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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Alchemer

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AAlchemer (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

    PG Forsta HX Platform

    Score9.4 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
    Pricing
    AlchemerPG Forsta HX Platform
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AlchemerPG Forsta HX Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing on small team plans.
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    Alchemer
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    Press Ganey
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AlchemerPG Forsta HX Platform
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Alchemer and PG Forsta HX Platform
    Feature
    Alchemer
    8.0
    14 Ratings
    0% below category average
    PG Forsta HX Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Survey templates8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themes7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Alchemer and PG Forsta HX Platform
    Feature
    Alchemer
    9.3
    15 Ratings
    9% above category average
    PG Forsta HX Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Changes to live survey8.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Question design help10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple question types10.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Alchemer and PG Forsta HX Platform
    Feature
    Alchemer
    9.0
    15 Ratings
    7% above category average
    PG Forsta HX Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Survey logic flexibility9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Alchemer and PG Forsta HX Platform
    Feature
    Alchemer
    6.6
    15 Ratings
    21% below category average
    PG Forsta HX Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Response tracking7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data export6.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics5.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Alchemer and PG Forsta HX Platform
    Feature
    Alchemer
    10.0
    13 Ratings
    15% above category average
    PG Forsta HX Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Access controls10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Alchemer and PG Forsta HX Platform
    Feature
    Alchemer
    10.0
    14 Ratings
    21% above category average
    PG Forsta HX Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Vendor-offered crowdsourcing10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Respondent restrictions10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AlchemerPG Forsta HX Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    7.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlchemerPG Forsta HX Platform
    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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    Press Ganey
    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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    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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    Press Ganey
    • 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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    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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    Press Ganey
    • 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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Alchemer
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    Press Ganey
    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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    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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    Press Ganey
    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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    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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    Press Ganey
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Alchemer
    No answers on this topic
    Press Ganey
    Should let the professionals handle implementation, don't have only the operations team at your company do it.
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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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    Press Ganey
    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.
    Incentivized
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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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    Press Ganey
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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