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    Survicate

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASurvicate is survey software for getting continuous customer insights at scale. It can be used to measure customer satisfaction (CSAT), track an organization's Net Promoter Score (NPS), get website feedback, or test product-market fit. Survicate supports any use case related to collecting and managing customer feedback. Survicate can be used to: • Create customized surveys and start getting customer feedback within minutes • Run surveys where they are needed: via email…

    $99

    per month 500 responses per month

    Tungsten Power PDF

    Score9.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Tungsten Power PDF (formerly Kofax) is an easy-to-use, secure and inexpensive solution to manage PDFs for businesses and individuals. Benefits: Ease of Use: Works like Office desktop products, so it's easier to learn Compatibility: Works across devices and platforms, share documents in a storage cloud …

    $129

    one-time fee per license

    Pricing
    SurvicateTungsten Power PDF
    Editions & Modules
    Good
    $99
    per month 500 responses per month
    Better
    $149
    per month 1000 responses per month
    Best
    $249
    per month 2500 responses per month
    Better Than The Rest
    $269
    per month
    Better Than The Rest
    $299
    per month Custom pool of yearly responses
    Power PDF Standard
    $129
    one-time fee per license
    Power PDF for Mac
    $129
    one-time fee per license
    Power PDF Advanced
    $179
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    Get a Quote: Subscription and Perpetual available
    per year per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SurvicateTungsten Power PDF
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAdditional fees apply for additional users and domains. The price of the Scale plan is negotiated individually and depends on the number of monthly responses needed and possible custom needs, including integrations.Desktop licenses are buy once, own forever. No subscription fees. Business server licenses are term-based or perpetual with optional maintenance & support contract. Volume and upgrade discounts available.
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    Community Pulse
    SurvicateTungsten Power PDF
    Considered Both Products
    Survicate
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    585 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    575 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    583 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    526 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    556 Answers
    Features
    SurvicateTungsten Power PDF
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Survicate and Tungsten Power PDF
    Feature
    Survicate
    9.7
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    Survey templates9.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themes9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding9.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Survicate and Tungsten Power PDF
    Feature
    Survicate
    9.1
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    Changes to live survey9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Question design help8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple question types8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Survicate and Tungsten Power PDF
    Feature
    Survicate
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    Survey logic flexibility9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Survicate and Tungsten Power PDF
    Feature
    Survicate
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    Response tracking5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data export9.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Survicate and Tungsten Power PDF
    Feature
    Survicate
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    Access controls8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Survicate and Tungsten Power PDF
    Feature
    Survicate
    9.3
    4 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    Respondent restrictions9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    PDF Editors
    Comparison of PDF Editors features of Survicate and Tungsten Power PDF
    Feature
    Survicate
    -
    Ratings
    Tungsten Power PDF
    8.7
    28 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Edit Text and Images00 Ratings5.526 Ratings
    Merge or Split PDFs00 Ratings9.928 Ratings
    Add Annotations00 Ratings9.226 Ratings
    Text Recognition (OCR)00 Ratings6.922 Ratings
    Page Management00 Ratings7.226 Ratings
    Form Creation and Editing00 Ratings9.620 Ratings
    Secure PDFs00 Ratings9.920 Ratings
    Convert to Different Formats00 Ratings9.823 Ratings
    Comment and Review Tools00 Ratings9.423 Ratings
    Undo and Redo Actions00 Ratings9.823 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SurvicateTungsten Power PDF
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
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    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
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    9.3
    (112 ratings)
    Usability
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    9.8
    (46 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.9
    (435 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (33 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    9.1
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    SurvicateTungsten Power PDF
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Survicate
    Survicate is well suited for very basic intercept polls and is less suited for more complex surveying tasks (e.g., anything more than basic skip-logic or surveying niche cohorts) and longitudinal surveying (e.g., comparing responses from the same or similar cohorts year over year).
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    GREAT for combining documents into a single PDF. Great for working with a PDF. Not so great converting PDF to Word format. Would like to see more effort put into that development. Would like to see more effective testing of updates prior to pushing them out as well. Otherwise it is awesome.
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    Pros
    Survicate
    • 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.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Typewriter functionality is great, although can take some time to load. This allows you to fill in text wherever applicable without turning the rest of the pdf into editable text.
    • Fast load times
    • Has autogenerated text feature so anything in the pdf can become editable
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    Cons
    Survicate
    • 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
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • I find that quickly editing text within a document or adding a line of text is clunky and can snowball into things popping out of place. I prefer to export text, and then work on it elsewhere.
    • Sometimes it seems that text recognition is trying too hard and throws me paper punches as "O"s and wrinkles as shapes, so I have to get rid of those artifacts.
    • The "Update Available" popup which is usually not an actual update announcement but rather an offer to sell me something is annoying.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Survicate
    We use Survicate for now, over 7 years, and the tool is being constantly improved. New features and products has been introduced over the years. The team listens to our feedback we sometimes share, and improve the product based on that. We really appreciate being supported by the Customer Success, all the insights and help we got from them. And even though they introduced many new features over the years, the tool still remained super easy to use, even from new employees that join our team
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Tungsten Power PDF is easy to use, the staff all like it, and there are no issues with it on any level. It is a more cost-effective solution to our PDF needs than other products currently available on the market. This product works as intended and it fits our business needs perfectly.
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    Usability
    Survicate
    It's rare to use products that offer wide range of features, and yet are really ease to use. Over the years, the product has changed a lot, they introduced numerous new features, but the product remained really simple to use. We know it, because new employees who join our team, have no problem in starting to use Survicate on their own, without and dedicated training. The UI is really clear.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    It is fast and easy to get the hang of. It really didn't take a lot of effort to learn how to use this program and I appreciated that it was pretty "plug and play" and there wasn't a long learning curve.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Survicate
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Other that a PDF partially disappearing if left up for a long period of time - no issues. (If you close it and reopen it, it is all there. We have some PDFs that are 400-600 pages long.)
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    Performance
    Survicate
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Pages nearly always load at the expected rapid speed. Some documents that print quickly from Adobe Reader print much more slowly from Power PDF. I have never generated a report - that's a feature I didn't know existed until now and do not know what it's for
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    Support Rating
    Survicate
    We had a lot of issues during implementation that required help from Survicate's engineers. In my experience, it took us over 4 weeks to be fully up and running due to lag times in communication.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    I have used it for 15 years and have only needed support once: a simple update that allowed me to use the software as intended. The support team was attentive and responsive, and I was on my way very quickly.
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    In-Person Training
    Survicate
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    I got an overview of the product from my predecessor who was about to retire from the job I now hold. He did not go into very many of the features and probably only knew about the ones he used most frequently.
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    Online Training
    Survicate
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    We watched the training videos and tested out the features and functionality side by side. Some features are not used on a regular basis is it is convenient to go back and review training on that particular functionality when needed.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Survicate
    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
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Easy and quick, with no problems or support needed. Worked as intended right out of the box. E-signing was the only area that implementation was dificult and required support
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    Alternatives Considered
    Survicate
    Considering the simplicity of the need, and the cost of such solution (~600$/yr), I don't think there was very deep research for any alternatives. The main alternative was embedding a feedback tool "organically" into our site, that option was taken off the table, for strategic considerations.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    There is nothing to compare it to. Tungsten Power PDF is by far an easier and more efficient option. The one advantage of CutePDF is the functionality of overlay and underlay with headers and footers. The other functions in Tungsten Power PDF are much easier to use. Pricing is also an attractive option.
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    Scalability
    Survicate
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Not really familiar since I'm the only person who uses it. But in the past it has been my understanding that Power PDF was offered only on a single-license basis, so it's been expensive for me to use it at home and at work because I had to pay for it on my own. In my current position management supports it so I at least only have to pay for it once.
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    Return on Investment
    Survicate
    • We had a business need - to collect feedback on our support knowledge base content. Feedback Lite fulfills this need, with simple, easy to use, solution.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Although it was expensive to get the program (just under $200), I found that it was nice that there was only that one time charge. If there were updating or annual fees, I think that would be a deal breaker. Thankfully there isn't, though!
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    ScreenShots

    Survicate Screenshots

    Screenshot of survey distribution methodsScreenshot of an email surveyScreenshot of an email NPS surveyScreenshot of an in-product surveyScreenshot of a link surveyScreenshot of a mobile survey

    Tungsten Power PDF Screenshots

    Screenshot of the PDF Create Assistant, which can be used to create multiple PDFs at the same time from a variety of source formats. Create individual PDFs, or combine into one PDF package.Screenshot of PDF Profiles that can be created to apply commonly desired settings to new PDF documents created in Power PDF.Screenshot of the application's color, changed from purple to blue, light gray or dark gray.Screenshot of some lightweight document automation that can also be achieved with the Watched Folder and Sequence features.Screenshot of where packages can be signed with pre built templates using Kofax Sign Doc or other integrating e-signersScreenshot of PDFs that can be navigated with a thumbnail view