AskNicely vs. Cognito Forms

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AskNicely
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
AskNicely in New Zealand offers their software application as a means of collecting real-time feedback from customers, touting integration with the CRM and automated workflows, the ability to integrate interaction data from popular tools and channels (e.g. Slack, Intercom, etc.), and boasting a satisfactory survey response rate superior to other survey tools.N/A
Cognito Forms
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Cognito Forms, from the company of the same name in South Carolina, is presented by the vendor as an easy-to-use online form builder, allowing anyone to create, publish, and manage forms, with free and paid plans. With it, users can create unlimited forms including registration forms, payment forms, and surveys without coding. Forms can be embedded directly into a website, and form submissions can be viewed from any device, any time.
$19
per month 2 users
Pricing
AskNicelyCognito Forms
Editions & Modules
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Free
$0
1 user
Pro
$19
per month 2 users
Team
$39
per month 5 users
Enterprise
$129
per month 20 users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AskNicelyCognito Forms
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
AskNicely
8.2
26 Ratings
2% above category average
Cognito Forms
8.3
4 Ratings
3% above category average
Survey templates8.526 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Themes7.921 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Custom logo/branding8.324 Ratings9.54 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
AskNicely
8.7
24 Ratings
2% above category average
Cognito Forms
8.7
4 Ratings
2% above category average
Changes to live survey8.819 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Question design help8.721 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Multiple question types8.514 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
AskNicely
7.9
19 Ratings
4% below category average
Cognito Forms
9.5
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Survey logic flexibility7.919 Ratings9.54 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
AskNicely
8.4
25 Ratings
3% above category average
Cognito Forms
9.5
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Response tracking8.925 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Data export8.522 Ratings9.54 Ratings
Standard reports8.323 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Custom reports7.918 Ratings9.54 Ratings
Analytics8.420 Ratings9.54 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
AskNicely
8.8
20 Ratings
1% above category average
Cognito Forms
9.8
4 Ratings
12% above category average
Access controls8.918 Ratings9.54 Ratings
Compliance8.715 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
AskNicely
8.4
14 Ratings
2% above category average
Cognito Forms
9.3
3 Ratings
12% above category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing8.15 Ratings9.53 Ratings
Respondent restrictions8.613 Ratings9.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
AskNicelyCognito Forms
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(26 ratings)
9.5
(6 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
AskNicelyCognito Forms
Likelihood to Recommend
AskNicely
AskNicely is well suited for surveying customers about how they are feeling about your product. This can be their overall feeling or after they have taken a certain action. E.g. used a particular feature. It's not designed for getting through customer feedback, rather gauging satisfaction. You will need to follow up with other survey methods for detailed feedback.
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Cognito Forms
It's excellent for small sets of forms, from simple to highly complex It's not good at scale. With over 170 forms now, we desperately need some way to manage and maintain shared content once Cognito does not help. Their approach is that you can copy a working form (great) and modify it to create the next one. That's how we've got so many forms...
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Pros
AskNicely
  • NPS Surveys - Easy to access and use and branded for our company.
  • Analytics - AskNicely provides simple and robust analytics for identifying trends in data.
  • Workflows - AskNicely uniquely provides automated workflows in response to NPS results. This means teams like customer success and marketing can spend less time reacting and researching and more time working to create programs that drive more business and improve our customer experience.
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Cognito Forms
  • New Hire Form - It announces the new hire and provides direction to several departments on their needs, computer, phone, security level, etc.
  • Terminations - We use it to shut off security, badges, computers, track phone, electronics, etc.
  • Temp Form - It provides an avenue to enter them into our payroll system for tracking hours, also, for the start and end dates.
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Cons
AskNicely
  • Integrations could always be another but they do a nice job getting Asknicely and CRM’s talking nicely to one another
  • I’d like to see more resources on how to take small businesses to the next level of CX execution using NPS and AskNicely
  • More, not fewer plan options
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Cognito Forms
  • It isnt the most user friendly if you have someone who isnt experienced
  • Learning curve is pretty high
  • Should be easier to customise the formatting
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Usability
AskNicely
No answers on this topic
Cognito Forms
We have been using Cognito Forms for over 5 years. We find it very easy use and it is part of the programs we use on a daily basis.
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Support Rating
AskNicely
No answers on this topic
Cognito Forms
Very friendly and helpful, but typically takes at least one day to respond. However, when they do respond they dive right into the specific form I ask about and tell me exactly how to fix what I need help with
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Alternatives Considered
AskNicely
We are still evaluating SurveyMonkey against AskNicely, but initial results would seem to favor the latter. For ease-of-use, flexibility, and easily accessible analytics, AskNicely wins on all counts. Both have robust outreach engines, and there are limitations and pros/cons on each application. It is at least a very competitive match up, and I would hesitate to besmirch one tool over the other. SurveyMonkey users would benefit from giving AskNicely a once-over, though.
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Cognito Forms
I have not used any other programs like Cognito Forms. I have been with my company for almost two years. I very much like the ease of this system and its capabilities. I like knowing everyone is using the same thing. I do not foresee us making any changes to our current use of Cognito Forms.
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Return on Investment
AskNicely
  • Ask Nicely is just for internal use and we don't monitor it in relevance to GMV
  • Ask Nicely is a good way to provide quantifiable goals in customer service which is often qualitative
  • Ask Nicely is a great way to follow up with all customers who have not had a good experience
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Cognito Forms
  • We've been able to get away from Word and pdf forms and build a functionality that is conditional on form content
  • The speed of getting a good-enough version up and running to meet an immediate business need is outstanding
  • The cost of improving a set of almost good-enough forms or propagating a change in business rules is depressing
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