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| Surveys | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit |
| Responses | 25/mo | no limit | no limit | no limit |
| Email invitations | 100/mo | no limit | no limit | no limit |
| Address book contacts | 100 | no limit | no limit | no limit |
| Questions | 10/survey | no limit | no limit | no limit |
| Advertisements | never | never | never | never |
| Survey branding with your logo |  | | | |
| Secure 256-bit SSL encryption | | | | |
Collaborate with multiple survey designer accounts
To create surveys, send invitations, and browse responses | | | | no limit |
| Number of licensed servers (installs) | | | | 2 |
| Change the "From" email address display name | | | | |
| Change the "From" email address | | | | |
| Change the "From" name and address by organization | | | | |
| Remove 'Powered by' footer | | | | |
Generic domains
nsvey.net | | | | |
| Branding links with your domain name | | | | |
Custom branding of designer tool
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Multiple workgroups
Separate your users into distinct working groups (divisions, departments, teams, etc). | | | | |
| Modern look and feel | | | | |
| Feature-rich and user friendly | | | | |
| Web enabled with dynamic Behavior | | | | |
Portal for surveys and reports
Includes filters to quickly find survey invitations and prior responses | | | | |
| Microsoft ASP.net C# and AJAX technologies | | | | |
| Rich text/HTML editor for formatting text | | | | |
Use images in rich text editor
Allows inserting images in questions, reports, completion messages, email invitations, alerts, etc. | | | | |
| Print survey or generate PDF | | | | |
Branding of user registration, portal, login, and profile pages
Include company logo and name | | | | |
Assign short names for organizing data
Short names are available for surveys, questions, and report section elements | | | | |
| Integration with MailChimp | | | | |
| WebServices | | | | |
| Object API | | | | |
| Pre-loaded web application for fast initial access | | | | |
| Multi-language support | Trial
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| Designer/authoring tool available in English, French and Arabic | | | | |
| Spell checking for 34 languages | | | | |
| Ability to add new dictionaries to the spell checker | | | | |
| Take a survey in multiple languages | | | | |
| Auto-detect the user and survey taker default language | | | | |
| Set preferred language per user or organization | | | | |
Create a survey in multiple languages
Competitor products force you to copy the survey to create one with a diff. language | | | | |
| Create questions in multiple languages | | | | |
| Create question libraries in multiple languages | | | | |
| Customizable messages for each language | | | | |
Specify survey language in deployment URL
For surveys defined in more than 1 language | | | | |
Export and upload of translations
Through excel files | | | | |
| Survey setup | Trial
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Validate a survey for errors and omissions
Messages defined for all languages, dates, completion action, response options, etc. | | | | |
Copy and delete individual surveys
Within or across organizations | | | | |
| Delete a response or all responses for a survey | | | | |
Organize surveys into folders
Sort survey by folders | | | | |
Search for surveys
By survey, page, question or folder text | | | | |
| Archive old surveys | | | | |
| Filter surveys by folder and status | | | | |
| Export survey list to CSV file | | | | |
| Create a new survey by copying an existing one | | | | |
| Copy/move/delete individual pages within a survey | | | | |
| Copy/move/delete individual questions within a survey | | | | |
| Change all system messages by survey | | | | |
| Allow updates to surveys during data collection | | | | |
| Lock all responses by survey | | | | |
| Attach an existing template to a survey | | | | |
Attach a mobile template to a survey
Mobile device is detected automatically | | | | |
| Specify a header and/or footer for a survey | | | | |
| Assign an owner/administrator to each survey | | | | |
Assign privileges to a survey
Owner, designer, analyst, invitation sender, etc. | | | | |
| Limit the number of responses per survey | | | | |
Allow bulk data entry
Allow a user to enter data on behalf or participants | | | | |
| Restrict participants to invited persons only | | | | |
| Require participants to login when taking the survey | | | | |
Track participants
Anonymous, semi-anonymous, and identifying | | | | |
| Restrict the number of responses per participant | | | | |
| Allow participant to save and resume survey later | | | | |
| Limit the number of days for resuming a started survey | | | | |
| Filter responses by IP address | | | | |
| Track IP address of participant | | | | |
| Use cookies to track participants | | | | |
Manage the survey by status
Design mode, open or closed for responses | | | | |
Specify start and end date for a survey
Responses will be allowed only when survey is open | | | | |
| Show or hide the "Back" button on each survey | | | | |
| Show a wait splash screen at start of survey | | | | |
Allow participant to print survey and generate a pdf
Print can be specified by page or entire survey | | | | |
Define parameters and pass values to the survey
Used to track information, filter reports, in survey logic, or to show to participant in surveys, invitations or reports | | | | |
Customize URL with a short friendly deployment name
Embed survey in a web page (iFrame) or post link on website (popup or link) | | | | |
Short branded URLs using sub domains
http://MySurvey.NoviSurvey.net , http://MySurvey.MyOrganization.NoviSurvey.net | | | | |
| Save and continue later | | | | |
| White label surveys | | | | |
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Send an email to participant after completing the survey
Specify the body and the subject of the email | | | | |
| Send response by email when a survey is completed | | | | |
| Attach report PDF to completion email | | | | |
| Show a completion page with a custom message | | | | |
Generate PDF of answers to a survey from completion page
Configurable in the survey setup | | | | |
| Display a graphic image in completion page | | | | |
| Show link to a report in completion page | | | | |
| Forward to report | | | | |
| Show link to answers in completion page | | | | |
Specify an action when a user completes a survey
Forward to a website, forward to the portal, close the browser, etc. | | | | |
| Print/view response after survey completion | | | | |
| Display participant's score on survey completion page | | | | |
| Survey chaining using survey forwarding | | | | |
| Survey design | Trial
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Preview a survey during design mode
No responses will be recorded during survey preview | | | | |
| Option for single-page or multiple-page surveys | | | | |
| Include a title for each page | | | | |
| Include a different page introduction for every page | | | | |
| Add the name of the participant on every page | | | | |
| Randomize the question on a page | | | | |
| Merge and break pages within a survey | | | | |
| Copy, delete, and move pages in a survey | | | | |
| Preview a single page in the survey | | | | |
Hide/Show pages or questions using advanced logic
Conditions based on responses to questions, parameters, or participant information | | | | |
Skip pages logic/conditions
Skip to any page using conditions | | | | |
Add questions as well as visual elements
Visual elements include text, html, dividers, images, etc. | | | | |
| Easily choose question type with element chooser | | | | |
| Copy/move items to any other location within a survey | | | | |
| Import questions from libraries or other surveys | | | | |
| Number questions per page or per survey | | | | |
| Modify questions while data collection is in progress | | | | |
| Create sections of logically related questions | | | | |
Create table of content of sections
Participants can navigate to the section from the table of content | | | | |
| Track response time overall on the survey and on each section | | | | |
Specify section completion action
Go to the next section, the main menu, or the completion page | | | | |
| Control section access and completion through conditions | | | | |
Custom action per page through scripting
Through consulting services | | | | |
Custom javascript logic
Defined at the level of each page in surveys | | | | |
Search and replace
Replace any fragment of text in surveys, survey pages, or questions | | | | |
Filter list of surveys
By folder, deployment status, archival status | | | | |
Embed survey URLs in Microsoft Office applications
Word, Excel, PowerPoint | | | | |
Chaining of surveys
Route participants seamlessly from one survey to another | | | | |
Control the width of data entry widgets
Text boxes, drop down lists. Allows fine level control over the width of matrix questions. | | | | |
Quick survey navigation in preview mode
Disable question validation and jump to a page in the survey | | | | |
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| Multi-language question text | | | | |
| Style the questions text using a rich editor | | | | |
| Include a question short name and sub text | | | | |
Include a comment field for a question
Control the label text and set it as required | | | | |
| Question type preview/chooser | | | | |
| Extract query string data and use in question text | | | | |
Answer piping (including prior answers in the question)
Insert any answer from a previous question in the question text | | | | |
Advanced piping for question generation
Auto generate new questions based on the answers to previous questions | | | | |
| Chain generation pipes | | | | |
| Require an answer for a question | | | | |
| Specify a default value for any question | | | | |
| Ability to specify minimum and maximum answer values | | | | |
| Answer validation based on question type | | | | |
| Set the maximum length for an answer | | | | |
| Predefined sets of answers | | | | |
| Show video/multimedia content | | | | |
| Randomization of answers | | | | |
| Sort questions | | | | |
| Sort pre-defined answers | | | | |
| Required answers | | | | |
| Default answers | | | | |
| Allow a 'Not Applicable' option on required questions | | | | |
Allow a 'Other' option with comments
Users can add their own choice with comments | | | | |
| Add comment field to questions | | | | |
| Import answers from database | | | | |
| Change the question type without loosing typed text | | | | |
Custom validation through scripting
Through consulting services | | | | |
Dynamic on-page calculations
Show sum of values per row or per column in matrices | | | | |
| Question types | Trial
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| More than 100 question type variations | | | | |
Demographic question (Contact information)
Name, email, address, controlled state/province, user defined custom variables, etc. | | | | |
| Matrix (table) with randomized rows and/or columns | | | | |
Multi matrix - side by side segments
Segments can be of different matrix types | | | | |
Matrix - Numeric rating
Specify position, low and high values, invert ratings, make rating unique, etc. | | | | |
Matrix - Radio Buttons (single answer per row)
Randomize row and columns | | | | |
Matrix - Checkboxes (multiple answers per row)
Specify minimum and maximum number of answers | | | | |
Matrix - Drop down list
Specify a list of values to appear in a drop down list for each column in the matrix | | | | |
| Matrix - Free text | | | | |
Matrix - Numbers
Specify minimum and maximum values, restrict row and column sums, etc. | | | | |
| Matrix - Dates | | | | |
Multiple choice
Required, sort answers, randomize answers, other option, show instructions, etc. | | | | |
| Dropdown menu | | | | |
Radio Buttons
Horizontal layout with columns, vertical layout with number of rows, borders, etc. | | | | |
Checkboxes -single answer
Layout - horizontal with columns, vertical with specific num. of rows, borders, etc. | | | | |
Checkboxes - multiple answers
Specify minimum and maximum number of answers | | | | |
Date -Single
Specify minimum and maximum dates | | | | |
| Date -Multiple | | | | |
Number - Single
Specify minimum and maximum numbers | | | | |
| Number - Multiple | | | | |
On the fly formatting of numbers
Commas and decimal point added automatically as numbers are entered | | | | |
Constant Sum
All entered values should add up to a constant sum | | | | |
Text - One field, single line of text
Specify width and the maximum number of characters | | | | |
| Text - Multiple fields, single line of text | | | | |
Text - One field, multiple line of text
Specify width, height, and the maximum number of characters | | | | |
| Text - Multiple fields, multiple line of text | | | | |
Masked fields for common data
Phone numbers, US postal codes, Canadian postal codes, etc. | | | | |
Ranking
Stars, circles, squares, triangles, text boxes, maximum value, etc. | | | | |
Likert Scale
True-false, yes-no, agree-disagree, fast-slow, 1..5, etc. (over 30 choices) | | | | |
Image upload
Single or multiple files | | | | |
Generic file upload
Single or multiple files | | | | |
Page divider
Specify the length, thickness, and color | | | | |
HTML
Use our advanced HTML editor to get creative | | | | |
Image
Specify the alignment for the image | | | | |
| Video | | | | |
Message
Specify the alignment for the text an style using the rich HTML editor | | | | |
Captcha
Specify what characters are allowed and the length of the captcha | | | | |
Prompt in text boxes
Text in field disappears when the field is entered | | | | |
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| Survey branching/skip logic | | | | |
| Page conditions to hide/show page | | | | |
| Compound multi-level conditional logic | | | | |
| Set page conditions on each page | | | | |
| Assign multiple conditions per page | | | | |
Logical operators for creating page conditions
Greater than, less than, equal, not equal, contains, provided answer, regular expressions, etc. | | | | |
| Combine conditions to create powerful AND/OR logic | | | | |
| Unlimited number of page condition groups | | | | |
| Constrain the number of responses per survey and per participant | | | | |
Conditions on multiple types of data
Questions, response attributes, scores, parameters, participants | | | | |
| Question libraries | Trial
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| Create question libraries for reusable questions | | | | |
| Libraries can store questions for multiple languages | | | | |
Libraries can be public or private
Public libraries can be shared by other users | | | | |
| Import questions from and to libraries | | | | |
| Survey invitations | Trial
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Create one or multiple invitation groups per survey
An invitation group holds the email text and the list of invitees | | | | |
| Send invitations by language | | | | |
| Send invitations by email or paper | | | | |
| Specify send date and time | | | | |
Send invitation reminders
Specify the number of reminders of the days in between | | | | |
| Send invitation to a single person or multiple | | | | |
| Send invitation to an address list or multiple lists | | | | |
| Restrict invitation to the ones that have not been invited | | | | |
| Invite only those who did not respond previously | | | | |
Indicate how to count an invitation as responded
When email is clicked, a question is answered, or survey is completed | | | | |
| Email invitations in HTML format | | | | |
| Specify the subject and email body of the invitation | | | | |
| Specify a different subject and email body for reminders | | | | |
| Users can click on a link to decline a survey invitation | | | | |
| Users can click on a link to opt-out or unsubscribe | | | | |
| Each invitation will get a unique link | | | | |
| Add survey parameters to the invitation link | | | | |
| Copy, delete, activate an invitation | | | | |
| Email invitations to a filtered subset of email lists | | | | |
Summary invitation report
Show number of invitations, responded, opted out, declined, bounced, failure, etc. | | | | |
| Detailed report for a single invitation | | | | |
| Force re-send of a single invitation | | | | |
| Forward invitation replies to the invitation sender | | | | |
| Specify invitation 'from' field for each invitation group | | | | |
Decline and opt-out management
View, create, or revoke declines and opt-outs | | | | |
Tracking of undeliverable emails
Marks corresponding email addresses as bad | | | | |
Monitor release of invitations
Percent of initial invitations and reminders sent to date and the time for the next release | | | | |
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| Organize contacts into lists in an address book | | | | |
| Create, delete, and activate lists | | | | |
Export contacts from selected lists
Includes email bounce information if any | | | | |
| Combine and split lists | | | | |
| Add persons to the list one by one | | | | |
| Import a list of addresses from a file | | | | |
| Download list of updated contacts | | | | |
Load large contact lists
Contact lists with in excess of 100,000 entries are supported | | | | |
| Search lists for a specific contact | | | | |
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| Define one or more scores for a survey | | | | |
| Define a score derived from other scores through a formula | | | | |
Support for absolute values and percentages for scores
Both the absolute value and/or the percentage can be shown in reports | | | | |
| Specify a maximum value for each score | | | | |
Specify a reference value for each score
Allows the comparison of the score for a response to the mean score for all participants | | | | |
| Auto adjust scores for 'Other' and unanswered questions | | | | |
| Define a score to be absolute, percentage, or both | | | | |
| Assign points for each answer in a question | | | | |
Define a total score
The sum of all scores | | | | |
Provide and one or more interpretations for a score
Based on range of values | | | | |
| Add a comment and/or an image for each interpretation | | | | |
Show interpretation to participant
In completion page, email, or report | | | | |
| Create timer for each section in an assessment | | | | |
Show timer to participants
Timer can be set to increase or decrease | | | | |
Specify section timeout action
Terminate section, terminate assessment, go back to main menu | | | | |
Control access to sections based on conditions
Provides controls over the order in which the sections are filled in | | | | |
Specify the location of the section menu within the assessment
Supports contents above and below the section menu | | | | |
Show the status of each section in the section menu
Not started, in progress, or completed | | | | |
Submit a response directly from the section menu
Submit button enables when all sections are completed | | | | |
Include scores in reports, completion messages, and invitations
Supports formatting of the score name, value, and interpretation | | | | |
| Compute score average across a set of responses | | | | |
| Sort score values in reports | | | | |
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Create email alerts based on conditions
Conditions include the status of a response, answers, participants, parameters, etc. | | | | |
| Specify the subject and body of email | | | | |
| Specify the persons to receive the alert | | | | |
Include links in the alert email
participant's answers, name of the survey, name and email of the participant | | | | |
| Attach report PDF to alert | | | | |
| Look and feel | Trial
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Create professional looking surveys
Use templates to customize the look and feel of your survey | | | | |
Pre-defined survey templates
Copy and modify them to your liking | | | | |
| Built-in online survey templates | | | | |
| Easily updateable look and feel for each survey | | | | |
| Create, edit, and preview mobile templates | | | | |
| Create, edit, and preview survey templates | | | | |
| Edit, copy, delete, inactivate templates | | | | |
Auto convert a survey template to mobile template
Automatically resizes the browser widgets (checkbox, buttons, fonts etc.) | | | | |
| Easy to use template editor | | | | |
| Preview templates during design | | | | |
Add logos to any survey
Specify the position, left, right, center, with title, etc. | | | | |
| Specify alignment for page title and survey name | | | | |
| Specify survey alignment within browser | | | | |
| Specify the width and the margins of the survey | | | | |
Specify the colors displayed on any survey
Background color for pages, header, questions, error messages, links, etc. | | | | |
Display a border for the survey with shadow
Specify the width, color, and style of the border | | | | |
Change any of the corners to rounded
Specify the degree of roundness | | | | |
| Optionally display page numbers on each page | | | | |
Add question numbering or markers
Sequential numbers within page or survey, bullets, dash, hearts, etc. | | | | |
Specify fonts, weight, size, and color for all survey text
For survey name, title, introduction, question test and subtext, etc. | | | | |
Define the size, color, gradient of the rating shapes
Specify if half a selection is allowed | | | | |
Define the size, row color, border, selection for a matrix
Also define the type of separator for a multi matrix | | | | |
Display progress using a customizable progress bar
Show percentage or page completed, define bar positioning, color, etc. | | | | |
Customize buttons for survey navigation
Specify the type, color, texture, fill, shape, transparency, font, padding, corners, etc. | | | | |
Customize checkboxes and radio buttons
Change shape, color, border, size, etc. Useful for small screen mobile devices | | | | |
| Prevent scaling or zooming on mobile devices | | | | |
Specify custom CSS instructions
Use CSS 3 rule to supplement a template with custom look and feel rules | | | | |
| Responses | Trial
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| Browse and search responses by survey or participant | | | | |
| Owners can modify any response | | | | |
View response details including demographic data
Start date, completed date, time spent, language used, etc. | | | | |
| View, modify, delete any response | | | | |
| Mark any response as not completed | | | | |
Response audit trail
View history of changes for each response | | | | |
| Search for responses by any part of the data | | | | |
Export responses to a file
Formats for excel, csv, spss | | | | |
Apply filters to exports
Allows to export only responses that meet specific criteria | | | | |
Export responses in different formats
Demographic data, condenses values, include parameters, export scores, etc. | | | | |
Specify export content
Select specific questions and respondent fields, and apply filters to export data | | | | |
Export files attached to responses to a zip file
Images or generic files provided by participants in their responses | | | | |
Ability to save with every click in the browser
Every answer can be saved real time without clicking the next page button | | | | |
Bookmark the URL when responding to a survey
Allows participants to continue their response from a bookmark | | | | |
| Reporting | Trial
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| Create customized reports with graphs | | | | |
Run reports with real time data
Can run the reports real time while data is being collected | | | | |
| Edit, copy , delete, and run reports | | | | |
Export report to a flat file
Formats for excel, csv, spss, etc. | | | | |
Export files uploaded by respondents
Images and plain files exported in zip archive | | | | |
| Mark any report as public or private | | | | |
| Add a report title and subtitle | | | | |
Embed images in reports
Add you own logo or custom graphics to the title page or body of the report | | | | |
| Create reports that combine multiple surveys | | | | |
Auto add a survey summary to each report
High level summary with time distribution of answers shown at the beginning | | | | |
Include charts and graphs
Bar chart, pie chart, line graphs, radial chart, etc. | | | | |
Control the colors of the chart
Over 30 different color palettes are provided | | | | |
Customize the charts
Size, border, 3D, lines, labels, legend, number of data points, type of marker, segments, etc. | | | | |
Create reports with one or multiple sections
Each section can have one or more questions with its own data filtering | | | | |
| Copy report sections | | | | |
Compare sets of responses
Compare results from multiple choice questions or from scores | | | | |
| Ability to create crosstab reports | | | | |
| Report on all questions or selected questions | | | | |
| Report on survey participants | | | | |
| Report on a single response or all responses | | | | |
| Drop out analysis reports | | | | |
Show/hide summary statistics for each section
Show count, mean values, standard deviation, averages, etc. | | | | |
| Option to itemize each answer | | | | |
| Include "Partial" Responses | | | | |
| Show/hide charts by section | | | | |
| Show/hide textual answers | | | | |
Multiple Criteria Segmentation and Analysis
Filter responses by answers to questions, user attributes, survey parameters, etc. | | | | |
| Print report or generate a PDF | | | | |
Branding of report PDF
Title page, logo, header, and footer including page numbering | | | | |
| Export in an SPSS compliant format | | | | |
| Export survey questions and structure | | | | |
Concise reporting
Questions can be given short names | | | | |
| Secure access to reports through a login | | | | |
Dynamic response filters
Filters driven from values passed in the URL for the report | | | | |
Anonymous reports
Identifying information is removed from the report | | | | |
Pipe response data in report text
Supported for single response reports | | | | |
Show section response information in reports and exports
Completion status, date started and completed, total, response time. Applies to surveys that include more than one section | | | | |
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HTTPS access to both the survey tool and the surveys
Support for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) | | | | |
| Active directory / LDAP integration | | | | |
Mixed mode authentication
Through active directory or the system database | | | | |
| Single sign-on | | | | |
| Full security for users, roles, and privileges | | | | |
| Limit participants to specific IP address ranges | | | | |
| Secure login option for survey takers | | | | |
| Single or multiple responses per user | | | | |
| Prevent participants from updating responses | | | | |
| Option for each survey to make results public | | | | |
| SQL injection protection | | | | |
| Cross site scripting attack protection | | | | |
| User privileges augmentation attack protection | | | | |
| User password generation attack protection | | | | |
| Restrict login to only authenticated users | | | | |
| Configure login by email address or user name | | | | |
| Gather anonymous responses even with a secure login | | | | |
| User management | Trial
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| Separate surveys by group, division, department, etc. | | | | |
| Bulk upload of users | | | | |
| Custom data fields per user | | | | |
| Create, modify, and delete users | | | | |
Set security levels per user
Administrator, regular user, portal only, data entry, delete responses, etc. | | | | |
Ability for each user to modify their account information
Name, email, address, password, etc. | | | | |
| Automatically synch user data with Active Directory | | | | |