Dovetail vs. Survicate

I find it really useful and time-saving. Compared to conducting the analysis and synthesis manually as I used to do, this is a really big improvement. The one thing that is missing is taking into account users' non-verbal data, for instance, pauses, confusion... So it is important that the researcher adds this themselves to their results. Dovetails is especially useful if your script is very structured, so you can categorise your data following it. Less so if you have a semi-structured script or you need to rely on the user's non-verbal cues

Incentivized

Sruveys with more complex flows/logis - especially when you want to link results back to specific users to be able to do more-in-depth analysis of results

• Tagging with a teammate. This is great for general topics and tracking trends for later analyze. We usually cross tag by sentiment + topic from our testing session. Creates a system that can be used by multiple people.
• User repository. For each interview we create a new user or cross reference if existing. This helps us keep track of who we have talked to across sessions and helpful if we want to see the change in responses for various features as we move through the app development process.
• Having all the tag options in the insights. I like having the columns where we can mark it by progress, type, user working on it, status, etc.

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• IMO, the strengths of feedback lite is what it is called for - 'lite"... it is basic, simple, and easy to set up and use.
• Especially should be mention that it is easy to set up, and you can have it working in less than a few hours.
• Reliable - I don't remember even one "problem" or an issue we experienced with it.

Incentivized

• Increased metrics tracking for individual projects/folders.
• Use case sharing across different companies...how are others utilizing Dovetail that maybe we haven't even considered yet...maybe in a newsletter.
• Research Newsletter development feature, direct from/within Dovetail, would be amazing. What my team primarily does now is link reports into an email or email builder tool. It would be amazing if maybe AI could whip that up for me in the Dovetail platform..

Incentivized

• In my opinion, inconsistent and visually unappealing survey visuals (e.g., NPS and cSAT questions look completely different from each other, creating a disjointed visual experience)
• Poor customer service (in my experience, issue resolution can take weeks)
• Lack of clarity around API & other technical capabilities requiring engineering assistance
• Very limited maximum response limit per month

Incentivized

Because we are really happy with the tool and it’s capabilities at the moment. The price increase is the main issue we can have but the features are getting better and better. It really saves a lot of time for our team and allow us to collaborate more efficiently with certain stakeholders that often did not réalise how much research we conduct. Now they can just have a look to it by themself!

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Only if we will really consider other features, we might end up with an alternative tool. if will continue the business process as it is, I don't anticipate migrating to another product

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As I said, since the navigation changed, I’m a bit lost. The previous structure felt more intuitive, and I could quickly access the sections I needed. Now, some areas seem reorganized in a way that’s less predictable, which slows me down. I sometimes have to click through multiple menus to find specific features or content

Incentivized

In my experience, implementation was very drawn out and overly complicated (needed lots of engineering help from both sides), visual interface both within the tool and surveys shown in-app is unappealing and sometimes misleading, and making sure the right users are being targeted for any given survey sometimes requires more babysitting than ideal.

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I’ve never had any access issues with Dovetail, so I don’t see any problems in that area.

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Regarding performance, I would say it’s satisfactory. Adding data and transcriptions is really fast and efficient, and can be done in the background, so I’m never hindered by these aspects. However, all the new AI-generated features are still somewhat slow to run. It’s nothing major, but it should improve in the future.

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Support was good, especially when it comes to the capability of your support agents and engineers. But as i am located in Europe, the difference in the time zone made it hard to communicate with your offices and kept my work way back

Incentivized

Survicate offers quick in-product support, via chat ( not a chatbot ) that responds in minutes, not hours. For all customers. This is definitely something I don't see in some of the tools we use. Secondly, as a highest-package customer we're receiving insightful tips, and recommendations from our Customer Success Manager, who knows our use-cases really well and knows how Survicate can best address them. We even have a Slack channel, where we can get help in no-time

The training went very well, and we co-built it to really address our needs. I also think it was beneficial to have feedback coming from someone other than myself (since I manage the tool), as it helped reinforce the points I wanted to highlight. The team’s feedback on the training was very positive.

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Setup was simple. One-time installation for our website and inside the product. We used Google Tag Manager to implement Survicate. So within 2 hours, we were able to run surveys, and also all attributes and events were passed to Survicate, so that we were able to use them to trigger surveys

We currently have access to both of the listed programs through our company, but they were lacking in the ability to either accurately transcribe the interviews (which would lead to extra effort and time going in to correct the transcription errors) or would not analyze interviews at all and could only handle text which, again, would rely on accurate transcriptions to get insights and analysis. Having it all-in-one was the much better option.

Incentivized

Survicate is great at allowing us to poll users in-app and quickly analyzing results for distribution amongst the organization. However, its surveying capabilities are limited, visual interfaces are all over the place, which risks damaging the site's overall visual appeal, and customer service for anything beyond basic questions is very slow.

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Management is quite straightforward; it’s easy to change access if certain stakeholders need to use it. The repository features are accessible to all teams, making it a good entry point into the tool. The more people use it, the more powerful the tool becomes, so it seems truly scalable to me. The limits are more financial, in terms of accessing additional features.

Incentivized

• The first biggest ROI is the time savings. As a research team of one, there is only so much that I can do with my bandwidth. Dovetail allows me to close out research projects much faster than doing it manually. I can upload video interviews, highlight and tag parts of the transcript that relate to research questions, and easily summarize. Highlighting allows me to get the perfect soundbite for a research readout, and overall, Dovetail has helped me move faster and with greater accuracy.
• Another huge ROI for us is the improved productivity. Product managers, designers, and other colleagues can easily go into Dovetail and ask the chat/search for answers to questions they are trying to figure out. All of this without having to reach out to me, the solo researcher. This saves me a ton of time in Slack messages and meetings.
• The value of the repository itself is huge. Since all of our research is stored in Dovetail, we can easily search previous research to ensure we are not duplicating efforts or even missing key customer information that may have come up in a separate study. This gives our research a longer shelf life, making it even more valuable.
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Incentivized

• Being able to automatically identify topics from open-text responses significantly reduced amount of manual work on our end. Hours saved on weekly basis.
• One-time quick installation reduced the potential amount of development time required to either build surveys, or update them on our own.
• We find these surveys to be a good alternative to lengthy questionnaires, or deep interviews. They're super quick to launch, and generate insights almost instantly. Money and time may be saved on user interviews, and incentives to take questionnaires.