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Can Gorilla Do What I Need?

Gorilla is the all-in-one platform for academic researchers to design and run experiments online, without having to touch a line of code. Our tools make it easy to build all kinds of studies, from simple surveys to complex stimulus-response tasks.

Have a read below to see if Gorilla can do what you need. If the answer is YES, sign up for an account and book a slot on our onboarding workshop to get started!


Can I easily build my questionnaire in Gorilla? YES!


Can I randomise the order of options, questions, and pages in my questionnaire?

Can I use skip logic to hide questions based on a participant's response?

Can I use display logic to show questions based on a participant's response?

Can I show participants their scores?

Can I allow participants to leave the questionnaire early?

Can I allow participants to switch back and forth between questionnaires?

Can I allow participants to stop and return to the questionnaire later?

Can I easily collaborate with students and colleagues?

Can I edit a pre-built questionnaire to get started faster?

Can I import my survey from Qualtrics to Gorilla?

Can I link up my Gorilla questionnaire to Prolific for participant recruitment?

Can I send my participants to another platform like Qualtrics and back to Gorilla?

Can I automatically stop collecting data when my quota is met?

Yes, Gorilla can do this.


Can I easily build my stimulus-response task in Gorilla? YES!


Can I automatically collect reaction time (RT) data?

Can I randomise the order of trials in my task?

Can I randomise participants to different conditions?

Can I reject participants who don’t meet my inclusion criteria?

Can I play and record audio and video?

Can I create a Go/No Go task that scores non-responses?

Can I have participants do a drawing task?

Can I have participants drag and drop images on the screen?

Can I show participants how far they are through the task?

Can I easily go back if I make a mistake building my task?

Can I save different versions of my task and easily switch between them?

Can I condition participants’ progression on their task performance?

Can I have complete control over the visual layout of my task?

Can I run a multi-part, longitudinal study?

Can I make a whole experiment without code?

Yes, Gorilla can do this.


Can I create custom functionality for more complex tasks? YES!


Can I do custom scoring of participants’ responses?

Can I create an adaptive task that changes based on participant performance?

Can I control when participants are able to respond?

Can I show participants a randomised subset of trials?

Can I assign points probabilistically for each trial?

Can I capture multiple responses on one screen?

Can I accept multiple different answers as correct?

Can I make only part of an image clickable?

Can I track participants' mouse movements?

Can I do webcam eye tracking?

Can I dynamically show and hide elements on screen during a task?

Can I make my tasks visually interesting using animations?

Can I run an experiment where participants interact live online?

Can I create a simulated online shop to study consumer behaviour?

Can I create my own custom functionality using code?

Yes, Gorilla can do this.


Can I do robust, accessible, open science online? YES!


Can I get good quality data online?

Can I let my participants use their mobile phones or tablets?

Can I control which devices participants are allowed to use?

Can I make my study fun and engaging for participants?

Can I collect data from anywhere in the world?

Can I display button text in languages other than English?

Can I easily test how my experiment will look on different devices?

Can I reward participants at the end of a study?

Can I be sure that Gorilla will meet my institution's privacy and data protection requirements?

Can I easily build a replication of a published study?

Can I have my students create an online experiment for an assignment?

Can I use Gorilla to teach online research methods?

Can I share my protocol and materials with the research community?

Yes, Gorilla can do this.


To find out more, sign up for an account and try it out for yourself, or attend our onboarding workshop for a quick introduction!