Formstack Forms vs. PG Forsta HX Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Formstack Forms
Score 7.5 out of 10
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Formstack is an online form building solution. Its drag-and-drop web form creator gives digital marketers a tool for online data collection and engagement. Users can collect payments and pass form data to popular marketing apps through third-party integrations. With Formstack, users can capture responses, store the information and share it with their teams.N/A
PG Forsta HX Platform
Score 9.3 out of 10
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The PG Forsta HX platform, the technology and research solution formed from the Forsta solution based on the combined (through merger) technology of Dapresy, Confirmit, and FocusVision, and later by the acquisition of Press Ganey in 2022, is a customer experience management solution featuring both forms and text analysis to understand the Voice of the Customer.N/A
Pricing
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPlans start at $50/month (billed annually), including: 20 Digital Forms 1,000 Submissions Per Form 14,400 API Calls Per Day Drag-and-Drop Form Builder Custom Themes Payment Integrations Salesforce Integration SSO User Management Form Prefill
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Community Pulse
Formstack FormsPG Forsta HX Platform
Considered Both Products
Formstack Forms
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SurveyMonkey, Constant Contact and HubSpot Marketing Hub
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I haven't used SurveyMonkey in a while, but in my recent experience, Formstack Forms offers great functionality and ALSO integrates with the other Formstack products we have, such as Formstack Documents and Formstack Sign. This additional perk of integrations makes the …
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Cheaper than most alternatives and very easy to use
Other systems can be more complicated to setup
The system can be access from most anywhere
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I feel like Formstack is Google forms on steroids. They both serve the same purpose and I have more experience using Google forms but feel like I have more resources at my disposal with Formstack. Honestly, these are 2 only products I would use in this category, with Formstack …
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Wufoo and Formstack are very similar - almost as if they were built by the same company or ex-employees. Except Formstack UI was better and modern at least when we selected it. While the team was happy with Wufoo and Surveymonkey, our IT team picked Formstack based on their …
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We used Survey Monkey previously and the process of pulling data, reporting, and integrating the data was much easier and faster. The page logic let us shorten the end-user experience, and the layout and design were significantly improved. Our end-users reported a better user …
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Flexibility, tools and ROI are the reasons we chose Formstack. Data being exportable to other tools and systems we use also helped to make this determination. The level of complexity and conditional logic it has even at its most basic levels gives it an edge over most …
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I found Blackbaud NetCommunity to have a much steeper learning curve, and to be fairly expensive. I opted to use Formstack instead, which meant exporting/importing data with some regularity.
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Formstack just had more versatility. We had to start in a rush and they gave us what we needed to hit the ground running. They didn't delay or bog us down with complicated sales pitches, and didn't leave us in the dark on what to do. We didn't need to google how to use the …
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I am not aware of other competitors out there to FormStack other than modules or plug-ins deployed on WordPress or Drupal built sites. I do think that forms deployed through marketing automation platforms (HubSpot, Marketo, Pardot) are better alternatives due to the if-then …
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I didn't evaluate any other products.
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Formstack proved to be more robust, easier to use and friendlier to work with when questions/issues emerged.
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Formstack was much easier to use. Drag and drop creation made organizing and reorganizing easy. Forms were easy to brand and looked professional. Easy field creation and the breadth of field options made Formstack the forerunner.
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I have never used anything like Formstack before!
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I have began switching over to Form Assembly for our new sales cycle but have not started using it yet. I cannot give a good product evaluation or comparison because Formstack is the only product I have used.
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For run of the mill data collection, I have used Google Forms, Office 365 Excel Forms, and SharePoint lists. And in WordPress I have used Gravity Forms.

Google Forms and Office 365 are nice tools with not nearly the same feature-set available from Formstack. While they are …
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We have found that no other software gives us the freedom that Formstack does to be creative in our form building. Formstack has by far the most user-friendly interface of any other product we have used. We especially like the Digital Signature, SubAccounts and Calculating …
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Drupal is a much more customizable platform, however you must have someone build the forms first and then you can work with them if you do not have the programming knowledge. If you have any changes to make, it can sometimes be both a time consuming and difficult process. …
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Formstack allows for multiple users and provides a cleaner UI with richer features and automatic data analysis. GoogleForms is a free alternative, but offers none of these features.
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I've created multiple webforms from scratch & the Formstack API is much more efficient in both creating and managing/updating forms. When I was initially evaluating products (about a dozen or so), Formstack had the cleanest interface and most third-party integrations (payments, …
PG Forsta HX Platform
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Forsta has a strong product functionality and performance. Integration capabilities are fantastic and it has strong customer focus. Pre-existing relationships also helped in cracking this deal. People at Forsta are helpful and customer centric. Although cost is not highly …
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Delighted by Qualtrics, InMoment Experience Intelligence (XI) Platform and SurveyMonkey
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I think that Forsta is the right platform for companies that have professional data collection needs and not an unlimited budget. In addition, the managed services that Forsta provides seems superior to the other platforms. Customer service is lean but if you are using basic …
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Simply put, Confirmit was able to handle the requests our clients gave us. Some clients are fine with a very basic survey tool, but others want to control the look and feel down to a 'T', and Confirmit was one of the only programs that could accommodate the range of requests we …
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No experience using a similar reporting tool.
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SurveyMonkey, which does not compare at all.
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While I was not responsible for the decision to utilize Confirmit I am certainly glad to be using it instead of Dimensions. The interface, coding language, and flexibility of Confirmit are all superior to Dimensions in my opinion. I only programmed average complexity surveys in …
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Survey Monkey doesn't hold a candle to it. Qualtrics has some amazing exporting and reporting tools but it's much harder to implement more complicated surveys, I still prefer Confirmit. Though, if you could integrate reporting tools similar to Qualtrics you'd be ahead of the …
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I'm not familiar with the competition really.
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ConfirmIt blows these away.
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Quanvert, SPSS Custom Tables, Q, WinCross, Microtab, and many others. I am actually in the process of looking for a replacement for Reports for Surveys. While it still remains the best that I have used, I need something that is more cost effective at this time.
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I've only ever used one other in-house proprietary software tool for survey programming. ConfirmIT is able to match the needs of our programs which is what we are looking for.
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Confirmit is simply far more versatile and intuitive for me. Plus it gives you so much more power due to, as I described before, the ability to embed jQuery/JavaScript.
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Well Confirmit was a company decision that I as an employee have to use, which I really do not mind and love using.
It is actually funny how some time ago I was volunteering for one online youth organization and we were also doing online survey, however since it was outside of …
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Confirmit provides more flexibility and a better system to manage the data. It allows handling the database and merging with our internal systems very easily, while other products can't support such functionality.
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Survey Craft - confirmit is more powerful!
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Qualtrix -- this program is more limited on the data management side of things but the user interface is much easier to use. Anyone could program a survey with this program.
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Not applicable.
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I've really only programmed in a proprietary platform and Confirmit.
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I have not used any competing products, but I would highly recommend Confirmit from an administrator's viewpoint. It is a solid product and is easy to maintain.
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IBM SPSS, when I used couple of years back, was robust tool as well. However Confirmit is certainly easier to use as compared to IBM SPSS. IBM SPSS at that point didn't have any online reporting platform which was one of the positive points with Confirmit when we selected it …
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Confirmit is the best overall functionality-wise. The other systems require custom scripting to do a lot of the things Confirmit does natively. Unfortunately, for my company, the cost of Confirmit was not worth the native functionality. All of these other systems are …
Features
Formstack FormsPG Forsta HX Platform
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Formstack Forms
8.5
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6% above category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
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Survey templates8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Themes8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom logo/branding8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Formstack Forms
7.6
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11% below category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
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Changes to live survey6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Question design help8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple question types8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Formstack Forms
7.7
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8% below category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
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Survey logic flexibility7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Formstack Forms
8.7
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7% above category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
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Response tracking10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data export10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports5.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Formstack Forms
10.0
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15% above category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
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Access controls10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Formstack Forms
8.0
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1% below category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
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Vendor-offered crowdsourcing8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Respondent restrictions8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Formstack FormsPG Forsta HX Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
2.0
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9.0
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Usability
9.2
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7.1
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Availability
10.0
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Support Rating
6.4
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8.0
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Implementation Rating
1.0
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9.0
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User Testimonials
Formstack FormsPG Forsta HX Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Formstack makes it easy to create a variety of forms. I have used it for event interest and registrations, email list sign-ups, and surveys. I have found it easy to customize, and easy to export data for import into other systems (e.g., CRM).
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There are several new enhancements and features being added to the product on a regular basis, whether its new reporting tools, survey question types or something else, the products are always improving. They are also proactive when it comes to communicating issues, platform changes, downtimes (rare) which I have not seen from other vendors too often. Aside from the product which just works, the support team has to be one of their best assets in my opinion. Their support team know the product inside and out and can provide some creative solutions to achieve your goals. They are always available and offer 24x7 services for free which in many other companies is only available as an add-on cost for premium support.
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Pros
  • Formstack allowed us to customize the look and feel of our forms to match our branding. It was easy for our engineers to integrate the forms within our onboarding process to deliver a seamless experience.
  • Formstack integrates well with HubSpot, our marketing automation platform of choice.
  • Formstack offered us a lot of flexibility in the types/formats of questions we could deploy (open-ended text, multi-choice, single choice, etc.). This made it easy to get data the way we wanted and facilitated getting that data into HubSpot.
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  • This is one of the few survey programs that let's you do almost anything you can imagine - complex logic, showcasing concept designs/videos, cluster analysis are a few of the uses we got out of this program.
  • Comprehensive data analysis and reporting options allowed us to fill just about any client request.
  • Good tech support - never had an issue there.
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Cons
  • Buggy Updates: Formstack tends to make on-the-fly updates that break features. We run into this about once a year
  • Appearance: the forms are starting to look dated compared to some of the competitors (looking at you, Typeform)
  • Dynamic Data: passing data from one field to another is not-exactly doable
  • Paid Add-Ons: the price for Formstack is already an arm and a leg; the fact that they have additional monthly paid add-ons is frustrating
  • User Limits: user accounts barely do anything outside of 'view/edit' permissions, thus the low volume allocated seems a bit greedy at $10/user/mo for more
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  • The ability to repeat the same data export with the options you selected the first time would be good. There are a lot of options available for data exports and it can be challenging to remember exactly which options you picked should you want to put out the same options as a previous export.
  • Continue to improve functionality and speed. You are already the leader in my book. Don't fall behind. :)
  • Create more "Ready to use" questions like the Carousel for grid questions.
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Likelihood to Renew
Our user base has come to rely on Formstack to get forms done. The Formstack tools make it easy to start from scratch or copy an existing form to "quick start" a new, similar form. The price is right and frees up IT staff to do more transformative work.
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From my point of view Confirmit has been a key tool in our organization. Without it we can't deliver what we do at this moment. Confirmit has proved that is a reliable, stable and easy to use tool. The few issues we found (as far as I know) were sent to Confirmit support team and fix them. Patching the product has been done faster and without large downtime of the product
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Usability
I give it this rating because Ali feel like just about anyone can use this. Now with 7 billion people in the work I understand that’s not the case but I feel like Formstack get it pretty simple where a majority of humans could use it and navigate through. The only reason I didn’t give it a higher rating is because I think Google Forms is a little easier to use and that it’s pretty much impossible for any product to get a 10 on usability in my opinion.
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Confirmit is a very technical tool, it takes time for someone to get used to the interface, even when it could definitely be more intuitive or user friendly, this is part of Confirmit's strenghts that makes it one of the most robust data collection technologies out there.
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Support Rating
Formstack has awesome support! They are always quick to respond and genuinely care for their clients' success. They will work with you to find a solution or let developers know about your feature request. There are a few things on the feature request forum that I wish they would implement sooner, but I am at least grateful that they give clients a space to voice their ideas and take them into consideration.
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The support team is responsive and I can tell that they are actually trying to help get to the heart of the issues before making us try every possible solution available. They ask the right questions and test things before coming back to us with proposals. I like the support team at Confirmit.
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Implementation Rating
We implemented on one of the earlier versions. Through continuous engineering improvements, the interface keeps getting easier and more intuitive. Therefore, later implementations keep getting easier and better.
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Should let the professionals handle implementation, don't have only the operations team at your company do it.
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Alternatives Considered
Formstack just had more versatility. We had to start in a rush and they gave us what we needed to hit the ground running. They didn't delay or bog us down with complicated sales pitches, and didn't leave us in the dark on what to do. We didn't need to google how to use the program!
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While I was not responsible for the decision to utilize Confirmit I am certainly glad to be using it instead of Dimensions. The interface, coding language, and flexibility of Confirmit are all superior to Dimensions in my opinion. I only programmed average complexity surveys in Dimensions so it is possible that there is some feature or flexibility that I did not get to experience but from my use, Confirmit definitely comes out on top.
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Return on Investment
  • Positive - ability to analyze submission trends - e.g. when a marketing email is sent, looking at increased form viewing and submissions in relation to the sending of the campaign.
  • Immediate response - those that submit forms receive immediate response that their form has been submitted.
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  • Confirmit has shown a great employee efficiency, the users can work by themselves on it faster than expected.
  • It provides a lot of services for the different areas of the company, so we don't have to spend additional money of many different platforms.
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