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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    KeySurvey

    Score5.6 out of 10
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    Lighthouse Studio

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASawtooth Software headquartered in Provo offers the Lighthouse Studio survey research tool as an advanced platform for Conjoint Analysis and MaxDiff. With it, users can create balanced experimental designs hand-in-hand with traditional survey questions.N/A
    Pricing
    KeySurveyLighthouse Studio
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KeySurveyLighthouse Studio
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    KeySurveyLighthouse Studio
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of KeySurvey and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    KeySurvey
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Survey templates9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themes8.21 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding9.11 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of KeySurvey and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    KeySurvey
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Changes to live survey8.21 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Question design help9.11 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multiple question types9.11 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of KeySurvey and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    KeySurvey
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Survey logic flexibility9.11 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of KeySurvey and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    KeySurvey
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Response tracking9.11 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Data export9.11 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Standard reports9.11 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Custom reports9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics9.11 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of KeySurvey and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    KeySurvey
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Access controls9.11 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Compliance8.21 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of KeySurvey and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    KeySurvey
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Respondent restrictions8.21 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Jotform
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qualaroo
    Score7 out of 10
    Qualaroo
    Score7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    QuestionPro
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KeySurveyLighthouse Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KeySurveyLighthouse Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Form.com (WorldAPP)
    It's a convenient tool for questionnaires, surveys, and other reasons when you need to get people's feedback. We really enjoyed using this instrument, even though it can be a bit overwhelming at times. Also, it might take some time to create a survey if you have complicated business logic implemented, but that would take some time using any kind of instruments.
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    Sawtooth Software
    Anyone wanting to design and analyze advanced studies, particularly those that incorporate discrete choice modeling (such as MaxDiff and / or Conjoint) should be using Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio. The capabilities and flexibility offered by this platform for these choices is far beyond any other platform I am aware of. It is less appropriate where you need the survey tool to 'play well with others.' Two examples: 1) pulling in live data streams so they can be cleaned and visualized. 2) Integrating into any service where an API call is appropriate such as adding / removing people from a mailing list, incentive management tool, or qualitative community tool.
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    Pros
    Form.com (WorldAPP)
    • Ease of use for distributing email to large quantities of recepients.
    • Exporting data for data evaluation and manipulation.
    • Customizing the types of questions and response scoring.
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    Sawtooth Software
    • Powerful programming capabilities
    • Advanced analysis
    • Fantastic customer and technical support
    • Good documentation
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    Cons
    Form.com (WorldAPP)
    • Based on our usage we didn't face issues using KeySurvey
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    Sawtooth Software
    • They could focus on integrating API type functionality
    • I would love if the data came out labeled
    • I am not a fan of the 'limited' time a study can stay up. This causes issues with longitudinal studies.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Form.com (WorldAPP)
    This decision is out of my hands.
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    Sawtooth Software
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    Usability
    Form.com (WorldAPP)
    No answers on this topic
    Sawtooth Software
    It is incredibly powerful, very rhobust and has fantastic support. The only reasons I'm not giving it a higher rating are 1) There is a very steep learning curve when it comes to designing more complex studies. 2) It is difficult to get Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio to 'talk' to other systems as the Perl upon which it is built is not really designed to work with API calls, etc.
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    Support Rating
    Form.com (WorldAPP)
    We have had several moments when we needed the support (mostly it was when we were working on creating business logic for the survey and sometimes things didn't work as we expected them to). The KeySurvey support team was very friendly and helpful via chat and in case they couldn't solve the issue right at that moment, they always came back to us with a solution to our issue
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    Sawtooth Software
    I cannot explain how great the support team is. They are prompt and very thorough in their responses.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Form.com (WorldAPP)
    In terms of a business logic implementation, I think KeySurvey had the most extensive features. Granted, I haven't used a paid version of SurveyMonkey, but for our purposes, the customization KeySurvey offered us (implementing our corporate colors, fonts, and logos) was one of the best features and it looked professional. Also, the name "KeySurvey" kind of sounds better and more business-like for clients from enterprise companies.
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    Sawtooth Software
    While QuestioPro has the capability to build surveys and even do some advanced analysis, it is less powerful (and less intuitive) than Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio. It cannot handle studies with the complexity we are used to designing. The CMNTY Platform was initially sold to us as a combined Quant / Qual platform, but we found very quickly that the quant side of it is extremely limited.
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    Return on Investment
    Form.com (WorldAPP)
    • Gathering client insights that they felt comforable writing about online after the service was delivered and they had time to evaluate it.
    • Improved customer service based on clients feedback
    • The emails delivery report complimented our emails reports from other tools, so we used it for email db management!
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    Sawtooth Software
    • Our business is survey data so we rely heavily on sawtooth
    • The advanced design and analytics are incredibly useful
    • Negative - I wish it would work natively with API calls
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