Google Surveys vs. PG Forsta HX Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Surveys
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Google Surveys is an app for custom surveys, and is part of Google Apps for Work. The insights from audience targeted surveys can be expressed in instant, easy-to-digest graphs and charts help you make sense of the survey data. Surveys natively integrates with other solutions, allowing you to use data from one product while working in another. Survey responses from real people can be sourced by Google's Opinion Rewards app, where respondents answer questions in exchange for incentives.
$10
per completed survey
PG Forsta HX Platform
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
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
Google SurveysPG Forsta HX Platform
Editions & Modules
Surveys
10¢
per completed survey
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google SurveysPG Forsta HX Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Google SurveysPG Forsta HX Platform
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Google SurveysPG Forsta HX Platform
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Google Surveys
7.5
13 Ratings
4% below category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
-
Ratings
Survey templates7.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Themes7.811 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom logo/branding7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Google Surveys
8.0
13 Ratings
7% below category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
-
Ratings
Changes to live survey7.913 Ratings00 Ratings
Question design help7.310 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple question types8.713 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Google Surveys
8.3
12 Ratings
0% below category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
-
Ratings
Survey logic flexibility8.312 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Google Surveys
8.5
13 Ratings
3% above category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
-
Ratings
Response tracking8.613 Ratings00 Ratings
Data export8.512 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports8.911 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.79 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics8.711 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Google Surveys
8.1
13 Ratings
3% below category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
-
Ratings
Access controls8.412 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance7.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Google Surveys
7.9
10 Ratings
2% below category average
PG Forsta HX Platform
-
Ratings
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing8.37 Ratings00 Ratings
Respondent restrictions7.59 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Google SurveysPG Forsta HX Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(13 ratings)
9.0
(25 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(19 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(13 ratings)
7.1
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(12 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google SurveysPG Forsta HX Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Google Surveys is perfect when trying to collaborate with co-workers and find a date & time that works best for them to get together, whether it's for a regular meeting, team photo session, celebratory dinner, or Christmas celebration. It's also great for getting feedback on proposed changes that would affect the team.
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PG Forsta
They have done a good job at helping us maintain the integrity of the project while transitioning to a completely new platform. Our Voice of the Customer program happens to consist of multiple surveys within one "master" so I guess logistically it could be considered complex
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Pros
Google
  • Measure the pulse of how our members are feeling (yes/no questions, multiple-choice questions).
  • Learn how students are doing with specific projects (textual-based questions, essay-type answers).
  • Run an election for board members (use of the "other" notation so that people can write in their own choices).
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PG Forsta
  • Confirmit has a fairly shallow learning curve allowing someone with no experience to be able to create a simple survey with not much time invested in training.
  • Confirmit also has the flexibility to be used in very advanced ways. Whether modifying the display/page content's layout or modifying input types with jQuery, it is incredibly adaptable.
  • Confirmit (with v. 18) now collects data in a true SQL database which is far more robust and easy to administrate than some other methods of data storage.
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Cons
Google
  • While it is very intuitive, there are many ways you can fine-tune your survey (such as word limits, counts, etc) and these are not always obvious where those settings are.
  • I would like to see some ways of changing the formatting (and maybe I just haven't explored that yet), ie: colors, set up on the screen.
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PG Forsta
  • Ensure correct data collection. This is Confirmit's main goal, and which sometimes fails to succeed.
  • Integrated data back-up service. It would be great if we could look at the data from a couple days previous.
  • Interactive layout creator. Current layout creator is really "squared" as we say, it needs more flexibility with all the incoming technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
No answers on this topic
PG Forsta
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
Google
Relatively simple so that those who are less than familiar with computers can figure it out. User friendly and already embedded with other Google products. Receives an 8 because many features available with Google Surveys are also available with similar, free products on the internet today. Good, but not stellar.
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PG Forsta
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
Google
This is by far the only area where I think that there is room for improvement because Google does not respond as fast as I would like them to. We live in a fast-paced world and this is probably the only area where Google can improve on and as a teacher, I find it challenging to wait for a day or two for a response when everything that I am doing in the Google Classroom is running instantly and with no breaks in between.
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PG Forsta
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
Google
No answers on this topic
PG Forsta
Should let the professionals handle implementation, don't have only the operations team at your company do it.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
I selected Google Surveys to create them because it was free and helped to improve our overall information and data. It was easy to build it into our systems and get the data. Other survey providers have offered a larger variety of options, which have helped even more - but the higher costs were not worth the extra money.
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PG Forsta
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 competitive but it comes close to value for money. Competitors have quite a few functionalities but there are additional charges levied for them.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Team members are more apt to respond quickly to a Google Survey request rather than a normal email - makes my job as an admin easier.
  • Easy to check on who hasn't responded - that way I only have to one-on-one follow up with select individuals instead of everyone.
  • You can customize the survey to your team's specific brand, which is especially handy if sent to those outside of our work sphere.
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PG Forsta
  • I love Confirmit, the only negative is that my experience using any other program is always terrible in comparison.
  • I had Confirmit rep come into the office and was disapointed that they didn't have much informaton on how to use it as a researcher in marking research, perhaps employing more internal marketing researchers would help that.
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