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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dovetail

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Dovetail, headquartered in Sydney, aims to enable the world to create better products and services through deep customer understanding. Dovetail states they empower 45,000+ people, from agencies to universities to Fortune 100 companies, to make sense of their customer research in one collaborative research platform.

    $0

    for a single individual, channel, and research project

    Usabilla (discontinued)

    Score5.6 out of 10
    N/AUsabilla was a web and app survey tool, developed by the Amsterdam company of the same name, and acquired by SurveyMonkey in March of 2019. The product is no longer available.

    $49

    per month

    Pricing
    DovetailUsabilla (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    for a single individual, channel, and research project
    Professional
    $15
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per year
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DovetailUsabilla (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing on the Professional plan.
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    Community Pulse
    DovetailUsabilla (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Dovetail
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    45 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    32 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    DovetailUsabilla (discontinued)
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Dovetail and Usabilla (discontinued)
    Feature
    Dovetail
    -
    Ratings
    Usabilla (discontinued)
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Survey templates00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Themes00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding00 Ratings7.94 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Dovetail and Usabilla (discontinued)
    Feature
    Dovetail
    -
    Ratings
    Usabilla (discontinued)
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Changes to live survey00 Ratings7.94 Ratings
    Question design help00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Multiple question types00 Ratings7.94 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Dovetail and Usabilla (discontinued)
    Feature
    Dovetail
    -
    Ratings
    Usabilla (discontinued)
    6.9
    4 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Survey logic flexibility00 Ratings6.94 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Dovetail and Usabilla (discontinued)
    Feature
    Dovetail
    -
    Ratings
    Usabilla (discontinued)
    5.8
    4 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Response tracking00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Data export00 Ratings5.54 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings5.54 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
    Analytics00 Ratings5.54 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Dovetail and Usabilla (discontinued)
    Feature
    Dovetail
    -
    Ratings
    Usabilla (discontinued)
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Access controls00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Compliance00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Dovetail and Usabilla (discontinued)
    Feature
    Dovetail
    -
    Ratings
    Usabilla (discontinued)
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Vendor-offered crowdsourcing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Respondent restrictions00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    DovetailUsabilla (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
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    Jotform
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Optimal
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Qualaroo
    Score7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Optimal
    Score8.5 out of 10
    QuestionPro
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DovetailUsabilla (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (50 ratings)
    2.1
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.7
    (49 ratings)
    2.1
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    1.9
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DovetailUsabilla (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dovetail
    Well suited for: A product team with one FT person dedicated to research and operations to ensure the DT stays up to date, since its automated connectors are not that robust for lower plans. Eg., Salesforce doesn't work great without an enterprise plan, and you have to use outside automated workflows to feed in data from other sources of user feedback (e.g., Google Docs, Sheets). An enterprise team with more engineering time to dedicate to customizing their user research workflows.
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    Discontinued Products
    If we could select 0/10 we would... We would not recommend anyone using this product as it excludes a very important user group, disabled users. If you use this product you will be failing ADA and WCAG 2.1 (EU Directive for public sector websites and mobile apps). In my opinion, you will be vulnerable to lawsuits.
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    Pros
    Dovetail
    • I really like the User Interface, how easy it is to have all your research data in one project and how visual it is to understand where are things. It does have a good User Experience.
    • I like how nice and easy it is to create categories or use the ones auto generated as a starting point. It is very easy to create a color coded set of categories that help make sense of the data.
    • I like how easy it is to see the video snippet of a specific highlight.
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    • Continuous feedback such as CSAT or NPS score.
    • Monitors feedback trends on recurring surveys through analytics dashboard.
    • In context, in the moment data rather than during a follow up survey.
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    Cons
    Dovetail
    • As mentioned up top, the contextual errors that occur in AI analysis.
    • Your IA and discovery routes were better before; this overhaul was unnecessarily complex and frustrating to navigate.
    • I find assigning names clunky. Batch uploading data, or even agentic API plugins for drive or user testing, would make this more seamless.
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    • Styling and positioning of the 'Feedback' button could be improved with more options provided. Right now it seems very basic.
    • Triggered surveys and popups would also benefit for more styling and control over how the survey is presented to users. Sometimes it can be hard to match your brand to the out-of-box options available. I've seen more flexible versions of this in other providers.
    • Notifications of negative feedback (delivered via email) could be improved. We like to try and take immediate action and the notifications haven't always made this possible. I'd also like to see more notification options added to triggered campaigns and surveys.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dovetail
    Because we are really happy with the tool and it’s capabilities at the moment. The price increase is the main issue we can have but the features are getting better and better. It really saves a lot of time for our team and allow us to collaborate more efficiently with certain stakeholders that often did not réalise how much research we conduct. Now they can just have a look to it by themself!
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    Usability
    Dovetail
    it is relatively intuitive but it does take some practice to get used to the platform and understand the capabilities and limitations. There are also times that we have run into issues where the people we are sharing reports with either cannot view them or access is not provided. Additionally, the ability to export any of the video clips or snippets has created some frustration since we want to include the great findings that Dovetail helps put together, but need to bounce between screens or share after-the-fact rather than embedding it directly into a readout deck.
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    The interface to configure the questionary is quite easy to use. It helps to give autonomy to marketing teams. Once the initial setup is made (integrating a basic javascript code on your website), you can easily deploy any questionary on any page of your website. Usabilla is a very flexible tool overall.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Dovetail
    I’ve never had any access issues with Dovetail, so I don’t see any problems in that area.
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    Performance
    Dovetail
    Regarding performance, I would say it’s satisfactory. Adding data and transcriptions is really fast and efficient, and can be done in the background, so I’m never hindered by these aspects. However, all the new AI-generated features are still somewhat slow to run. It’s nothing major, but it should improve in the future.
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    Support Rating
    Dovetail
    Support was good, especially when it comes to the capability of your support agents and engineers. But as i am located in Europe, the difference in the time zone made it hard to communicate with your offices and kept my work way back
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    Discontinued Products
    If we could select 0/10 we would... If Usabilla were to fix their accessibility issues we would consider keeping our subscription to them, but as it stands this does not seem possible as Usabilla does not seem interested in making the platform accessible.
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    Online Training
    Dovetail
    The training went very well, and we co-built it to really address our needs. I also think it was beneficial to have feedback coming from someone other than myself (since I manage the tool), as it helped reinforce the points I wanted to highlight. The team’s feedback on the training was very positive.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dovetail
    We looked at a few other options, Marvin and Reforge Insight. They were both pretty cool platforms that operate largely or entirely on AI, but neither quite fit our needs. Reforge Insight was cool, but it did not have all the features we needed from Dovetail, and switching to Marvin felt like a massive undertaking. We have so much data in Dovetail that the "cost" of leaving feels monumental. Besides, Dovetail fits our needs right now.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    I have Hotjar, Sprig, and Usabilla in my workplace. Usabilla unfortunately has the most limited feature set of the 3 options. The difficulty of administering a Usabilla survey on mobile is a big blocker for my projects. Sprig and Hotjar both allow mobile and allow video recordings (either of a user's screen or a user's webcam for impromptu interviews).
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Dovetail
    It’s very expensive, and we use a lot of features in beta. I think we could also be rewarded for our usage and frequent feedback on the tool.
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    Scalability
    Dovetail
    Management is quite straightforward; it’s easy to change access if certain stakeholders need to use it. The repository features are accessible to all teams, making it a good entry point into the tool. The more people use it, the more powerful the tool becomes, so it seems truly scalable to me. The limits are more financial, in terms of accessing additional features.
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    Return on Investment
    Dovetail
    • Having a centralized research space is a game changer. Makes it so much easier to hand over research if working with new people and have system in place (using the templates). Saves so much time. We don't have hard numbers on the hours saved but we are much more efficient using Dovetail than without.
    • The tagging system in general is amazing and allows for consistency in topic marking. This was non-existent for our team before Dovetail and now we can do much more granule reports with exact # of times something was said with accuracy.
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    • Positive - gave us more insight into our user's journey post purchase.
    • Positive - let us know what problems our users were having with our account portal through moment of truth surveys.
    • Positive - gave us numbers to show to leadership that quantified the digital customer experience.
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    ScreenShots

    Dovetail Screenshots

    Screenshot of an automate workflow with AI: Agents track every customer signal and act on what’s important before they turn into problems.Screenshot of an example of an automated transcript with structured note-taking that anchors insights in the voice of the customer. This uses AI-powered Chat and Search to offer instant answers grounded in data—whether it is in Dovetail, Slack, or Teams.Screenshot of the AI Dashboards that help spot risks before they escalate, act on new opportunities.Screenshot of the dashboard to connect Dovetail to an existing tech stack, including Slack, Linear, and various meeting recording tools.Screenshot of where to automatically clustering customer issues into prioritized themes and trends. Useful for surfacing actionable product opportunities from high-volume ticket data.Screenshot of real-time dashboards that aggregate sentiment, NPS, and app reviews into a unified view of the customer experience.