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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Power Apps

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/APowerApps is a low code / rapid application development product from Microsoft that allows users to quickly build apps.

    $20

    per month per user

    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
    Power AppsLighthouse Studio
    Editions & Modules
    Power Apps Premium
    $20
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Power AppsLighthouse Studio
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Power AppsLighthouse Studio
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
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    Features
    Power AppsLighthouse Studio
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Power Apps and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Power Apps
    7.8
    24 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling7.722 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces7.423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security8.523 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management7.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability7.423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability7.622 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Power Apps and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Power Apps
    -
    Ratings
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Themes00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Power Apps and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Power Apps
    -
    Ratings
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Changes to live survey00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Question design help00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multiple question types00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Power Apps and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Power Apps
    -
    Ratings
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Survey logic flexibility00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Power Apps and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Power Apps
    -
    Ratings
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Response tracking00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Data export00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Analytics00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Power Apps and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Power Apps
    -
    Ratings
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Access controls00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Compliance00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Power Apps and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Power Apps
    -
    Ratings
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Respondent restrictions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    AppSheet
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Qualaroo
    Score7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle APEX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Power AppsLighthouse Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (26 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Power AppsLighthouse Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Power Apps is ideal for scenarios that are neither too complex nor too large. It is easy to begin development in Power Apps, as it is one of the best tools for low-code development. Power Apps can be implemented for complex scenarios as well, provided there is strong knowledge of the tool and ample time for planning. Our applications benefit from Power Apps' cross-platform support, making it easy to use on any device, including desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.
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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
    Microsoft
    • Power Apps has formats that are pre-built that don't require any coding which makes it easier to achieve your vision. This does become a challenge if your App needs don't fit into that format.
    • We deal with a ton of data so the fact that you can connect to any data source in addition to their pre-stablished data connections makes the process a breeze.
    • The online learning resources and tutorials are helpful as well for those who are tech savvy.
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    Sawtooth Software
    • Powerful programming capabilities
    • Advanced analysis
    • Fantastic customer and technical support
    • Good documentation
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Sometimes the cost of solutions is greater than the benefit. Licensing is expensive relative to the scope of some business user-created personal or team-level solutions.
    • While there is a starter-kit for Governance, it is complicated to stand up and requires dedicated resources to provide on-going governance operations. Many organizations are not going to be able to dedicate resources to governance and this causes the sprawl, solution duplication, silos, unneeded and unplanned licensing expenses, and a general "wild wild west" environment.
    • There needs to be better direction and best practices given around Power Platform Environment utilization and optimization.
    • The accessibility to the platform and ease for business partners to independantly create solutions is both a benefit and a negative. When the business outcome needed is a good fit for PowerApps it is a quick win, but when not a good fit it becomes a frustration for the business partner attempting to make the platform do something it is not well-suited for. The business partner entangles tech teams in the effort which drains resources and provides a lack-luster solution. All of this to say, it would be beneficial to have some tools that business partners could leverage to determine\understand if the type of business outcome they need is well suited to PowerApps or not.
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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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    Usability
    Microsoft
    PowerApps is a great solution and I have spent the last year familiarizing myself with the platform and building custom applications to complete a whole range of tasks such as asset management, custom invoice generation, and item restriction tracking. We as a company have barely begun to scratch the surface of what can be achieved with PowerApps.
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    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
    Microsoft
    The community forums are extremely responsive to questions asked, there is a good body of online documentation and many community posts to draw from. Although the platform has changed, which means some of the posts are out of date and the solutions provided aren't relevant. Of relevance, I read over 400 articles plus documentation to get this first app built in SharePoint, move it to SQL and make it work exactly the way it should.
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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
    Microsoft
    1. PowerApps functionality comes with E1 over E3 License without adding extra costs 2. For Nintex you pay (at the beginning) for each workflow, so my intention would be, to do no workflows to prevent additional costs, but I want a platform with a fair price that allows me to create workflows without thinking about the price for each workflow and we use only some workflow and relative easy workflows and forms as a medium-sized company. 3. PowerApps provides a lot of functionality without needing to invest in premium features directly.
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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
    Microsoft
    • Automation of manual processes brings an ROI on labor costs.
    • Intake of data provides clean database design.
    • Connectivity to data-lake provides insights and trends into the data.
    • Able to scale operations with efficiencies provided by the app.
    • Can mature the process and workflows to do more.
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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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