Cognito Forms vs. Cvent Surveys

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cognito Forms
Score 8.9 out of 10
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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.N/A
Cvent Surveys
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Cvent Surveys (formerly Inquisium) is an online survey tool. Cvent's main offering is an event management platform. Cvent Surveys covers several survey use cases, including sample surveys, customer satisfaction & feedback, employee satisfaction & feedback, event feedback, and training & development. Features of the software include survey creation, survey templates, question types, and survey reporting. If you're looking for great online survey software or a feedback management platform, you've…N/A
Pricing
Cognito FormsCvent Surveys
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cognito FormsCvent Surveys
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Cognito FormsCvent Surveys
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
8.0
2 Ratings
2% above category average
Cvent Surveys
7.6
7 Ratings
3% below category average
Survey templates8.02 Ratings7.37 Ratings
Themes7.02 Ratings6.86 Ratings
Custom logo/branding9.02 Ratings8.67 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.7
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Cvent Surveys
8.5
7 Ratings
1% below category average
Changes to live survey9.01 Ratings8.96 Ratings
Question design help10.02 Ratings8.36 Ratings
Multiple question types10.02 Ratings8.47 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
10.0
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Cvent Surveys
7.4
6 Ratings
12% below category average
Survey logic flexibility10.02 Ratings7.46 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
8.8
2 Ratings
6% above category average
Cvent Surveys
7.9
7 Ratings
4% below category average
Response tracking9.01 Ratings8.27 Ratings
Data export9.02 Ratings8.37 Ratings
Standard reports8.02 Ratings7.47 Ratings
Custom reports9.02 Ratings7.47 Ratings
Analytics9.02 Ratings8.36 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.0
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Cvent Surveys
8.3
7 Ratings
1% below category average
Access controls8.02 Ratings8.47 Ratings
Compliance10.02 Ratings8.26 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Cvent Surveys
7.5
6 Ratings
8% below category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Respondent restrictions9.01 Ratings7.56 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cognito FormsCvent Surveys
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(4 ratings)
10.0
(12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(3 ratings)
8.9
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(3 ratings)
8.9
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cognito FormsCvent Surveys
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Cvent
Cvent Surveys is well suited for gathering post-event data from the audience. It has easy reporting and gives information from the audience that we would not normally have without speaking to each potential attendee separately. The program also allows us to collect data on flight information using sub questions for attendees.
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Pros
Cognito Forms
  • Cost effective.
  • Easy to use.
  • Safe.
  • Automates data collection.
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Cvent
  • Allows for the creation of chapters to easily manage different components of a survey that are targeted to specific individuals based on their program or contractual interaction with our company.
  • The canned reports available from within Cvent have proven most useful. We feel Cvent put a lot of thought into the most common operational types of reports that would benefit organizations without the need for producing adhoc reporting to meet the needs of creating valuable metrics.
  • The invitation process for uploading an invitation file is extremely easy. If automation is not feasible at the given time for the organization, having the ability to upload an invitation file and send out surveys is extremely intuitive and quick.
  • Training videos within Cvent have proven most effective when trying to solve a survey design problem. The videos are easy to locate and are very informative addressing all aspects of survey creation and design.
  • Templates from within Cvent are most useful. Though customization is great and part of Cvent, we have found from an IT perspective, that the numerous templates Cvent provides have alwayw proven to be the easiest way to get our requestors their Survey within a relatively quick turn-around time frame.
  • Email confirmation requirement. We feel this requirement within Cvent to insure that emails are being sent from a valid email address is crucial for our business from a customer satisfaction perspective, allowing our customers to realize the human factor behind the survey and as well as the ability to respond to individuals who reply to the survey invitation.
  • Configuration and design elements from both the survey and email perspective are both intuitive and quick to use. Cvent guides you through the design process from beginning to end.
  • Testing capabilities are incredible allowing for comments back to the development team as well as ease of importing or creating quick add respondents for assisting with the testing process.
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Cons
Cognito Forms
  • I am happy with Cognito Forms. I have not found any issues.
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Cvent
  • It was a little tough to find the correct survey report to print. Maybe make them a sub category at the top that has the breakdown for each type of survey.
  • Having the option to automatically pop up surveys after a session, but also allow people to click into too.
  • Giving incentives to filling out surveys. Feedback is key to have.
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Likelihood to Renew
Cognito Forms
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Cvent
Fortunately, the more integrated we become with Cvent, the easier it's going to get. As we've grown as an organization, we've also been able to launch additional events much easier with Cvent. My CEO wasn't too pleased with the addition of Cvent at first, but I definitely stuck up for our decision and it has paid off since
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Usability
Cognito Forms
Non calculated fields are easy to use. Calculations can be a nightmare to get working due to complex and unintuitive syntax, as a non-programmer
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Cvent
This program is so versatile to be able to do whatever is needed. There isn't a time that I have built a survey that hasn't done exactly what is needed. No matter how complicated the questions are, the data that is put out is easy for leadership to read and understand. That is what is needed. They shouldn't have to go through complex data and spend a lot of time trying to analyze it.
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Support Rating
Cognito Forms
quick and knowledgable
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Cvent
I have not needed to contact support before for this feature in Cvent. The support team for other features have been great though, so I will provide an answer for that. Cvent is on point with their customer care. They’re prompt and make sure the issue is fixed. They will also follow up with you to make sure everything is still working smoothly or if any additional help is needed
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Alternatives Considered
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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Cvent
I think Cvent surveys feel more secure. It is also a program that we are likely using for the event or meeting already, so it's nice to just use the same program for both things. Cvent surveys are an additional expense which isn't always ideal and can be a hard sell in comparison to other programs or just utilizing email
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Return on Investment
Cognito Forms
  • Safe us a lot of time doing client onboarding.
  • Use it for data collection for business plan info collection.
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Cvent
  • Increased employee efficiency is a true statement for Cvent. It is efficient for both clients and sales representatives.
  • It also has a faster lead conversion and notifies you as soon as a client has accepted a proposal.
  • I would not say it has any negative impact at our company whatsover. Thank you Cvent for working so properly.
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