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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Alchemer

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAlchemer (formerly SurveyGizmo) is an online survey tool that helps companies design surveys and collect and analyze data. Features include branding, logic & branching, mobile surveys, question types, and reporting.

    $55

    per month per user

    Lighthouse Studio

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASawtooth Software headquartered in Provo offers the Lighthouse Studio survey research tool as an advanced platform for Conjoint Analysis and MaxDiff. With it, users can create balanced experimental designs hand-in-hand with traditional survey questions.N/A
    Pricing
    AlchemerLighthouse Studio
    Editions & Modules
    Collaborator
    $55
    per month per user
    Professional
    $165
    per month per use (maximum 3 users)
    Full Access
    $275
    per month per user (maximum 3 users)
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    Pricing Offerings
    AlchemerLighthouse Studio
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing on small team plans.—
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    Features
    AlchemerLighthouse Studio
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Alchemer and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Alchemer
    8.0
    14 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Survey templates8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themes7.014 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding9.013 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Alchemer and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Alchemer
    9.3
    15 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Changes to live survey8.015 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Question design help10.014 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multiple question types10.015 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Alchemer and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Alchemer
    9.0
    15 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Survey logic flexibility9.015 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Alchemer and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Alchemer
    6.6
    15 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Response tracking7.015 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Data export6.015 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Standard reports7.015 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Custom reports8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics5.013 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Alchemer and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Alchemer
    10.0
    13 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Access controls10.012 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Compliance10.012 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Alchemer and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Alchemer
    10.0
    14 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Vendor-offered crowdsourcing10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Respondent restrictions10.014 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Jotform
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qualaroo
    Score6.1 out of 10
    Qualaroo
    Score6.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    QuestionPro
    Score10 out of 10
    QuestionPro
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AlchemerLighthouse Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlchemerLighthouse Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Alchemer
    SurveyGizmo works extremely well as a platform for receiving survey responses. As a survey/business analytics tool, the platform offers extensive options for customization and deployment of professional questionnaires. Our team has found SurveyGizmo to be extremely well suited for the modern administrative employee. Surveys are relatively easy to create, deploy, and manage responses in real time. Furthermore, monitoring / managing the results enables businesses to provide any necessary follow-up based on key results. Our team spends quite a bit of time testing out survey tools and have found SurveyGizmo to be a solid option for the needs of our team. Furthermore, we have recommended the platform to other departments within our organization that have uniquely different skillsets from our own. Overall, we see SurveyGizmo as a tool that can be used across most organizational teams if implemented with the specific user-experience in mind.
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    Sawtooth Software
    Anyone wanting to design and analyze advanced studies, particularly those that incorporate discrete choice modeling (such as MaxDiff and / or Conjoint) should be using Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio. The capabilities and flexibility offered by this platform for these choices is far beyond any other platform I am aware of. It is less appropriate where you need the survey tool to 'play well with others.' Two examples: 1) pulling in live data streams so they can be cleaned and visualized. 2) Integrating into any service where an API call is appropriate such as adding / removing people from a mailing list, incentive management tool, or qualitative community tool.
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    Pros
    Alchemer
    • Attaching images! Survey Gizmo makes attaching images from surveys a breeze. I've tried other popular survey tools and it can be difficult for users to submit images as part of their survey (e.g. some only allow 1 picture per question, whereas Survey Gizmo allows a range for you to select from)
    • Easy and intuitive survey building.
    • Pretty good out-of-the-box survey analysis.
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    Sawtooth Software
    • Powerful programming capabilities
    • Advanced analysis
    • Fantastic customer and technical support
    • Good documentation
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    Cons
    Alchemer
    • Duplicate protection needs improvement. Anyone who would like to start a survey and finish at a later time is unable to which limits total survey responses.
    • Password protection option can be a challenge when uploading spreadsheets with pre-populated data.
    • Logic and piping options for questions can be difficult when designing more complicated and in-depth surveys, which requires a lot of testing.
    • Follow-up surveys do not provide an option for survey takers to review their previous survey responses, which may provide less accurate data when comparing individuals across multiple surveys.
    • Would like the option to link surveys together in order to more easily track data from individuals across multiple surveys and save previous survey data.
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    Sawtooth Software
    • They could focus on integrating API type functionality
    • I would love if the data came out labeled
    • I am not a fan of the 'limited' time a study can stay up. This causes issues with longitudinal studies.
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    Usability
    Alchemer
    The feature sets, agility, and flexibility remain approachable and incredibly powerful. Support is also very responsive and top notch. Overall, with a bit of basic foundational skills, there are seemingly an unlimited number of use cases for which Alchemer can be leveraged.
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    Sawtooth Software
    It is incredibly powerful, very rhobust and has fantastic support. The only reasons I'm not giving it a higher rating are 1) There is a very steep learning curve when it comes to designing more complex studies. 2) It is difficult to get Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio to 'talk' to other systems as the Perl upon which it is built is not really designed to work with API calls, etc.
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    Support Rating
    Alchemer
    Every once in awhile, it is necessary to solicit support. On those occasions, support is extremely responsive and supportive. It has been my experience that [if] they can't walk you through the desired endpoint, they will take a look at your build and remedy for you.
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    Sawtooth Software
    I cannot explain how great the support team is. They are prompt and very thorough in their responses.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Alchemer
    I liked the interface for SurveyGizmo much more than Qualtrics. You knew a question was adjusted in SurveyGizmo and wouldn't change, but with Qualtric's interface, you had to refresh the account several times sometimes to ensure the question would work appropriately. Also, with SG, there were a lot of easier capabilities, such as changing missing values in bulk, required questions in bulk, etc.
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    Sawtooth Software
    While QuestioPro has the capability to build surveys and even do some advanced analysis, it is less powerful (and less intuitive) than Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio. It cannot handle studies with the complexity we are used to designing. The CMNTY Platform was initially sold to us as a combined Quant / Qual platform, but we found very quickly that the quant side of it is extremely limited.
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    Return on Investment
    Alchemer
    • It has always delivered on all our business objectives. I think that the reason why it's a bit [more] expensive than other providers.
    • It has helped us to optimize resources especially man hours involved in survey design.
    • It has been a valuable partner in almost all [of] our uses.
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    Sawtooth Software
    • Our business is survey data so we rely heavily on sawtooth
    • The advanced design and analytics are incredibly useful
    • Negative - I wish it would work natively with API calls
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