FormAssembly vs. Hotjar vs. Usabilla (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FormAssembly
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
FormAssembly is an enterprise data collection and automation platform designed to enable organizations to capture clean, compliant data from the start. With the latest edition of the platform, FormAssembly Atlas, and its built-in AI assistant, Fai, forms and workflows build themselves, connect to Salesforce and other systems in just a few clicks, and ensure every record is structured, secure, and ready for automation or AI. In short, FormAssembly is designed to…N/A
Hotjar
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Hotjar is a conversion rate optimization tool for digital marketers. Features include heatmapping, visual session recording, conversion funnel analytics, form analytics, feedback polls and surveys, and usability testing. The tool is used by digital analysts, UX designers, web developers and product marketers. Hotjar was acquired by Contentsquare September 2021, and is now a Contentsquare brand.
$39
per month 100 daily sessions
Usabilla (discontinued)
Score 5.6 out of 10
N/A
Usabilla 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
FormAssemblyHotjarUsabilla (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
Atlas Explorer
Contact Sales
per month
Atlas Team
Contact sales
Gov Cloud
Contact sales
Atlas Enterprise
Contact Sales
Hotjar Observe - Plus
$39
per month 100 daily sessions
Hotjar Ask - Plus
$59
per month 250 monthly responses
Hotjar Ask - Business
$79
per month Starting from 500 monthly responses
Hotjar Observe - Business
$99
per month Starting from 500 daily sessions
Hotjar Scale - Business
$213
per month Starting from 500 daily sessions
Hotjar Ask - Scale
Contact Sales
per month unlimited volume
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FormAssemblyHotjarUsabilla (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesYesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
FormAssemblyHotjarUsabilla (discontinued)
Considered Multiple Products
FormAssembly

No answer on this topic

Hotjar
Chose Hotjar
Usabilla is a much more feature-rich tool, however, this comes at a cost of much-increased price as well as deployment and usage complexity. For a low-cost solution to quickly and easily collect user feedback, HotJar is very easy to recommend
Usabilla (discontinued)

No answer on this topic

Features
FormAssemblyHotjarUsabilla (discontinued)
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
FormAssembly
8.5
38 Ratings
6% above category average
Hotjar
-
Ratings
Usabilla (discontinued)
8.0
4 Ratings
0% above category average
Survey templates8.523 Ratings00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Themes8.034 Ratings00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
Custom logo/branding9.037 Ratings00 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
FormAssembly
8.5
36 Ratings
0% above category average
Hotjar
-
Ratings
Usabilla (discontinued)
8.6
4 Ratings
1% above category average
Changes to live survey8.428 Ratings00 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Question design help8.329 Ratings00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Multiple question types8.937 Ratings00 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
FormAssembly
9.2
33 Ratings
10% above category average
Hotjar
-
Ratings
Usabilla (discontinued)
6.9
4 Ratings
18% below category average
Survey logic flexibility9.234 Ratings00 Ratings6.94 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
FormAssembly
8.1
37 Ratings
0% above category average
Hotjar
-
Ratings
Usabilla (discontinued)
5.8
4 Ratings
33% below category average
Response tracking8.835 Ratings00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Data export9.036 Ratings00 Ratings5.54 Ratings
Standard reports8.027 Ratings00 Ratings5.54 Ratings
Custom reports7.525 Ratings00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
Analytics7.56 Ratings00 Ratings5.54 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
FormAssembly
8.6
33 Ratings
0% below category average
Hotjar
-
Ratings
Usabilla (discontinued)
7.4
4 Ratings
15% below category average
Access controls8.230 Ratings00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
Compliance8.931 Ratings00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
FormAssembly
7.0
22 Ratings
14% below category average
Hotjar
-
Ratings
Usabilla (discontinued)
8.4
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Respondent restrictions8.022 Ratings00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Square 9 Softworks
Square 9 Softworks
Score 9.7 out of 10
Matomo Analytics
Matomo Analytics
Score 8.6 out of 10
Square 9 Softworks
Square 9 Softworks
Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Qualaroo
Qualaroo
Score 7.0 out of 10
Siteimprove
Siteimprove
Score 9.1 out of 10
Qualaroo
Qualaroo
Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Verint Voice of the Customer
Verint Voice of the Customer
Score 9.3 out of 10
Contentsquare
Contentsquare
Score 7.5 out of 10
Verint Voice of the Customer
Verint Voice of the Customer
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
FormAssemblyHotjarUsabilla (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(26 ratings)
10.0
(103 ratings)
2.1
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.7
(2 ratings)
5.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(18 ratings)
9.7
(6 ratings)
2.1
(3 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.6
(4 ratings)
1.9
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FormAssemblyHotjarUsabilla (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
FormAssembly
FormAssembly is awesome for certain situations. Website integration is particularly smooth, and integrations with platforms like FormAssembly are widely available. For us, this makes FormAssembly a vital tool for high-volume training with participants under high-workload conditions, because it reduces friction for participants as they complete the forms while saving time for our staff who handle data entry. Conversely, the process of setting up forms and their integrations feels heavy-handed for some of our smaller events with fewer participants.
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Contentsquare
Hotjar is good for a first pass at understanding user sentiment or locating potential usability issues. There are features such as "rage clicked" which shows recordings or instances when a user rage clicked or had an issue with your site. Hotjar has also been helpful to launch intercept surveys on mobile, desktop, and app, which not all competitor software allow. Hotjar recordings are fun to watch. "Watching Hotjar like Netflix" is a favorite pastime at work.
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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
FormAssembly
  • Salesforce prefill is a powerful way to prefill forms with records from Salesforce and prevent duplicate data entry.
  • Salesforce submission connector allows us to create some pretty complex and powerful logic to process form submissions into Salesforce data.
  • General form prefill options via query strings in the URL is a helpful feature.
  • The ability to use custom CSS and javascript on the page makes the forms very extensible and has been helpful to give us even more functionality.
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Contentsquare
  • Heat mapping is great on Hotjar. It is a good place to start when you are looking at the UX & CRO on your website. You can see the % of people clicking on elements on a page, how far they scroll, and mouse movements.
  • Hotjar is great for session recordings. These record the mouse movements, clicks, pages and scrolls of a user in video format. You can watch these to investigate what works well on a site and identify potential roadblocks and bugs.
  • Hotjar is great as it ensures that users details are anonymous; for instance, if you are watching a session recording, you cannot see what a user types in a form field, as Hotjar blanks this out.
  • Hotjar has a poll function, so you can have polls on your website.
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Discontinued Products
  • 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
FormAssembly
  • we could always use more styling options when it comes to the form builder
  • in our past use of the form builder when adding attachments to a form, there was an upload limit of 35MB. It would be great if this limit was increased.
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Contentsquare
  • Hotjar is primarily used for web-based experiences. Not that easy to use on mobile apps.
  • I'd love to see Hotjar integrated with Google Analytics for an even deeper view.
  • Hotjar is primarily used by smaller organizations...pricing can get steep quickly for larger organizations.
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Discontinued Products
  • 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
FormAssembly
FormAssembly continues to meet our needs, and the product functionality continues to grow, providing us with new opportunities to utilize the software. We've built many forms and associated processes on FormAssembly. It would require a large effort to migrate to another platform. We have invested a lot of time in learning FormAssembly.
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Contentsquare
Even though the heat maps and user recordings were useful, our website was significantly slowed down after we installed Hotjar, so much so, that it took over a minute for our blog to load. The data that we gathered was not worth the length that it took our website to load.
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Discontinued Products
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Usability
FormAssembly
I've already explained in detail why this rating is so high. It's very user-friendly; a green Salesforce admin can get set up and start using it right away. And if they need support, the support page provides documentation and screenshots to describe any questions they may have. They like it a lot!
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Contentsquare
So easy and simple to use! Straightforward anyone in the team is able to easily go in and set up anything in Hotjar. The UI is really simple. Whenever you give feedback to Hotjar they continously take on board the feedback and improve the tool.
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Discontinued Products
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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Support Rating
FormAssembly
While it's not a true development package and misses some features like ingestion of external data for lists, etc... the product is fast, stable, easy to use, and will suit the needs of anyone needing online form functionality with SalesForce and other connectors available for your marketing needs.
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Contentsquare
Hotjar is a SaaS-based company, and as such has a good support service. Users can quickly submit support tickets through Hotjar's online portal. Enterprise customers get access to additional support members and have SLAs to support their larger, more complex needs. Overall, Hotjar is extremely reliable and I've never had to reach out to customer support.
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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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Implementation Rating
FormAssembly
I didn't participate in the implementation.
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Contentsquare
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Discontinued Products
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Alternatives Considered
FormAssembly
Form Assembly allows for advanced data mapping, pre-filling forms with Salesforce data, and working with custom objects. FormAssembly excels in Salesforce Integration, as it is highly specialized and deeply integrated. Often considered the industry leader for Salesforce forms, Formstack has strong integration, but may not offer the same level of granular control as FormAssembly.
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Contentsquare
HotJar was selected for a few reasons:
  • Video Capture - HotJars video capture of user sessions is nothing short of amazing. It is so useful (not to mention cool) to see, in real time, how users interact with our software. It makes our jobs so much easier and more enjoyable to get this type of d
  • User Surveys - The ease and flexibility of surveys we can make available on our website are an awesome tool to get additional data.
  • Simple implementation - Adding a very small amount of code to our website gives us the ability to use all of HotJars features without having to touch our code again.
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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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Return on Investment
FormAssembly
  • FormAssembly makes it easy to share registration forms with targeted groups of users
  • It makes it easy to track registration numbers and form errors and reach out to people who may need assistance
  • It's very easy to create registration forms quickly
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Contentsquare
  • We have fixed many issues, for example, checkout usability problems with the video recording feature. You can catch bugs and get an overall idea of how a particular page is working.
  • Polls have helped us pair intent with the video sessions, so we can understand better why certain users answered different things. You get greedy and try to ask everything but that won't work. Keep it simple and it will give you small but important insights.
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Discontinued Products
  • 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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