Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Pendo.io
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Pendo.io is a product engagement platform with features for in-app analytics, surveys and feedback, and guidance.N/A
QuestionPro
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
QuestionPro is a insights and experience management platform, designed to help organizations of all sizes, from small businesses and academic institutions to large corporations, collect and analyze data to make better decisions. The platform provides an integrated ecosystem of tools for conducting everything from simple polls to complex, multi-stage research studies, supporting both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Core platforms and use…
$99
per month per user
SurveyMonkey
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SurveyMonkey provides free, customizable surveys, and a suite of paid, back-end programs that include data analysis, sample selection, bias elimination, and data representation tools. SurveyMonkey also offers large-scale, enterprise options for companies interested in data analysis, brand management, and consumer focused marketing.
$99
per month
Pricing
Pendo.ioQuestionProSurveyMonkey
Editions & Modules
*Free
Free
Base
Contact sales team
Core
Contact sales team
Pulse
Contact sales team
Ultimate
Contact sales team
Essentials
$0
Free for life per user
Team Edition
$83
per month per user
Advanced
$99
per month per user
Research Edition
Contact Vendor
Team Advantage
$25
per month (billed annually) per user (starting at 3 users)
Team Premier
$75
per month (billed annually) per user (starting at 3 users)
Standard Monthly
$99
per month
Individual Plan - Advantage Annual
$468
per year
Individual Plan - Premier Annual
$1,428
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Pendo.ioQuestionProSurveyMonkey
Free Trial
YesYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Pendo.ioQuestionProSurveyMonkey
Considered Multiple Products
Pendo.io
Chose Pendo.io
I was not involved in the research and decision process. I'm not sure what other products were evaluated.
Chose Pendo.io
Have not tried any other analytics platforms but my understanding is that Pendo is an industry leader.
QuestionPro
Chose QuestionPro
QuestionPro is at and on par with other solutions. It's easy to use as Qualtrics and has much more functionality than SurveyMonkey. The price per user is great and very affordable comparatively. There is no loss of function. QuestionPro is always improving and very open to …
Chose QuestionPro
SurveyMonkey, Qualtrics, SurveyGizmo. SurveyMonkey and SurveyGizmo are perfectly fine for simple surveys and have also improved enormously over the years, we are currently evaluating Qualtrics.
Chose QuestionPro
QuestionPro is better or on par with these programs. I would say that it's better than SurveyMonkey and Zoomerang, as it's more customizable and professional "looking". It's on par with Qualtrics as it has a lot of the same functionality and customizability. The relative …
Chose QuestionPro
QuestionPro is a better product; it is a more complete product with more detailed questions available to the user. Additionally it has a greater support system. Furthermore, QuestionPro has recently developed more graphics to visually show the descriptive statistics.
SurveyMonkey
Chose SurveyMonkey
SurveyMonkey allows you to use standard templates or create customized surveys compared to its competitors like SurveyGizmo and Survicate. My only drawback with the software is that their logo is pasted everywhere. One advantage is that you can add more people to take the …
Features
Pendo.ioQuestionProSurveyMonkey
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Pendo.io
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Ratings
QuestionPro
9.7
4 Ratings
20% above category average
SurveyMonkey
7.2
76 Ratings
10% below category average
Survey templates00 Ratings10.04 Ratings8.075 Ratings
Themes00 Ratings9.04 Ratings7.367 Ratings
Custom logo/branding00 Ratings10.04 Ratings6.367 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Pendo.io
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Ratings
QuestionPro
9.7
5 Ratings
13% above category average
SurveyMonkey
7.6
78 Ratings
11% below category average
Changes to live survey00 Ratings10.05 Ratings7.062 Ratings
Question design help00 Ratings9.05 Ratings6.872 Ratings
Multiple question types00 Ratings10.05 Ratings9.078 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Pendo.io
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Ratings
QuestionPro
10.0
5 Ratings
19% above category average
SurveyMonkey
7.3
72 Ratings
13% below category average
Survey logic flexibility00 Ratings10.05 Ratings7.372 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Pendo.io
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Ratings
QuestionPro
9.4
5 Ratings
15% above category average
SurveyMonkey
7.1
78 Ratings
13% below category average
Response tracking00 Ratings10.05 Ratings7.577 Ratings
Data export00 Ratings10.05 Ratings6.374 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.05 Ratings8.077 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings10.04 Ratings6.864 Ratings
Analytics00 Ratings9.05 Ratings7.065 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Pendo.io
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Ratings
QuestionPro
10.0
5 Ratings
15% above category average
SurveyMonkey
8.3
67 Ratings
4% below category average
Access controls00 Ratings10.05 Ratings8.067 Ratings
Compliance00 Ratings10.04 Ratings8.558 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Pendo.io
-
Ratings
QuestionPro
7.7
4 Ratings
5% below category average
SurveyMonkey
7.5
48 Ratings
7% below category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing00 Ratings5.33 Ratings7.332 Ratings
Respondent restrictions00 Ratings10.04 Ratings7.846 Ratings
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Score 7.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Pendo.ioQuestionProSurveyMonkey
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(130 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
8.7
(110 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(6 ratings)
7.6
(6 ratings)
9.0
(26 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(43 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.0
(41 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(5 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(35 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Pendo.ioQuestionProSurveyMonkey
Likelihood to Recommend
Pendo.io
Pendo.io is useful in generating great dashboards that present user analytics in the best possible view that could be used for analysis & derive key insights on what could be done if there's a feature that's not being recognized by end users or if there are any pain points where users are struggling more around a workflow which is technically not that difficult. Pendo.io also can be used to create impactful guides where intercatoin of a user with the Guide can be created in less steps & have relevant information about that workflow that the user is completing. Pendo.io's resource center can act as a one stop hub to present any sidewide updates which could be information of Prod releases, New KB Articles, Register to any event, & much more. Segments can be created in as many variation as one can. In fact, Segments are the ruling property or feature that works so handy, which reduces a lot of iterative work.
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QuestionPro Inc
QuestionPro is great for forced-choice and Likert-scale data, and it easily turns raw data into readable statistics. The simple interface lacks attractiveness but is easy to learn and use, even for members outside the digital age. QuestionPro is less effective for qualitative data and short answer responses in large quantities. Reporting and analytic features leave this information in the bulky design, clogging the report and preventing cohesive presentation of the data.
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
SurveyMonkey is well suited for external, professional, client-facing forms and complex question types. I've tried generating forms on HubSpot, and it's not nearly as intuitive or clean-looking, and not all question types are supported (e.g. Likert scales). For quick, internal forms that don't need to be as pretty or professional, I find that Google Forms is the quickest and easiest to pull together, especially since it has a single, universal respondent link. If I wanted to embed a link in a mass email, SurveyMonkey doesn't allow multiple respondents to use the same link on my plan.
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Pros
Pendo.io
  • NPS Surveys
  • Feature usage insights
  • Identifying user behaviors using Replay feature
  • Clearly segmenting users in a way we want it to be
  • Identifying time spent on a feature/product to better understand what customers actually use
  • Documentation, in-app guides and help section
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QuestionPro Inc
  • Before choosing QuestionPro, we evaluated it and Qualtrics, SurveyGizmo, and SurveyMonkey. A committee tested each of 141 key features on all four products. QuestionPro did well in the comparison and we have ended up using even more features that we tested. The summary of that work can be found here: https://oit.utk.edu/research/documentation/qualtrics-to-questionpro/.
  • The way it handles anonymous surveys is particularly good. With most products, you have to remember to check the "anonymous" box to prevent it from saving email addresses or other identifiable data. But if you forget to do so, you can't tell by taking the survey. Question pro uses "Respondent Anonymity Assurance" that must be turned on by the company (a quick request from the chat window will suffice) and then it can never be turned off. This activates a link that appears on the bottom left-hand of each survey page. Clicking it takes the survey participant to a company page which assures them that the anonymous feature is indeed turned on.
  • It has a very nice combination of great power and ease of use.
  • The support we have received from the company has been excellent. Our team has worked with around 30 research software vendors for over 35 years and this company stands out as being extremely responsive to our needs. We told them we needed a migration tool to help us move from Qualtrics to QuestionPro and they created one in just a few weeks. They've added or improved a number of other features for us, at no charge.
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
  • Keeps identifiable information anonymous.
  • Being able to close the survey at a set time without having to remember to do so.
  • Takes the guess work out of response collecting.
  • Makes it easy to categorize responses within the same survey. Being able to add tags to open-ended questions makes it easy for us to identify patterns in responses.
  • An array of survey options and questions.
  • An all around great product that meets multiple needs.
  • Can have multiple collectors for the same survey to included manual input.
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Cons
Pendo.io
  • Dashboard is sometimes very slow to load
  • Preview is problematic if the Pendo.io user doesn't have access to the target environment or application where the guide is going to display
  • It would be ideal to have a gallery of thumbnail images of previously used guides to select from, either to pull a screen capture or to use as a template. It's cumbersome to go to the guides, find the one you want, click on Preview, etc.
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QuestionPro Inc
  • The current user interface for designing and editing questions is truly awful. A big step backwards from earlier user interfaces which were great.
  • Customer support is not very helpful.
  • Results of survey are not exported in a way that is easy to translate into R data frame.
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
  • I would like to have more customizable options for branding it to our hospital colors. Some survey options allow you to enter html color codes. SurveyMonkey allows you to change colors and you have to pick from selected options.
  • Embedding the surveys into a webpage, like WordPress is not as seamless as other services.
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Likelihood to Renew
Pendo.io
We have had an excellent experience with Pendo. When we've had questions or concerns, Pendo is very quick to respond and communicate with us. We have experienced top-notch customer support and customer engagement. We have actually modeled some of our implementation and product processes after Pendo's examples.
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QuestionPro Inc
It's a fine product, but it's also a very competitive field, so it wouldn't take much to knock QuestionPro from top tier status. I would like to see more functionality in all programs, so whichever program does that first is likely to get my money in the next round of budgeting.
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
Compared to other competitors in the market (including a few I've used internally), if you're looking for a survey application, this one does the job and it's quite inexpensive too. Considering the fact that it comes with a handy mobile application too (on iOS and Android), you also get flexibility thrown in the deal too.
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Usability
Pendo.io
It is intuitive for core tasks like tracking feature usage, building Guides, and viewing dashboards. The interface is clean and well structured, making it easy for product managers and operational teams to get value quickly without heavy technical support. However, there is a noticeable learning curve when setting up advanced custom events, reports, or integrations, which can take some time and internal knowledge-sharing to master.
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QuestionPro Inc
QuestionPro is very easy to use. There are lots of question types and drag and drop functionality. There are lots of ways that make the platform easy to use
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
It does everything a survey software should do, and it does it very well. I can't speak for how well it would work for a business that was surveying tens of thousands of people - but for a small business of 50 employees with a couple of thousand clients, it does everything it needs to do.
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Reliability and Availability
Pendo.io
Every time I have logged into Pendo, the service has been available for me to use. The page has never been down when I am trying to get info from there.
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QuestionPro Inc
No answers on this topic
Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
No answers on this topic
Performance
Pendo.io
Everything loads fairly quickly and it's not slow. I don't use an integration, I log in straight in the webpage.
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QuestionPro Inc
No answers on this topic
Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
still to many limitations for more complex surveys --skips, filtered questions, etc.
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Support Rating
Pendo.io
They've been great anytime that we have needed help with something. They also have some really great help articles. We're able to figure most things out through their articles, but when we've had to call in they've been very helpful and we haven't had any problems. I'd highly recommend working with them.
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QuestionPro Inc
They offer email, chat, and phone support. I have used the chat support several times. Response time was fast, but the rep did not always have the answer. Inquiries are answered quickly and thoroughly.
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
I've never had to contact the SurveyMonkey customer care team directly, but they have a pretty good library of help articles on their website. Everything from designing and executing your survey to account and billing questions. I never had a need for further support from Survey Monkey.
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Online Training
Pendo.io
The training schedule was well thought out and tailored to meet our needs. Chantelle stayed with us through the whole implementation and made sure that we were good to go.
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QuestionPro Inc
No answers on this topic
Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Pendo.io
Use Segment to install and cut developers out of the work cycle!
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QuestionPro Inc
Try every feature and test take your surveys multiple times, running through different scenarios.
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
Implementation not required.
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Alternatives Considered
Pendo.io
I have just very superficial experience with Google Analytics but I do believe that Pendo.io is a much much better tool in pretty much all aspects of it. It has a ton more features and capabilities and even for the capabilities where there is overlap, Pendo seems to come out ahead easily. There are aspects that Pendo could improve for sure such as what metadata it captures from the users; an example of this is screen resolution which Google Analytics captures but Pendo does not.
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QuestionPro Inc
First of all, QuestionPro has powerful futures when we compare it with others. I am not sure but somehow interface of the product is always important for some more than its functionality. QuestionPro has many features, functionality and has a great interface. It is easy to use and a software that is easy to understand.
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
SurveyMonkey is easier to customize and provides much more in depth analytics. SurveyMonkey also provides better templates providing us with a better presentation to our employees. SurveyMonkey also comes with a more trustworthy platform that ensures confidentiality, which is incredibly important to our employees and means we're getting more reliable results from the surveys.
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Scalability
Pendo.io
The system is pretty flexible and scalable, I have used it in different browsers and devices without issues.
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QuestionPro Inc
No answers on this topic
Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Pendo.io
  • Reducing development time with in-app guides and resource center, with product management being able to agilely create guides in real time, this could be as much as 1 full time developer in savings.
  • Reducing business time scoping "rock fetches" than are proven to be invaluable based on analytics, each time 1 single piece of analtical data saves around ~20 hours across multiple resources.
  • Increasing user satisfaction with in-app guides and resource center
  • Increasing usage of key features through targetted messaging, those key features either drive costs ou of our business or add value to customers business.
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QuestionPro Inc
  • QuestionPro is being used to automate surveys that were previously done by hand. We would not have been able to do this without the anonymous tracking feature. It has cut turnaround of reports by more than half.
  • This is of course more efficient, but this could be expected of any software that automates a survey for you.
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
  • The speed at which we can develop, program, execute and generate actual usable results provides significant value, particularly when we need fresh numbers to illustrate a point.
  • The fact that we can execute a research project so quickly means that new research is always a primary option when we're developing campaigns. That's a huge value proposition.
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