepts and the logit model returns preference share, so you can compare price options before launch.

Share of preference3 concepts
Brand B · ₩1,000,000 · 256GB71%
Brand A · ₩2,000,000 · 512GB28%
Brand C · ₩1,500,000 · 1TB1%

* Logit-based share estimate assuming a market of only the entered concepts.

Preference segments

Latent class analysis identifies customer groups with distinct preference structures.

Segment insightLatent Class
36.7%
Segment 1
Driven mainly by price (36%); prefers ₩1,000,000.
All attributes ›
50%
Segment 2
Driven mainly by brand (36.2%); prefers Brand A.
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13.3%
Segment 3
Driven mainly by price (48.3%); prefers ₩1,500,000.
All attributes ›

Model fit and interpretation

Holdout hit rate and McFadden R² state the reliability up front, then the report generates the practical implications as sentences.

Model fit & conclusionsConditional Logit (MLE)
Respondents30
Observations720
Parameters6
McFadden R²0.515
Hit rate78.3%
1Brand drives 43.8% of the choice — the strongest factor.
2Brand A is preferred over Brand C by 3.9 points.
3Price (42.5%) is the second factor.
4The top concept wins 73.8x the share of the last.

A COMPLETE REPORT

See the full report from summary to conclusion.

The six cards above are fragments of this. Scroll the real output end to end, right here on the page.

CBC example — laptop choice · 30 simulated respondents
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IN THE REPORT

The value behind each choice

From attribute importance and level utilities to product simulation, every result is organized for product and pricing decisions.

Attribute importance

Compare how strongly each attribute contributes to customer choice.

Part-worth utilities

See which level of each attribute adds or reduces preference.

Spider / radar view

View the balance of attribute importance at a glance.

Bootstrap stability

Check whether the importance ranking remains stable across repeated samples.

Coefficient table

Review utility estimates with standard errors, p-values, and confidence intervals.

Significance flags

Identify which estimated differences are statistically meaningful.

Market simulator

Build product scenarios and estimate their relative preference share.

Multi-product comparison

Compare several product concepts side by side as their specifications change.

Individual utilities

Explore how preferences vary across respondents and customer groups.

Sensitivity analysis

Find which product change produces the largest movement in preference.

Design around real choices

Compare product concepts, understand trade-offs, and test how preference changes before launch.