SurveyMonkey vs. Zendesk Sunshine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SurveyMonkey
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SurveyMonkey provides free, customizable surveys, and a suite of paid, back-end programs that include data analysis, sample selection, bias elimination, and data representation tools. SurveyMonkey also offers large-scale, enterprise options for companies interested in data analysis, brand management, and consumer focused marketing.
$25
per month (billed annually) per user (starting at 3 users)
Zendesk Sunshine
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Sunshine is the foundation beneath Zendesk that can be used by customers to build their own customer engagement solutions. Sunshine can be configured to meet the user's business needs using its available apps, tools, and pre-built capabilities that fits the user's own systems. Sunshine uses open standards and common languages, so it’s easier to create a support platform from a modified Zendesk, that may better suit the organization's specific needs.N/A
Pricing
SurveyMonkeyZendesk Sunshine
Editions & Modules
Team Advantage
$25
per month (billed annually) per user (starting at 3 users)
Team Premier
$75
per month (billed annually) per user (starting at 3 users)
Standard Monthly
$99
per month
Individual Plan - Advantage Annual
$468
per year
Individual Plan - Premier Annual
$1,428
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SurveyMonkeyZendesk Sunshine
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
SurveyMonkeyZendesk Sunshine
Features
SurveyMonkeyZendesk Sunshine
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
SurveyMonkey
8.6
Ratings
8% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Survey templates9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Themes6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom logo/branding10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
SurveyMonkey
8.6
Ratings
1% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Changes to live survey7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Question design help9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple question types9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
SurveyMonkey
8.4
Ratings
2% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Survey logic flexibility8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
SurveyMonkey
10.0
Ratings
20% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Response tracking10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data export10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics9.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
SurveyMonkey
10.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Access controls10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
SurveyMonkey
9.9
Ratings
19% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing9.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Respondent restrictions10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SurveyMonkeyZendesk Sunshine
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.9
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SurveyMonkeyZendesk Sunshine
Likelihood to Recommend
SurveyMonkey really excels in the survey design aspect of the surveying process. They have so many different question types that you can use to create your questions. The analytics and reporting are basic but ok for those wanting simple insights into their survey answers. Their free plan should suffice for any business that needs the fundamentals of surveying - i.e. survey builder, sharing, and viewing answers.
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For growing technology-based companies, Zendesk Sunshine is the best ally to provide email and chat support. It supports various integrations and can provide exceptional service that is fully customizable for both the customer and the agents using Zendesk. It is not appropriate for small companies, and for companies with a very small customer base, it is a considerable expense after a customer base of at least 10,000 customers.
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Pros
  • SurveyMonkey's survey programming features are extremely intuitive. Someone who has never used it before can, with little direction or training, easily set up a simple - or comprehensive - survey in a matter of minutes.
  • Real-time reporting and analytics tools are extremely helpful to keep everyone involved informed on an ongoing basis.
  • Virtually any kind of question or answer format can be programmed into your SurveyMonkey survey.
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  • Customization and ability to create customer profiles
  • Easy integration with other tools and rich history of customer actions.
  • Provides a fully intuitive interface
  • Very good ways to analyze
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Cons
  • I think it's becoming pushed to the back-burner as more survey sites come out - it needs to come up with something to keep it more relevant as other survey sites are being more widely used.
  • Give more options to customize the look of your survey.
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  • There are some glitches when doing upgrades on information or data, sometimes
  • It is difficult to find tickets once they are solved, we could have a tracking of the most recent or solved tickets during the day.
  • The integration or merge with other tickets from the same client is not intuitive at all, there should be an alert that throws a match.
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Likelihood to Renew
Compared to other competitors in the market (including a few I've used internally), if you're looking for a survey application, this one does the job and it's quite inexpensive too. Considering the fact that it comes with a handy mobile application too (on iOS and Android), you also get flexibility thrown in the deal too.
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Usability
SurveyMonkey should suffice for most simple use cases to collect responses or feedback from clients. The templates that they offer are helpful as well as the guidance on question formulation. If you just need a stand alone software to distribute and collect surveys, then SurveyMonkey will meet your needs.
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Because it is a tool that we use on a daily basis and has provided confidence for the massive use that is given to it, it has also been the expected product, allowing customization and optimizing processes, saving us a lot of money and time. Definitely, the ability to track customers and the way to automate all customer support processes becomes totally easy and intuitive.
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Performance
still to many limitations for more complex surveys --skips, filtered questions, etc.
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Support Rating
I haven’t used the support function yet, but I have had colleagues that have and the issues they’ve faced have been resolved super quickly. They also have said the support people they have come in contact with have been extremely friendly. Those two things are what made me choose my rating
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Due to the implementation and the few issues that ha In summary, there are few times that we have had to use this functionality, but the help that Zendesk has provided has been of another level, complying with our standards and SLAs so as not to interfere in the operation or processes.ve arisen, it is a platform that provides a fast, intuitive and tailor-made service for each user.
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Implementation Rating
Implementation not required.
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Alternatives Considered
Outside of creating our own surveys, no other tools have been used outside of SurveyMonkey. I have heard of a few others but would not be able to provide an honest opinion due to my lack of experience working with them.
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Return on Investment
  • SurveyMonkey has a positive impact on our organization by allowing us to gain insight to our team through the 360 evaluations.
  • We have had positive ROI from our client polling questions which have directed new products or services that we offer.
  • The analytics were an awesome way to filter and export responses so that our management team could evaluate the information.
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  • Agility and improved response times
  • Improved customer relationship/engagement
  • Integration and tracking capabilities for customer growth phases.
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