Cognito Forms vs. KeySurvey

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cognito Forms
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Cognito Forms, from the company of the same name in South Carolina, is presented by the vendor as an easy-to-use online form builder, allowing anyone to create, publish, and manage forms, with free and paid plans. With it, users can create unlimited forms including registration forms, payment forms, and surveys without coding. Forms can be embedded directly into a website, and form submissions can be viewed from any device, any time.
$0
1 user
KeySurvey
Score 5.6 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
Pricing
Cognito FormsKeySurvey
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
1 user
Pro
$19
per month 2 users
Team
$39
per month 5 users
Enterprise
$129
per month 20 users
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cognito FormsKeySurvey
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Cognito FormsKeySurvey
Features
Cognito FormsKeySurvey
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
8.3
Ratings
4% above category average
KeySurvey
8.8
Ratings
10% above category average
Survey templates8.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Themes7.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Custom logo/branding9.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
8.7
Ratings
2% above category average
KeySurvey
8.8
Ratings
3% above category average
Changes to live survey8.50 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Question design help8.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Multiple question types9.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.5
Ratings
14% above category average
KeySurvey
9.1
Ratings
10% above category average
Survey logic flexibility9.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.5
Ratings
15% above category average
KeySurvey
9.1
Ratings
11% above category average
Response tracking9.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Data export9.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Standard reports10.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Custom reports9.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Analytics9.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.8
Ratings
12% above category average
KeySurvey
8.6
Ratings
1% below category average
Access controls9.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Compliance10.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.3
Ratings
13% above category average
KeySurvey
8.2
Ratings
0% below category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Respondent restrictions9.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cognito FormsKeySurvey
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cognito FormsKeySurvey
Likelihood to Recommend
It's excellent for small sets of forms, from simple to highly complex It's not good at scale. With over 170 forms now, we desperately need some way to manage and maintain shared content once Cognito does not help. Their approach is that you can copy a working form (great) and modify it to create the next one. That's how we've got so many forms...
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I frequently worked with large numbers of survey recipients and the features that allowed me to cut and paste large lists of email addresses and features for checking email accuracy was helpful in speeding up the process of distribution. Also being able to customize and store various email templates in the tool saved time for repeated surveys.
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Pros
  • New Hire Form - It announces the new hire and provides direction to several departments on their needs, computer, phone, security level, etc.
  • Terminations - We use it to shut off security, badges, computers, track phone, electronics, etc.
  • Temp Form - It provides an avenue to enter them into our payroll system for tracking hours, also, for the start and end dates.
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  • Ease of use for distributing email to large quantities of recepients.
  • Exporting data for data evaluation and manipulation.
  • Customizing the types of questions and response scoring.
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Cons
  • We have families of forms with a mix of unique parts and common functionality. Cognito has no ability to copy a field or a section (set of fields) between forms. If you need to update the common functionality, you have to do it separately for each affected form.
  • It seems that the (large and impressive) functionality has outgrown the capabilities provided to manage sets of complex forms that exploit this functionality - such as copying and pasting between forms or being able to define a section in one place and have it appear in many forms (#include)
  • The documentation is incomplete - often have to discover how things work by trial and error
  • A spell checker for content would be nice!
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  • Based on our usage we didn't face issues using KeySurvey
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Likelihood to Renew
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The layout is easy to use and professional. We haven't identified missing functionalities.
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Usability
We have been using Cognito Forms for over 5 years. We find it very easy use and it is part of the programs we use on a daily basis.
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Support Rating
Very friendly and helpful, but typically takes at least one day to respond. However, when they do respond they dive right into the specific form I ask about and tell me exactly how to fix what I need help with
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We have had several moments when we needed the support (mostly it was when we were working on creating business logic for the survey and sometimes things didn't work as we expected them to). The KeySurvey support team was very friendly and helpful via chat and in case they couldn't solve the issue right at that moment, they always came back to us with a solution to our issue
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Alternatives Considered
I have not used any other programs like Cognito Forms. I have been with my company for almost two years. I very much like the ease of this system and its capabilities. I like knowing everyone is using the same thing. I do not foresee us making any changes to our current use of Cognito Forms.
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In terms of a business logic implementation, I think KeySurvey had the most extensive features. Granted, I haven't used a paid version of SurveyMonkey, but for our purposes, the customization KeySurvey offered us (implementing our corporate colors, fonts, and logos) was one of the best features and it looked professional. Also, the name "KeySurvey" kind of sounds better and more business-like for clients from enterprise companies.
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Return on Investment
  • We have used Cognito Forms in place of having to purchase a specific platform or software for Employee Engagement
  • We have used Cognito Forms for great surveys and found the reporting pretty good too
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  • We used it for the voting process for the board of directors and it was the most convenient way to do it (especially since the report has a timestamp and it was important for us since there was a strict deadline).
  • We could find out what our client liked or disliked during our meetings, events, or any other actions.
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