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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cognito Forms

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ACognito 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

    Mendix

    Score7.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Mendix is a low code platform-as-a-service offering with mobile and social extensions. Mendix was acquired by Siemens August 2018.

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    Pricing
    Cognito FormsMendix
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    1 user
    Pro
    $19
    per month 2 users
    Team
    $39
    per month 5 users
    Enterprise
    $129
    per month 20 users
    Free Edition
    $0
    Pro Edition
    1,250
    per month (billed annually)
    Enterprise Edition
    1,675
    per month (billed annually)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cognito FormsMendix
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Cognito FormsMendix
    Considered Both Products
    Cognito Forms
    No answer on this topic
    Siemens AG
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Cognito FormsMendix
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Cognito Forms and Mendix
    Feature
    Cognito Forms
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Mendix
    -
    Ratings
    Survey templates8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themes7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Cognito Forms and Mendix
    Feature
    Cognito Forms
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Mendix
    -
    Ratings
    Changes to live survey8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Question design help8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple question types9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Cognito Forms and Mendix
    Feature
    Cognito Forms
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Mendix
    -
    Ratings
    Survey logic flexibility9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Cognito Forms and Mendix
    Feature
    Cognito Forms
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Mendix
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    Response tracking9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data export9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Cognito Forms and Mendix
    Feature
    Cognito Forms
    9.8
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Mendix
    -
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    Access controls9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Cognito Forms and Mendix
    Feature
    Cognito Forms
    9.3
    3 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Mendix
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    Vendor-offered crowdsourcing9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Respondent restrictions9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Cognito Forms and Mendix
    Feature
    Cognito Forms
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    Mendix
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings9.39 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings9.49 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cognito FormsMendix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (66 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    7.8
    (14 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cognito FormsMendix
    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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    Siemens AG
    Mendix excels in scenarios involving Business Process Automation, making it a strong choice for applications requiring workflow automation, including processes like request approvals, document management, and other business workflows.Conversely, Mendix may be less suitable for projects that demand highly customized solutions with extensive custom coding. Its primary focus on low-code development may not align well with the requirements of projects that heavily rely on intricate and specialized coding.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    Siemens AG
    • We're able to really easily develop different views that are very specific to a customer's needs or customer's different types of user needs. So for example, the production managers can have a certain view that's relevant to them and then certain line managers can have views that are specific to them that allow them to run different scenarios which they define. So it allows us to easily build customized apps for each different type of user.
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    Cons
    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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    Siemens AG
    • Earlier versions lacked in UI/Ux. This is still improving.
    • Since everyone and anyone can create custom add ons (widgets), Mendix could improve their quality checks (but not as rigid as eg Apple).
    • Upgradeability used to be somewhat of an issue. Version 7 looks to be handling this better than previous versions.
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    Usability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    A 10 would say I have nothing to wish for. A 9 means I haven't seen anything better.This tool really helps you in the whole creation and maintenace cycle, so from requirements to building/modeling to testing to deploying to capturing feedback.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Siemens AG
    Response times are quick and you will get updates regularly about the status of your request. Even with very technical questions they have specialists that can help you with your problems it will give you an answer or help you with a work around.
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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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    Siemens AG
    Mendix would be my preferred system all the way. The system is designed for these kinds of works. I've worked with WP and DNN but they should be used just for websites. To create an app for a business value, I would suggest Mendix. Also, the offline capabilities of Mendix have greatly improved since the deployment of Mendix 7.13.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Siemens AG
    • It helps to speed up application development because of its low code by the fact that it's low code. It allows professional developers to focus more on specialized application development rather than the more routine application development that business IT and super users can do for themselves with some coaching from the IT department. So it's just allowing the more specialist professional developers.net, for example, Java in our organization to focus on more complex engineering application developments.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Agile Project Management: Collaborate. Manage. Iterate.Screenshot of Central App Management: Application Management Made Easy.Screenshot of App Store: Hundreds of building blocks to get you out of the gate.Screenshot of 1-Click Deployment: Efficient DevOps. Enabled.