Altova SurveyMaker vs. Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altova SurveyMaker
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Altova SurveyMaker aims to make it fast and easy to design professional surveys on many devices: iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Windows computer, or any web browser.N/A
Lighthouse Studio
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Sawtooth Software headquartered in Provo offers the Lighthouse Studio survey research tool as an advanced platform for Conjoint Analysis and MaxDiff. With it, users can create balanced experimental designs hand-in-hand with traditional survey questions.N/A
Pricing
Altova SurveyMakerSawtooth Lighthouse Studio
Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
Altova SurveyMakerLighthouse Studio
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Altova SurveyMakerSawtooth Lighthouse Studio
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Altova SurveyMaker
9.7
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
6.5
1 Ratings
20% below category average
Survey templates10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Themes9.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Custom logo/branding10.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Altova SurveyMaker
10.0
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
9.0
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Changes to live survey10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Question design help10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multiple question types10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Altova SurveyMaker
9.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Survey logic flexibility9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Altova SurveyMaker
9.6
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
6.0
1 Ratings
31% below category average
Response tracking10.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Data export10.01 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Standard reports9.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Custom reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Altova SurveyMaker
9.0
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
10.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Access controls9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Compliance9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Altova SurveyMaker
9.5
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Respondent restrictions10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Altova SurveyMakerSawtooth Lighthouse Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Altova SurveyMakerSawtooth Lighthouse Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
Altova
For employee engagement, where you want to learn their complaints or business demands, Altova SurveyMaker will help you. Further, for a comprehensive market research, where clients are many and in different locations, Altova SurveyMaker will act as a suitable data collection tool. The analytical part is also well developed, as there are APIs, working in hand with the tool for reliable reporting.
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Sawtooth Software
Anyone wanting to design and analyze advanced studies, particularly those that incorporate discrete choice modeling (such as MaxDiff and / or Conjoint) should be using Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio. The capabilities and flexibility offered by this platform for these choices is far beyond any other platform I am aware of. It is less appropriate where you need the survey tool to 'play well with others.' Two examples: 1) pulling in live data streams so they can be cleaned and visualized. 2) Integrating into any service where an API call is appropriate such as adding / removing people from a mailing list, incentive management tool, or qualitative community tool.
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Pros
Altova
  • Altova SurveyMaker coordinates with APIs, and this integration is fruitful.
  • The program issues real-time feedback, as it's web based.
  • The tool has more than 200 templates, and they are editable.
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Sawtooth Software
  • Powerful programming capabilities
  • Advanced analysis
  • Fantastic customer and technical support
  • Good documentation
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Cons
Altova
  • The pricing plan is not favorable to the business starters; expensive.
  • The lack of a super speedy backup plan discourages us from using Altova SurveyMaker.
  • The response team, like customer help, is not speedy enough.
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Sawtooth Software
  • They could focus on integrating API type functionality
  • I would love if the data came out labeled
  • I am not a fan of the 'limited' time a study can stay up. This causes issues with longitudinal studies.
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Usability
Altova
Altova SurveyMaker is an active application, giving reliable survey results, and the coordination the program has with different apps makes it stable and reliable. The templates with the application make usage possible, as they have a guide and classes are also online. Altova SurveyMaker has advanced analytical options for statistical inferences and reporting.
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Sawtooth Software
It is incredibly powerful, very rhobust and has fantastic support. The only reasons I'm not giving it a higher rating are 1) There is a very steep learning curve when it comes to designing more complex studies. 2) It is difficult to get Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio to 'talk' to other systems as the Perl upon which it is built is not really designed to work with API calls, etc.
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Support Rating
Altova
Altova SurveyMaker support is not the best, but sometimes the customer help is ready to help. I would suggest that the developer establish better means of communication between the software users and the customer help or the technical department, so that when a challenge comes, an immediate solution is found.
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Sawtooth Software
I cannot explain how great the support team is. They are prompt and very thorough in their responses.
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Alternatives Considered
Altova
Altova SurveyMaker has an incredible way of designing questionnaires, giving us the chance of collecting the exact information we want. Altova SurveyMaker has almost 200 templates, and, luckily enough, there are editable, allowing us to learn as we do business. The convenience of Altova SurveyMaker is amazing, as it supports even live surveys.
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Sawtooth Software
While QuestioPro has the capability to build surveys and even do some advanced analysis, it is less powerful (and less intuitive) than Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio. It cannot handle studies with the complexity we are used to designing. The CMNTY Platform was initially sold to us as a combined Quant / Qual platform, but we found very quickly that the quant side of it is extremely limited.
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Return on Investment
Altova
  • Altova SurveyMaker acts as a major determinant of the decisions we make.
  • Altova SurveyMaker effectively communicates with our customers, creating a lead or a relationship.
  • Altova SurveyMaker, coordinating with different apps, ensures results we get from surveys are accurate.
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Sawtooth Software
  • Our business is survey data so we rely heavily on sawtooth
  • The advanced design and analytics are incredibly useful
  • Negative - I wish it would work natively with API calls
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