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    PG Forsta HX Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe PG Forsta HX platform, the technology and research solution formed from the Forsta solution based on the combined (through merger) technology of Dapresy, Confirmit, and FocusVision, and later by the acquisition of Press Ganey in 2022, is a customer experience management solution featuring both forms and text analysis to understand the Voice of the Customer.N/A

    Qualtrics

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AQualtrics is software for advanced quantitative and qualitative research to design products that satisfy customers, increase market share, and build enduring brands. The platform brings sophisticated quant and qual research together with analytics in a single platform.

    $1,500

    per user/per year

    Pricing
    PG Forsta HX PlatformQualtrics
    Editions & Modules
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    Research Core 1
    1,500
    per user/per year
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    Pricing Offerings
    PG Forsta HX PlatformQualtrics
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Considered Both Products
    PG Forsta
    Chose PG Forsta HX Platform
    Forsta has a strong product functionality and performance. Integration capabilities are fantastic and it has strong customer focus. Pre-existing relationships also helped in cracking this deal. People at Forsta are helpful and customer centric. Although cost is not highly …
    Incentivized
    Chose PG Forsta HX Platform
    I think that Forsta is the right platform for companies that have professional data collection needs and not an unlimited budget. In addition, the managed services that Forsta provides seems superior to the other platforms. Customer service is lean but if you are using basic …
    Incentivized
    Chose PG Forsta HX Platform
    Simply put, Confirmit was able to handle the requests our clients gave us. Some clients are fine with a very basic survey tool, but others want to control the look and feel down to a 'T', and Confirmit was one of the only programs that could accommodate the range of requests we …
    Incentivized
    Chose PG Forsta HX Platform
    Survey Monkey doesn't hold a candle to it. Qualtrics has some amazing exporting and reporting tools but it's much harder to implement more complicated surveys, I still prefer Confirmit. Though, if you could integrate reporting tools similar to Qualtrics you'd be ahead of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose PG Forsta HX Platform
    Confirmit is the best overall functionality-wise. The other systems require custom scripting to do a lot of the things Confirmit does natively. Unfortunately, for my company, the cost of Confirmit was not worth the native functionality. All of these other systems are …
    Qualtrics
    Chose Qualtrics
    • Better than QuestionPro because it is more user friendly in creating the EDM's for the email distribution & 24/7 help desk is not available for QuestionPro.
    • Better than Medallia & SurveyMonkey because it has more analytics capabilities & more question types.
    • Better than Confirmit
    Incentivized
    Chose Qualtrics
    Qualtrics seemed easier to use and set up.
    Incentivized
    Chose Qualtrics
    ConfirmIT is far better than Qualtrics, however, bit costly when compared to Qualtrics
    Chose Qualtrics
    I've used Qualtrics and Confirmit and Qualtrics is FAR easier to get started with, more media friendly and a better environment for respondents
    Chose Qualtrics

    Vision Critical is known as a great panel management firm, but I was underwhelmed with their tool itself. Deployments were complicated, surveys required almost basic programming knowledge, and my team struggled with their reporting tool.

    Confirmit could do everything we wanted …

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    User Ratings
    PG Forsta HX PlatformQualtrics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (25 ratings)
    3.9
    (169 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    9.4
    (41 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (5 ratings)
    2.5
    (20 ratings)
    Availability
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    1.6
    (21 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PG Forsta HX PlatformQualtrics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PG Forsta
    They have done a good job at helping us maintain the integrity of the project while transitioning to a completely new platform. Our Voice of the Customer program happens to consist of multiple surveys within one "master" so I guess logistically it could be considered complex
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    Qualtrics
    Qualtrics is a good medium for creating surveys and getting analytics back for it. I think it's easy to learn if you are in the business of creating surveys or if it's part of your studies. It can be a little overwhelming for a brand new user who has never created a survey for the first time. So onboarding could be better.
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    Pros
    PG Forsta
    • Confirmit has a fairly shallow learning curve allowing someone with no experience to be able to create a simple survey with not much time invested in training.
    • Confirmit also has the flexibility to be used in very advanced ways. Whether modifying the display/page content's layout or modifying input types with jQuery, it is incredibly adaptable.
    • Confirmit (with v. 18) now collects data in a true SQL database which is far more robust and easy to administrate than some other methods of data storage.
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    Qualtrics
    • Qualtrics CoreXM is easy to use for quick one-time surveys or for measuring opinions over time
    • It's great for sending/managing RSVPs for meetings or other gatherings or to collect important data like Conflict of Interest declarations.
    • Qualtrics CoreXM's reporting and crosstab functionality is beefy and gets better all of the time. I'm always amazed at how easy it is to generate reports for sharing my survey response data and research.
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    Cons
    PG Forsta
    • Ensure correct data collection. This is Confirmit's main goal, and which sometimes fails to succeed.
    • Integrated data back-up service. It would be great if we could look at the data from a couple days previous.
    • Interactive layout creator. Current layout creator is really "squared" as we say, it needs more flexibility with all the incoming technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.
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    Qualtrics
    • The collaborate feature can be clunky and sometimes we have to remove access and add a person back in for them to see the survey in their lists
    • We have a contract through our university and more than one person has created their account in the wrong place, causing some administrative headaches as that is fixed so that we can collaborate on surveys with them.
    • I wish it was easier to organize my surveys into folders, there should be a more efficient way to do that.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PG Forsta
    From my point of view Confirmit has been a key tool in our organization. Without it we can't deliver what we do at this moment. Confirmit has proved that is a reliable, stable and easy to use tool. The few issues we found (as far as I know) were sent to Confirmit support team and fix them. Patching the product has been done faster and without large downtime of the product
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    Qualtrics
    I was impressed a couple years ago when two heads of market research at Fortune 500 companies told me about them, and I've been even more impressed with the advancements I've seen in the last year. I like where the company is headed, and I look forward to using them again in a future role.
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    Usability
    PG Forsta
    Confirmit is a very technical tool, it takes time for someone to get used to the interface, even when it could definitely be more intuitive or user friendly, this is part of Confirmit's strenghts that makes it one of the most robust data collection technologies out there.
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    Qualtrics
    All the menus are very user friendly and intuitive. I can always find exactly what I'm looking for and can change anything I need to with ease. All the elements of the survey are adjustable with very little effort and without confusion.
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    Support Rating
    PG Forsta
    The support team is responsive and I can tell that they are actually trying to help get to the heart of the issues before making us try every possible solution available. They ask the right questions and test things before coming back to us with proposals. I like the support team at Confirmit.
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    Qualtrics
    Whenever we have had an issue with trying to figure out how to do something (even though the documentation is incredibly well put together) we have asked Qualtrics support and have always received our answer nearly immediately (I think in maybe 10 times, only once did a support person need to call us back). Qualtrics support is dedicated to solving customer issues right, and in the first contact, if at all possible
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    Online Training
    PG Forsta
    No answers on this topic
    Qualtrics
    I still use it. It does everything you need an online survey to do. From heat mapping to complex skip logic and display logic. I use it weekly and it never disappoints
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    Implementation Rating
    PG Forsta
    Should let the professionals handle implementation, don't have only the operations team at your company do it.
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    Qualtrics
    I like being able to easily integrate new colleagues by simply giving them a log in user name and password
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    Alternatives Considered
    PG Forsta
    Forsta has a strong product functionality and performance. Integration capabilities are fantastic and it has strong customer focus. Pre-existing relationships also helped in cracking this deal. People at Forsta are helpful and customer centric. Although cost is not highly competitive but it comes close to value for money. Competitors have quite a few functionalities but there are additional charges levied for them.
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    Qualtrics
    ]Qualtrics] CoreXM is great if you want something that is a little more [long] lasting and impactful than a simple survey engine, but aren't quite ready for something that is a long term sustainable program. I would put [Qualtrics] CoreXM squarely in the large, defined project phase. CX is more of the program phase, and other lessor vendors are great for the pre-project definition phase
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    Return on Investment
    PG Forsta
    • I love Confirmit, the only negative is that my experience using any other program is always terrible in comparison.
    • I had Confirmit rep come into the office and was disapointed that they didn't have much informaton on how to use it as a researcher in marking research, perhaps employing more internal marketing researchers would help that.
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    Qualtrics
    • Increased productivity due to the highly intuitive user-interface and template saving capabilities.
    • Reporting and analytics are extremely valuable. Our team can track responses and share feedback/results extremely quickly.
    • If a user has created a great template, they can share to external teams quite easily. It helps other departments!
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