Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio vs. TrueContext

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lighthouse Studio
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Sawtooth 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
TrueContext
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
TrueContext (formerly ProntoForms) provides an enterprise-level low-code field-focused application. The solution is used to create apps and forms to collect and analyze field data with smartphones and tablets – either as a standalone solution or as a mobile front-end to enterprise systems of record.
$25
per month per license (billed annually)
Pricing
Sawtooth Lighthouse StudioTrueContext
Editions & Modules
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Essentials
$25
per month per license (billed annually)
Advanced
$45
per month per license (billed annually)
Enterprise
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Volume discounts available
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Lighthouse StudioTrueContext
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
6.5
1 Ratings
20% below category average
TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Themes6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom logo/branding7.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
9.0
1 Ratings
6% above category average
TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
6% above category average
Changes to live survey8.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Question design help9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multiple question types10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Survey logic flexibility10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
6.0
1 Ratings
29% below category average
TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Response tracking6.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data export4.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Standard reports5.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Analytics9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
10.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Access controls10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Compliance10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Sawtooth Lighthouse Studio
10.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Respondent restrictions10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Sawtooth Lighthouse StudioTrueContext
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sawtooth Lighthouse StudioTrueContext
Likelihood to Recommend
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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TrueContext Corporation
Prontoforms is suited for complicated business needs that are able to integrate seamlessly into one of the out-of-the-box solutions available. For simple recording to a spreadsheet, pdf, word document, database, etc. without any additional integrations, better (and in some cases free) solutions may work. For custom integrations, cost and effort may get expensive.
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Pros
Sawtooth Software
  • Powerful programming capabilities
  • Advanced analysis
  • Fantastic customer and technical support
  • Good documentation
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TrueContext Corporation
  • Conditional logic
  • Linking to data sources
  • Integration to Salesforce and ServiceMax
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Cons
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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TrueContext Corporation
  • Limitations to form formatting
  • Need more data source integrations
  • All of the different components need to synchronize automatically and more often.
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Usability
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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TrueContext Corporation
As Prontoforms markets itself as a low code, user-friendly drag and drop solution, it definitely excels in the area of user experience. While those who are more on the technical side will appreciate the standard options available as part of its custom integration tools. The learning curve has never been an issue.
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Support Rating
Sawtooth Software
I cannot explain how great the support team is. They are prompt and very thorough in their responses.
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TrueContext Corporation
The customer support for pronto forms was great for me in the only instance that I have had to use it. I called the phone number for ProntoForms customer support, they were quick with the correct answer for me and very reassuring.
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Alternatives Considered
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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TrueContext Corporation
We looked for versatility of product and cost effectiveness when trying to choose vendors. Even though the product can be set up by the user or administrator, the more complex parts of the form required help to be done right. Vendors needed to be able to offer their services to get this done in a timely fashion. ProntoForms hit all the marks. We looked at other vendors and they just couldn't replicate or form closely enough.
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Return on Investment
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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TrueContext Corporation
  • Return on Investment is immediate and possible from the first submission.
  • Saved us hours when it came to implementing forms on websites
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ScreenShots

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