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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Gainsight CS

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Gainsight Customer Success (CS) is presented as a growth engine for modern post-sale teams. Built for CROs, CS leaders, and operations pros, it provides visibility into customer health, expansion potential, and revenue risk. With automation, AI, and health scoring, Gainsight helps scale outcomes without scaling headcount. With its playbooks and success plans to CSQL tracking and journey orchestration, Gainsight CS helps teams to take the right action at the right time, every time. Access to…

    $2,500

    Per Company Per Month

    Survicate

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASurvicate is survey software for getting continuous customer insights at scale. It can be used to measure customer satisfaction (CSAT), track an organization's Net Promoter Score (NPS), get website feedback, or test product-market fit. Survicate supports any use case related to collecting and managing customer feedback. Survicate can be used to: • Create customized surveys and start getting customer feedback within minutes • Run surveys where they are needed: via email…

    $99

    per month 500 responses per month

    Pricing
    Gainsight CSSurvicate
    Editions & Modules
    Subscription
    $2,500
    Per Company Per Month
    Good
    $99
    per month 500 responses per month
    Better
    $149
    per month 1000 responses per month
    Best
    $249
    per month 2500 responses per month
    Better Than The Rest
    $269
    per month
    Better Than The Rest
    $299
    per month Custom pool of yearly responses
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Gainsight CSSurvicate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Additional fees apply for additional users and domains. The price of the Scale plan is negotiated individually and depends on the number of monthly responses needed and possible custom needs, including integrations.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Gainsight CSSurvicate
    Considered Both Products
    Gainsight
    No answer on this topic
    Survicate
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    187 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    132 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    184 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    74%
    Implementation went as expected
    73 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Gainsight CSSurvicate
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    8.3
    294 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Survicate
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.3297 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    8.1
    341 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Survicate
    -
    Ratings
    API8.0235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com8.5336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Marketo7.979 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Eloqua8.039 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Data Extraction / Integration
    Comparison of Customer Data Extraction / Integration features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    7.7
    362 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Survicate
    -
    Ratings
    Product usage7.8350 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk / support tickets7.5281 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Success Management
    Comparison of Customer Success Management features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    8.1
    364 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Survicate
    -
    Ratings
    NPS surveys8.5297 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sponsor tracking7.3238 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer profiles8.5317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated workflow8.2348 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal collaboration7.6334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer health scoring8.5357 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer segmentation8.1307 Ratings00 Ratings
    CSM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CSM Reporting & Analytics features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    7.8
    358 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Survicate
    -
    Ratings
    Customer health trends8.3340 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement analytics8.1307 Ratings00 Ratings
    Revenue forecasting6.6203 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboards8.3358 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    -
    Ratings
    Survicate
    9.7
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Survey templates00 Ratings9.83 Ratings
    Themes00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding00 Ratings9.83 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    -
    Ratings
    Survicate
    9.1
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Changes to live survey00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Question design help00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Multiple question types00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    -
    Ratings
    Survicate
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Survey logic flexibility00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    -
    Ratings
    Survicate
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Response tracking00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Data export00 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Analytics00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    -
    Ratings
    Survicate
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Access controls00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Compliance00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Gainsight CS and Survicate
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    -
    Ratings
    Survicate
    9.3
    4 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Respondent restrictions00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    QuestionPro
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Gainsight CSSurvicate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (401 ratings)
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (197 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (135 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Gainsight CSSurvicate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gainsight
    I really enjoy using Gainsight CS because we can track our customers through their life cycles through our CSM/Implementation teams, Customer Community, and even our Academy! All of the information is in one spot for us to use and see. I would recommend this product (as well as CC & CE) for any SaaS company that needs visibility across all products and teams.
    Incentivized
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    Survicate
    Survicate is well suited for very basic intercept polls and is less suited for more complex surveying tasks (e.g., anything more than basic skip-logic or surveying niche cohorts) and longitudinal surveying (e.g., comparing responses from the same or similar cohorts year over year).
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Gainsight
    • One source of truth for all things CS - managing day-to-day tasks.
    • Getting ahead of the risk by having a very detailed and evolving health score system. Gainsight's CSM was incredibly helpful in building our risk mitigation plan using the health score, sharing their best practices.
    • Having a mutually agreed upon Success Plan that you can share with the customer. It was also incredibly helpful with assigning other parties to take actions, along with due dates and reminders
    Incentivized
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    Survicate
    • IMO, the strengths of feedback lite is what it is called for - 'lite"... it is basic, simple, and easy to set up and use.
    • Especially should be mention that it is easy to set up, and you can have it working in less than a few hours.
    • Reliable - I don't remember even one "problem" or an issue we experienced with it.
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    Cons
    Gainsight
    • Outlook integration could be better as within Outlook we do not get much insight of the account. While contacting a contact from Outlook, it will be great if the Outlook -Gainsight CS tool can show certain important information, like any pending CTAs, the latest billing amount, and pending certifications, etc. This will improve the communications and make it more aligned with the company and account perspectives.
    • Limitations of report creation are user level - As a user I can not create report as per my wish on my set of accounts. Only the admin user has access to that, and also it's very intuitive compared to Salesforce.
    • Dashboard customization - as a user I have very much limited options to put in my dashboard. It's all about CTA all the time.
    Incentivized
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    Survicate
    • In my opinion, inconsistent and visually unappealing survey visuals (e.g., NPS and cSAT questions look completely different from each other, creating a disjointed visual experience)
    • Poor customer service (in my experience, issue resolution can take weeks)
    • Lack of clarity around API & other technical capabilities requiring engineering assistance
    • Very limited maximum response limit per month
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Gainsight
    Gainsight offers a level of support that I've not experience before. They will work with you to come up with a solution to a problem - or help match you with another client that has a similar setup as you to get their feedback. Also the functionality that we have built within the software works for us. It's 'easy' to use (once you get the hang of it) and our users rather enjoy working in the software.
    Incentivized
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    Survicate
    We use Survicate for now, over 7 years, and the tool is being constantly improved. New features and products has been introduced over the years. The team listens to our feedback we sometimes share, and improve the product based on that. We really appreciate being supported by the Customer Success, all the insights and help we got from them. And even though they introduced many new features over the years, the tool still remained super easy to use, even from new employees that join our team
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    Usability
    Gainsight
    Gainsight CSGainsight's usability is extremely intuitive. The dashboards are modular and the ability to click into each to learn more is helpful to gain visibility and strategizing where to prioritize time as a CSM. Logging activities is also extremely intuitive as is the CTA function. There is some confusion on "Where can I find..." if there are multiple dashboards so an internal AI tool to ask would be helpful as well.
    Incentivized
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    Survicate
    It's rare to use products that offer wide range of features, and yet are really ease to use. Over the years, the product has changed a lot, they introduced numerous new features, but the product remained really simple to use. We know it, because new employees who join our team, have no problem in starting to use Survicate on their own, without and dedicated training. The UI is really clear.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Gainsight
    Rarely any issues with availability or outages. When they do occur, there is excellent communication and consistent updates. Bugs are usually addressed in a timely manner, and communication around those issues is also extremely good
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    Survicate
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Gainsight
    There are some times when it can take almost a minute to load some of our reports or the rules engine. Within a rule it can also take time to load the actions as they each load one at a time when scrolling. The ability to scroll without waiting would be ideal
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    Survicate
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Gainsight
    The CSMs are very hands-on and helpful, both Elaine and Lane have provided a lot of guidance and value over the years. Support is responsive and will jump on things as needed. The thought leadership and community is probably the most valuable part of our support from Gainsight.
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    Survicate
    We had a lot of issues during implementation that required help from Survicate's engineers. In my experience, it took us over 4 weeks to be fully up and running due to lag times in communication.
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    Online Training
    Gainsight
    The online videos are very good for basic tasks in the platform, but it isn't very descriptive or helpful trying to make your own specific variables fit the simple example that is typically used. Typically, I'll watch a video, try on my own and still have to get help from support or Customer Success team
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    Survicate
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Gainsight
    I was not part of the implantation (I took over later). However, based on what was passed to me, the tool was not well implemented at our org. I think this had to do with complexity, wrong person assigned in our org, and org buy-in. I think it would have been very successful if we had a better assignment process internally.
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    Survicate
    Setup was simple. One-time installation for our website and inside the product. We used Google Tag Manager to implement Survicate. So within 2 hours, we were able to run surveys, and also all attributes and events were passed to Survicate, so that we were able to use them to trigger surveys
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    Alternatives Considered
    Gainsight
    Gainsight CS and Vitally offer distinct strategic advantages depending on organizational maturity. We used Vitally for a year and it is pretty decent for mid-market teams requiring immediate agility. We just had a hard time getting our CSM's to adopt the tool. In contrast, Gainsight CS serves as a comprehensive System built for enterprise complexity. Its architectural depth allows for intricate data modeling and parent-child hierarchies, while its Bionic Rules engine provides professional-grade automation that handles nuanced triggers far beyond the capabilities of standard, trait-based systems.
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    Survicate
    Considering the simplicity of the need, and the cost of such solution (~600$/yr), I don't think there was very deep research for any alternatives. The main alternative was embedding a feedback tool "organically" into our site, that option was taken off the table, for strategic considerations.
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    Scalability
    Gainsight
    It can lean a little heavily toward Customer Success, but the ability to customize many areas based on specific user or account characteristics allows you to make it work across many different roles. This also makes collaboration within the tool across teams possible. It a flexible tool if you have a skilled admin to help guide your process building.
    Incentivized
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    Survicate
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Gainsight
    • No metrics yet, but we have improved our at-risk customers by identifying risks earlier via our automated health score and with our Gainsight approved mitigation workflow, CSMs and leaders have better discipline with mitigation efforts and sharing at-risk customers across the org so other teams can step in and assist
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    Survicate
    • We had a business need - to collect feedback on our support knowledge base content. Feedback Lite fulfills this need, with simple, easy to use, solution.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Gainsight CS Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Journey Orchestrator, used to build personalized, scalable customer journeys with lifecycle-based emails, playbooks, and triggered workflows, so no customer slips through the cracks.Screenshot of an AI Cheat Sheet. These offer AI-generated summaries, suggestions, and insights tailored to each account—so CSMs spend less time analyzing, and more time acting.Screenshot of AI Scorecards. These are used to analyze renewal and churn data to recommend new measures, refine weights, and create high-impact scorecards (or refine existing ones), to forecast with more precision and act with confidence.Screenshot of Success Plans, where users can create clear, outcome-based plans with customers—then track progress, assign owners, and show stakeholders exactly how value is being driven.Screenshot of Gainsight Home, which provides one place for customer success teams to prioritize, act, and prove impact—powered by real-time insights, AI signals, and workflows designed to drive retention and expansion.Screenshot of Customer 360. This interface brings together usage data, health scores, playbooks, and account details into one unified view.

    Survicate Screenshots

    Screenshot of survey distribution methodsScreenshot of an email surveyScreenshot of an email NPS surveyScreenshot of an in-product surveyScreenshot of a link surveyScreenshot of a mobile survey