delosis.com

What It Is

Delosis Limited is a UK-based research technology company. Its core product, Psytools, is designed for data collection in academic, psychological, and clinical research. It is not a general-purpose survey SaaS platform; instead, it serves as a platform for cognitive assessment, psychometrics, longitudinal studies, and remote or in-person research workflows. Delosis can also build research portals, data dashboards, and public data discovery websites.

Core Capabilities

Psytools supports questionnaires, cognitive tasks, reaction-time-sensitive paradigms, and flexible task libraries. It can run on the web, desktop, tablets, mobile devices, and installable clients. Its standout feature is offline data collection: assessments can be completed without an internet connection and automatically synchronized once connectivity is restored. This makes it suitable for schools, home visits, rural settings, or cross-country research. Case studies include child longitudinal research, depression treatment studies, and multi-center research in India, suggesting that the platform is geared more toward large-scale, serious research infrastructure.

Pricing and Delivery

Pricing is relatively transparent: participant-based pricing starts at a minimum of 100 participants, with lower per-participant costs at larger scales; installation-based pricing is £750 per installation with no participant limit; small research packages start from £1,250, with a 40% discount available for students. Licenses are usually annual and include task implementation, secure hosting, technical support, and multi-platform support. Note that custom development beyond standard task implementation may incur additional fees, and final costs still need to be quoted based on research requirements.

Security, Deployment, and Support

The published compliance terms are fairly comprehensive: GDPR, DPA, data sovereignty, encryption in transit and at rest, ISO 27001 data centers, daily backups, data deletion, audit rights, data breach notifications, and authorization requirements for transfers outside the EEA. The infrastructure mentions Azure and Firebase, and supports online/offline use as well as web/client deployment, but self-hosting is not specified. Support includes email, a support portal, and a 99.5% SLA.

Pros, Cons, and Who It’s For

The strengths are deep experience in research scenarios, strong offline capabilities, detailed compliance design, and the ability to build custom portals. The drawbacks are that it targets vertical research use cases; details on self-service features, permission controls, public APIs, and integration ecosystems are limited; and there is no information about a free plan. It is well suited to universities, hospitals, funded research projects, and longitudinal study teams. If you only need standard business surveys, Qualtrics, REDCap, LimeSurvey, or domestic Chinese survey tools may be more appropriate.

Access from China

The official website does not disclose information about mainland China network performance, ICP filing, local payment methods, or Chinese-language support. Since the infrastructure depends on overseas Azure/Firebase, actual access stability should be tested. Cross-border research should also carefully evaluate data export, ethics review, and local compliance requirements.