Use Ballpark tests in Rally studies

Last updated: June 12, 2026

Rally integrates with Ballpark so you can run unmoderated tests through Ballpark while managing recruitment, incentives, and participant tracking in Rally.

How it works

Participants receive a Rally invite link and are directed to your Ballpark test. When they reach the end of the test and click the completion button, Ballpark redirects them back to Rally, which marks their status as Test Completed automatically.

Rally passes a redirecturi parameter to Ballpark when the test link is generated — no manual configuration is required on the Ballpark side for this to work.

Important: Rally tracks completions via the redirect that fires when a participant clicks the final button at the end of the Ballpark test. If a participant finishes the test but does not click through the completion screen, their status in Rally will remain Test Invited and they will not be marked as completed.

Set up a Ballpark test study

  1. In Rally, create a new Unmoderated Test study.

  2. When prompted to select a testing tool, choose Ballpark.

  3. In Ballpark, open your project and click Share to copy the share URL.

  4. Paste the Ballpark share URL into the Test URL field in your Rally study.

  5. Complete the rest of your study setup and publish when ready.

Note: Ballpark is available as a testing tool in Unmoderated Test studies only. If you use Ballpark for surveys, you'll need to set up an Unmoderated Test study type — see the considerations below before doing so.

Match Ballpark responses to Rally participants

Rally automatically appends a Participant ID to each participant's Ballpark test link. In Ballpark, you can use this to match test results back to participants in Rally.

To view Rally data in Ballpark:

  • Open your Ballpark results and go to the Columns menu.

  • Enable the Participant ID and Study ID columns to display Rally identifiers alongside your test data.

  • Use the Source column to confirm that a response came from Rally.

These attributes can also be filtered and exported from Ballpark alongside your test results.

Using Ballpark as a workaround for survey studies

Ballpark is not currently available as an option in Rally's Survey study type. Some teams run Ballpark surveys through an Unmoderated Test study as a workaround, but there are meaningful trade-offs to be aware of:

  • Participation limits are tracked separately. Rally enforces distinct governance limits for surveys and unmoderated tests. Running a Ballpark survey as an Unmoderated Test study counts against unmoderated test limits, not survey limits — which can affect who is eligible or blocked from future studies.

  • Participant history is recorded differently. Completions are logged as Unmoderated Test Completed, not Survey Completed. Properties like Last Survey Date and Total Surveys Completed will not reflect these completions.

  • The participant tracker shows different stages. Unmoderated Test studies use a different status pipeline than Survey studies, so the view in your study may not match what you'd expect for a survey workflow.

  • Study progress counts differently. Progress toward your completion quota is tracked using unmoderated test activity, not survey activity.

If accurate participation history and governance tracking matter for your use case, consider running your Ballpark survey as a custom link in a Survey study with manual completion tracking.

Recruitment options

You can recruit for Ballpark studies using any of Rally's standard recruitment methods:

  • Your own participant database — invite people directly from your Rally population

  • External panels — recruit through Respondent or other supported panel providers

Note: If you recruit through an external panel like Respondent, make sure the panel's participant IDs match what Ballpark receives. Mismatches between external panel IDs and Rally participant IDs can cause completion status not to update correctly. If you see participants showing as Test Invited in Rally but completed in Ballpark, contact Rally Support.

Send incentives

You can send incentives through Rally to participants who complete a Ballpark test, using the same incentive workflow available for other study types.