Cognito Forms vs. Zoho Survey

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cognito Forms
Score 8.5 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
Zoho Survey
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Surveys is a survey and form building platform with an intuitive interface able to build branched, logic-based surveys with collaborative capabilities.
$9
per month
Pricing
Cognito FormsZoho Survey
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
1 user
Pro
$19
per month 2 users
Team
$39
per month 5 users
Enterprise
$129
per month 20 users
Basic
$9
per month
PLUS
$25
per month
Plus
$35
per month
Pro
$49
per month
ENTERPRISE
$75
per month
ENTERPRISE
$75
per month
ENTERPRISE
$75
per month
Enterprise
$109
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cognito FormsZoho Survey
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUp to a 30% discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
Cognito FormsZoho Survey
Features
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Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
8.3
4 Ratings
4% above category average
Zoho Survey
8.3
8 Ratings
4% above category average
Survey templates8.54 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Themes7.04 Ratings5.08 Ratings
Custom logo/branding9.54 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
8.7
4 Ratings
4% above category average
Zoho Survey
10.0
8 Ratings
17% above category average
Changes to live survey8.53 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Question design help8.54 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Multiple question types9.04 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.5
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Zoho Survey
10.0
8 Ratings
20% above category average
Survey logic flexibility9.54 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.5
4 Ratings
17% above category average
Zoho Survey
10.0
8 Ratings
22% above category average
Response tracking9.03 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Data export9.54 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Standard reports10.04 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Custom reports9.54 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Analytics9.54 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.8
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Zoho Survey
10.0
7 Ratings
15% above category average
Access controls9.54 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Compliance10.04 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.3
3 Ratings
15% above category average
Zoho Survey
9.9
7 Ratings
21% above category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing9.53 Ratings9.95 Ratings
Respondent restrictions9.03 Ratings10.07 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cognito FormsZoho Survey
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(6 ratings)
10.0
(8 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(5 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
  • 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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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
  • 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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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
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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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
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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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
  • 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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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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