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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Satmetrix (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASatmetrix was survey-based customer experience management software. It contained summary and individual customer data for tracking the customer lifecycle. Satmetrix was acquired by NICE Systems in July 2017, and is no longer available.N/A

    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
    Satmetrix (discontinued)Lighthouse Studio
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Satmetrix (discontinued)Lighthouse 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
    Satmetrix (discontinued)Lighthouse Studio
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Satmetrix (discontinued) and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Satmetrix (discontinued)
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Survey templates8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themes8.02 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding8.02 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Satmetrix (discontinued) and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Satmetrix (discontinued)
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Changes to live survey8.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Question design help8.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multiple question types8.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Satmetrix (discontinued) and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Satmetrix (discontinued)
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Survey logic flexibility8.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Satmetrix (discontinued) and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Satmetrix (discontinued)
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Response tracking8.02 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Data export8.02 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Standard reports8.02 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Custom reports8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics8.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Satmetrix (discontinued) and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Satmetrix (discontinued)
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Access controls8.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Compliance8.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Satmetrix (discontinued) and Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    Feature
    Satmetrix (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Respondent restrictions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Satmetrix (discontinued)Lighthouse Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Satmetrix (discontinued)Lighthouse Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Satmetrix is best suited if you don't currently use Salesforce. A lot of its main selling points are negated by the virtue of having Salesforce. Case management is in Salesforce, reporting is in Salesforce, the structure that NPX imposes is actually clunky and unwieldy, and is much more streamlined on competing platforms such as GetFeedback and SurveyMonkey. The only thing that leaves is the consultative service on being best practice and I don't really get to see any of that.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    • Ease of use; SaaS solution, all web based - simple, straightforward and easy to use
    • Multi lingual; we are able to use multiple languages for our surveys
    • Reporting is very flexible; reports can be run for pretty much any data point that you can capture!
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    • Powerful programming capabilities
    • Advanced analysis
    • Fantastic customer and technical support
    • Good documentation
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Implementation did not go as well as planned and there were problems.
    • If you are running multiple surveys, slicing and dicing data is not that simple.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    The previous experience was so negative that even if they have improved since then it wouldn't help. Another more pertinent reason is because we have an existing 3 year contract with Medallia. Lastly, vendor transitions in our environment (B2B in 132 countries) is extremely painful. I've managed two of them and wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
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    Sawtooth Software
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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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
    Discontinued Products
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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
    Discontinued Products
    I haven't evaluated any other products. Our executive team selected NPS as the preferred measurement of customer sentiment and Satmetrix is the only certification company I am aware of.
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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
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    • With the knowledge gained front he transactional surveys, Satmetrix helped us significantly improve our customer service processes.
    • Combined with the relationship survey, we were ultimately able to improve our customer retention by over 20% within 2 years.
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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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