Cognito Forms vs. Zoho Survey

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
Zoho Survey
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Zoho Surveys is a survey and form building platform with an intuitive interface able to build branched, logic-based surveys with collaborative capabilities.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cognito FormsZoho Survey
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Cognito FormsZoho Survey
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
Zoho Survey
8.3
8 Ratings
6% above category average
Survey templates8.02 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Themes7.02 Ratings5.08 Ratings
Custom logo/branding9.02 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.7
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Zoho Survey
10.0
8 Ratings
15% above category average
Changes to live survey9.01 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Question design help10.02 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Multiple question types10.02 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
10.0
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Zoho Survey
10.0
8 Ratings
18% above category average
Survey logic flexibility10.02 Ratings10.08 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
Zoho Survey
10.0
8 Ratings
19% above category average
Response tracking9.01 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Data export9.02 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Standard reports8.02 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Custom reports9.02 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Analytics9.02 Ratings10.08 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
Zoho Survey
10.0
7 Ratings
18% above category average
Access controls8.02 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Compliance10.02 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Zoho Survey
9.9
7 Ratings
20% above category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing9.01 Ratings9.95 Ratings
Respondent restrictions9.01 Ratings10.07 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(4 ratings)
10.0
(8 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cognito FormsZoho Survey
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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Zoho
Zoho Survey is everything you need in a survey platform. If you already have the Zoho One suite, it makes a complete replacement for Survey Monkey. I don't think anyone would need this app on a standalone basis, however, mainly because Zoho has a full suite of other apps you should be using on top of Survey.
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Pros
Cognito Forms
  • Cost effective.
  • Easy to use.
  • Safe.
  • Automates data collection.
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Zoho
  • Zoho Survey comes with a simple UI and the builder offers many different question types. Its strength may be in simpler or more basic surveys, but it is definitely intuitive enough to design a very in-depth survey. Publishing surveys is again a straightforward process and is easy to do.
  • The piping and logic features provide a better user experience for survey respondents, and are easy to configure within Zoho Survey. New features are always being added to Survey and the resources pages offer great detailed info on how to use the features of Zoho Survey.
  • The integration with other Zoho apps (Zoho CRM, Zoho Analytics, etc.) is a real strength. Zoho has ingeniously created an entire "operating system" for business that integrates all their apps so perfectly. For example, if you send a project survey to a contact you can view their response contextually within the CRM system. So basically, project managers can stay in the CRM and see all Zoho Survey responses from their customers.
  • Survey scoring is a great feature as well!
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Cons
Cognito Forms
  • I am happy with Cognito Forms. I have not found any issues.
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Zoho
  • I honestly can't think of anything wrong with it (on our end). It does what it needs, and I've never had any issues retrieving surveys received.
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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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Zoho
Zoho Survey is really easy to use. We've used Doodle and Survey Monkey in the past, and Zoho Social is just as easy, if not easier to use.
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Support Rating
Cognito Forms
quick and knowledgable
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Zoho
Zoho's support is always quick to respond and troubleshoot any issues
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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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Zoho
We went with Zoho Survey largely because we use other Zoho products. I did try SurveyMonkey and actually found it a little overwhelming in terms of how much customization you could do with it. Once back with Zoho Survey, having used other Zoho products, I was more comfortable with the way it worked (although Zoho's UI does have its quirks to get used to). Recommended for Zoho Users especially.
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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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Zoho
  • The results obtained have been great in relation to the saving of time and money that we have saved.
  • It's so simple to use, has allowed everyone in the organization to use it, which is great for the contribution that each partner offers.
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