See How Decibe Works
These are examples of completed decisions. Each one shows the full flow: what the user typed, the questions Decibe generated, and the final recommendation.
What the user typed
Stay employed for now
Your answers reveal that financial stability and parental leave benefits are non-negotiable priorities right now. While your burnout is real, the timing of a freelance transition with a newborn introduces compounding risk. Your fast responses on security-related questions show deep conviction — this isn't fear, it's clarity.
Decision Path
Next Steps
- 1Have an honest conversation with your manager about burnout — request reduced hours or a project change.
- 2Build freelance income on the side for 6 months to test demand before committing.
- 3Calculate your 'runway' — how many months of expenses you have saved if freelance income is slow.
- 4Revisit this decision in 6 months when your family situation has stabilized.
Each bit represents one binary trade-off answer. This compact pattern encodes the user's full preference profile for this decision.
The 6 Questions Asked
What matters more to you right now?
Response time: 1.1s — strong conviction
How do you prefer your work-life boundaries?
Response time: 1.8s — strong conviction
When it comes to professional risk...
Response time: 3.2s — moderate certainty
What drives your career satisfaction more?
Response time: 5.2s — genuine deliberation
How would you handle a slow month with no income?
Response time: 2.1s — moderate certainty
Which describes your identity more?
Response time: 2.8s — moderate certainty
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Your data & privacy
What you type vs. what we store
Before your input reaches our AI or database, we automatically strip personally identifiable information — including combinations of details that could narrow you down (e.g., a specific job title + city + industry). Here's a real example:
What you type (with personal details)
“I'm Tom from Winterthur. Should I switch from my UBS account to Neon or Yuh? My wife Lisa and I pay about CHF 25/month in fees. Email me at tom.m@gmail.com.”
What we process and store (PII stripped)
“Should I switch to Neon or Yuh?”
We also strip quasi-identifiers — combinations of details that could narrow someone down even without a name:
You type
“I'm the Head of Compensation at a pharma company in Zurich. Should I accept an offer from a competitor?”
We store
“Should I accept a job offer from a competitor?”
A specific role + industry + city can identify 1–2 people. We generalize all three.
What gets stored in our database
The question you type is the only free-text input. Before it reaches our AI or database, all personal details are stripped and the text is generalized. Here's what that looks like:
You type
“I live in Zurich, Switzerland and I'm not sure if I should buy the MacBook Neo or an HP Desktop from Mediamarkt on Bahnhofstrasse. My budget is CHF 3,500.”
We store
“Should I buy the MacBook Neo or an HP Desktop?”
Everything else we store is structured data with no personal information:
| Data | Example | Kept |
|---|---|---|
| PII-stripped question | "Should I quit and go freelance..." | 24h |
| Answer pattern | 10·01010 | Anonymous, indefinite |
| Response times | [1.1s, 1.8s, 3.2s, ...] | Anonymous, indefinite |
| Device type | desktop | 24h |
| Your name, email, address | — | Never stored |
| IP address, cookies | — | Never stored |
What advertisers see
Ads on Decibe are contextual only— they match the topic of the decision (e.g., “laptop comparison”), not your personal data, browsing history, or identity. We explicitly disable personalized ads and tracking cookies.
Advertiser knows: “Someone is comparing laptops”
Advertiser does NOT know: who you are, where you are, what else you browsed
Read the full Privacy Policy for complete details on data handling, retention, and your rights under Swiss and EU law.
How to read a Decibe result
Every Decibe decision follows the same structure. You describe what you're deciding, and our AI generates a tailored set of binary trade-off questions. Each question forces a choice between two competing priorities — there are no “both” or “neither” options, because genuine trade-offs reveal genuine preferences.
The confidence score reflects how consistent and decisive your answers were. Higher confidence means your preferences pointed clearly in one direction. Lower confidence suggests genuine ambivalence — which is itself useful information.
The decision fingerprint is a binary encoding of your answers: each bit is one question, 0 or 1. Two people with the same fingerprint on the same decision would get the same recommendation.
Response timeis measured for every answer. Faster responses correlate with stronger conviction. Decibe factors this into the recommendation — a quick, confident “A” carries more weight than a slow, uncertain one.
Ready to make a decision? Try Decibe now — it takes about 60 seconds.