Alchemer vs. FormAssembly

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alchemer
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Alchemer (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
FormAssembly
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
FormAssembly is an enterprise data collection and automation platform that enables organizations to capture clean, compliant data from the start. With the latest edition of the platform, FormAssembly Atlas, and its built-in AI assistant, Fai, forms and workflows build themselves, connect to Salesforce and other systems in just a few clicks, and ensure every record is structured, secure, and ready for automation or AI. In short, FormAssembly is designed to eliminate the manual work of…
$59
per month
Pricing
AlchemerFormAssembly
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)
Enterprise and Business
Contact for quote
Atlas Explorer
Starting at $59.00
per month
Atlas Team
Contact sales
Gov Cloud
Contact sales
Atlas Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlchemerFormAssembly
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing on small team plans.
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Community Pulse
AlchemerFormAssembly
Considered Both Products
Alchemer

No answer on this topic

FormAssembly
Chose FormAssembly
I still use Google for simple tasks, but FormAssembly really does it all.
Features
AlchemerFormAssembly
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Alchemer
8.0
14 Ratings
1% above category average
FormAssembly
8.9
31 Ratings
11% above category average
Survey templates8.013 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Themes7.014 Ratings8.428 Ratings
Custom logo/branding9.013 Ratings9.330 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Alchemer
9.3
15 Ratings
10% above category average
FormAssembly
9.3
30 Ratings
10% above category average
Changes to live survey8.015 Ratings9.622 Ratings
Question design help10.014 Ratings8.824 Ratings
Multiple question types10.015 Ratings9.430 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Alchemer
9.0
15 Ratings
9% above category average
FormAssembly
9.5
27 Ratings
14% above category average
Survey logic flexibility9.015 Ratings9.527 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Alchemer
6.6
15 Ratings
19% below category average
FormAssembly
8.2
30 Ratings
2% above category average
Response tracking7.015 Ratings9.129 Ratings
Data export6.015 Ratings9.128 Ratings
Standard reports7.015 Ratings8.021 Ratings
Custom reports8.014 Ratings7.320 Ratings
Analytics5.013 Ratings7.56 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Alchemer
10.0
13 Ratings
15% above category average
FormAssembly
8.7
27 Ratings
1% above category average
Access controls10.012 Ratings8.224 Ratings
Compliance10.012 Ratings9.225 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Alchemer
10.0
14 Ratings
22% above category average
FormAssembly
7.1
18 Ratings
13% below category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing10.07 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Respondent restrictions10.014 Ratings8.218 Ratings
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User Ratings
AlchemerFormAssembly
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(15 ratings)
9.8
(30 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(5 ratings)
9.5
(18 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.7
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AlchemerFormAssembly
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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FormAssembly
Our primary use case for FormAssembly involves using it for data intake into Salesforce. We've found that FormAssembly for the cost is the best and most flexible form builder on the market to allow us to quickly create and test forms to get data into Salesforce. We've even been able to accommodate quite complex logic in FormAssembly forms to process form data into actionable information internally. Outside of the specific Salesforce power-ups, I probably would not be as keen to recommend FormAssembly over other applications such as Google Forms. While we love the Salesforce connectivity, I would say there are other apps on the market that offer better options in terms of sharing settings, user validation, and overall look and feel of the forms.
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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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FormAssembly
  • It integrates well with Salesforce. It allows for bi-directional communication which is critical for our form. To provide the custom with a good UX, the form dynamically responds to their input, saves their choices as records in Salesforce and then puts in them in the next step in the process.
  • FormAssembly allows for custom scripts to be used (javascript, CSS and html). This has allow for our forms to align better with our branding and provide for a more robust and clean UX.
  • We can communicate from one form to another using dynamic url variables. Due to the complexity of our forms this is huge. It allows for our customers to input less, save their info in Salesforce and they stay in a natural workflow regardless of how many forms we need to incorporate.
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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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FormAssembly
  • we could always use more styling options when it comes to the form builder
  • in our past use of the form builder when adding attachments to a form, there was an upload limit of 35MB. It would be great if this limit was increased.
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Likelihood to Renew
Alchemer
No answers on this topic
FormAssembly
FormAssembly continues to meet our needs, and the product functionality continues to grow, providing us with new opportunities to utilize the software. We've built many forms and associated processes on FormAssembly. It would require a large effort to migrate to another platform. We have invested a lot of time in learning FormAssembly.
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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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FormAssembly
I've used FormStack and compared to FormAssembly it's connectors to Salesforce personally I think is much easier (Not sure if formstack had any changes since I've used them since 2019 only). I also like how it's easy to create new fields and easily map them to Salesforce and especially the calculated fields which really helps for creating assessment type forms for our clinical department.
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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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FormAssembly
While it's not a true development package and misses some features like ingestion of external data for lists, etc... the product is fast, stable, easy to use, and will suit the needs of anyone needing online form functionality with SalesForce and other connectors available for your marketing needs.
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Implementation Rating
Alchemer
No answers on this topic
FormAssembly
I didn't participate in the implementation.
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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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FormAssembly
When we were researching options 2 years ago, FormAssembly beat other form tools hands down based on Salesforce integration features. The ability to declaratively set up prefill and post-submission data connectors supporting complex hierarchical data relationships was huge there. We also valued the ability to authenticate Salesforce users on the form. This allowed us to ensure that only authorized individuals could make updates to their records (and not other people's records) via the form. Since we embed it so heavily into Salesforce, we often compare FormAssembly to Salesforce's native Visualforce and Lightning Component frameworks when deciding how to fulfill a data capture requirement. Unless something very custom is called for, we very often choose FormAssembly first for the flexibility it gives us to build and iterate in the early phases of a new program.
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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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FormAssembly
  • We used to use Joomla built-in forms on our site... oh wow, what an upgrade. FormAssembly is miles ahead. We've saved so much time - we get better, cleaner responses and our users don't have to waste time.
  • Updating our existing client records using FormAssembly is a godsend. It's super easy to direct our clients to the proper places.
  • We get creative, sometimes. We've built in a feature for our Excel reports that automatically pushes a response through FormAssembly, into SalesForce - so that when salespeople complete an Excel report, then can quickly/easily update SalesForce without logging into anything. Thanks for the workaround, FormAssembly!
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