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Online survey & questionnaire tool

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  • Likelihood to recommend9.37/10

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I cannot praise this product enough, the simplicity, the detailed and complex features and options and the finished product, absolutely fantastic.
I highly recommend this product, the software itself is great, easy to use and gives a great survey experience.
We used this for a rapidly implemented survey. It was excellent - easy to set up, and the analytics in the Professional option are really very good and allowed for frequent non-expert review.
To do one particular function it used to prompt me to upgrade my membership which in my view proved costly for me.
It took me a but to figure it out. That might be a user error on my part, nothing wrong with the software.
Maybe make that more obvious. But that is just me as I used it only for 4 months every year, so from year to year, I forget.
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Charles S.

Nonprofit Organization Management, self-employed

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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Extremely easy to use questionnaire software, suitable for both small and large organisations

Reviewed 7 years ago

Affordable, flexible questionnaire design, administration and management

Pros

It is very easy to set up a questionnaire, and there is a very good range of question types and answers. Images and video can be embedded in a question, broadening the design. The design-test-redesign cycle is well implemented. The whole questionnaire can be easily branded to give a unique look. Deployment is simple, and with multiple versions easily set up. Usefully for a forum, it is possible to...

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Pamela C.

Used other for 1-2 years

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Fantastic! Exactly what we need to be able to collate information effectively.

Reviewed 7 years ago
Pros

The ease of use and simplicity of the programme. I am creating the surveys on behalf of Local Authority Building Standards Scotland. We are currently looking at our membership and require to see if we are currently meeting their needs and where we need to improve. Smart survey as a tool to be able to collate this information is fantastic and the fact that it produces the tables and diagrams for you...

Cons

There are some questions that need to be adapted but on discussion I was told there are ongoing developments (matrix questions in multiple answers currently all fields require to be completed even if the response is zero - a default of zero if not completed would be perfect)

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Kayla S.

Printing, 51-200 employees

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Nothing Spectacular, does well enough

Reviewed 7 years ago
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-Easy to use after a brief learning curve -Simple to make or take surveys -Can get plenty of responses

Cons

-User Interface could be more streamlined from designers side -Loading Problems on survey-taker side.

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jamie k.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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best survey software

Reviewed a year ago

the real benefit for the software are it saves my time and it helped me do my survey accurately

Pros

user friendly software helps my survey more interesting

Cons

every aspect of the software worked well with me

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Peter M.

Management Consulting, self-employed

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Fantastic survey software

Reviewed 4 years ago

Fantastic. I think they called me once to check it was all okay, but that was literally a question as to whether there was anything they could do. The rest of the time, the site worked perfectly, downloads of the data were simple. Bottom line is it worked as they said it would and you cant ask for more than that.

Pros

So simple to set up the questionnaires Easy for participants to access (multiple ways to access the site- QR codes, weblinks etc) Brilliant behind the scenes options- things like being able to annonomise respondents by removing IP addresses was a huge benefit for my study and meant i was able to make sure i didnt breach any GDPR requirements

Cons

There is nothing about this that i feel is a con.

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Robin R.

51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Satisfactory surveys with verified information

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

This is the only survey which verifies the demographic information of the attendee of a survey that is created thus making it more legitimate.

Cons

Because it is free it is also used by fraudsters creating scams, we advise them to make it more secured.

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hasini w.

Computer Software, 201-500 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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survey creator

Reviewed 2 years ago

I have used smart survey to create questionnaire for my university research module feedback collection. I found this software as an easy and quick way to collect responses.

Pros

There are plenty of structures and templates that I can choose from and can customize contents into the surveys. I get triggered once responses are completed. I love the pre selected answers where users do not have to respond to those questions.

Cons

I think analytical features could improve and I hope there will be more updates in the near future.

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Elaine W.

Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Absolutely fantastic product

Reviewed 3 years ago

I highly recommend this product, the software itself is great, easy to use and gives a great survey experience. The customer service team have been absolutely great, responsive, helpful and more than happy to assist in any way they can. Well done Smart Survey! I have widely shared within our Trust what a great product this is.

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I cannot praise this product enough, the simplicity, the detailed and complex features and options and the finished product, absolutely fantastic

Cons

I honestly can't really fault this system, the only thing I would say is that 7 days may just be a little short for the trial - 14 days would be better.

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Amy B.

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used other for 2+ years

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Have filled out survey's using this app/software. Easy to navigate and fill out.

Reviewed 6 years ago

Giving information I thought was important to the organization asking for the input.

Pros

It was easy to navigate as a user. I don't have any experience at the other end of those seeking information.

Cons

I did not have any cons as a user. Screen was a good size, easy to read and easy to flip through pages. Length was determined by those seeking information and sometimes this was long.

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Banking,

Used other for less than 6 months

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Easy to use even for beginners

Reviewed 7 years ago

the ease of creating surveys quickly and the ability to create and collect results very quickly which was convenient for me

Pros

i came across this site when doing my dissertation when i was weighing up my options on which platform to use, with this one i found that like some of the others it was one which is very simple and easy to use and gave the user a lot of control over the layout of the service and the format of the questions that can be asked and even as a beginner knew to this i was able to glide through the navigation and have a good play around with all of its features and found it was pretty easy to create services gather results and even export and downloa the results in different formats

Cons

sometimes you would like to format text of the questions for example if i wanted to bold something that was important for some reason i had a problem doing this and had to just leave it out but it just didnt work

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Yvonne R.

Used monthly for 2+ years

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Straightforward online survey system with great customer support

Reviewed 7 years ago

Ease of use, competitive price, helpful customer support, ease of reporting and ability to develop surveys that are unique and tailored to our requirements.

Pros

When initially looking at options for an online survey tool, SmartSurvey offered by far the best service for a competitive price. When enquiring about the service the customer service answered all of our questions and we signed up with multiple accounts. Many people have accessed SmartSurvey and no one has had any difficulties in creating surveys or analyising them. The ease of use and expert customer support is great service.

Cons

Having used SmartSurvey for a number of years now we have not had any issue or found anything we 'least' like.

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Ashwyn S.

Music, self-employed

Used other for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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SmartSurvey, smart choice

Reviewed 4 years ago

It did exactly what we wanted it to do at a reasonable price. We even got a discount as a not-for-profit.

Pros

Easy to use, versatile, flexible and provision of useful and easily worked with statistics/data

Cons

Sometimes it was a little difficult to find some settings.

Vendor response

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review Ashwyn, your feedback is much appreciated :) Kind regards, Neil

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Chitua K.

Banking, 10,001+ employees

Used other for 1-2 years

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A great tool for corporate surveys

Reviewed 4 years ago

Positive

Pros

The tool is very intuitive and easy to use. It has multiple functionalities, such as the ability to send via multiple methods and the integration with Salesforce. I also like the ability to create different tracking links for various target groups. The company staff are also very responsive, knowledgeable and helpful.

Cons

Perhaps the graphical displays of the results could be nicer

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Andrew H.

Construction, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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Creating a questionnaire

Reviewed 4 years ago
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Once you had navigated through the web page the software was easy to use. There were the options of using question templates but you could also make your own. The graphical diagrams of the results enhanced the content of my dissertation.

Cons

It took a couple of attempts to navigate the website to create the questionnaire. To create diagrams, charts etc you are required to upgrade to get this facility.

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Hi Andrew, Thankyou for taking the time to leave a review, your feedback is much appreciated! Kind regards, Neil

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Daniel T.

Hospitality, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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Happy Customer

Reviewed 4 years ago
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Struggled with other companies but found SmartSurvey easy to use and enjoyed the data tools with the pre-populated graphs. The after sales support was great too with somebody contacting me to check I was OK with the platform.

Cons

I needed a bit of guidance on the custom branding of the survey but soon got the hang of it.

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Lisa G.

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Easy to use with a great end result!

Reviewed 7 years ago
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It's a dream to use and there is a steadfast back up team to answer any questions you may have. The templates are great - very professional

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Abhijeet B.

Automotive, 11-50 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

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Online Survey Champions

Reviewed 4 years ago

I would say I had satisfactory experience with SmartSurvey overall, will definitely use SmartSurvey again in the future if required at work.

Pros

I used this software to create an online survey for my master's thesis. It was very easy to use and helped me creating an effective survey in a short period of time. I used the pro version so I used the data presentation tool to create graphs and pie-charts for the answers provided by the participants for each questions. I found that data export tool (5 Stars) very useful and effective.

Cons

Once I created the survey and launched it online, I realised that there could be certain changes needed in some of the questions. I could only change some questions whereas other questions weren't amendable. I didn't like that I was not able to make necessary changes to the questions.

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David B.

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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Up and running quickly, easy to create survey, excellent support.

Reviewed 7 years ago

Allowed us to carry out one aspect of our pupil voice quickly and easily.

Pros

The user experience is excellent - it was very straightforward to create a form, preview it, test it and then extract the results. Every type of form field I wanted was available and the interface made it easy to create the forms I wanted. Support was excellent too - there's a good FAQ available but if not, support replied usually on the same day and often within a couple of hours.

Cons

Storing the forms in the folder structure needs a bit of work. At the moment I can only have one folder level - at least two levels of nested folders would make it easier to keep things in order. I have put this in as a feature request.

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Alexandra L.

Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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Excellent product

Reviewed 8 years ago

I have found this product extremely easy to use - I have used it myself to collect all kinds of survey data and also used it in teaching with students, who find the set up very easy to operate and have designed great surveys using a range of different response forms and mechanisms. The templates for each question are particularly useful.

Pros

Templates for question types

Cons

Skip logic is a little complex at first

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Jennifer F.

Higher Education, 51-200 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

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An excellent, easy to use survey software

Reviewed 4 years ago

Designed a rapid survey for a research project, and easily conducted survey. Great service

Pros

We used this for a rapidly implemented survey. It was excellent - easy to set up, and the analytics in the Professional option are really very good and allowed for frequent non-expert review. Thoroughly recommend

Cons

It would be good to have better options for exporting only some responses or sorting responses/managing duplicates, but it was otherwise excellent and this is easily fixed in using Excel. Overall excellent software for the price

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Hi Jennifer, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. You can use filters to better sort your responses which would then make for a cleaner export. Please find a link to the help guide on filtering here: https://help.smartsurvey.co.uk/article/how-to-use-the-filtering-tools If you want access to more advanced reporting features you can always try them out on a 14-day trial of our business plan. Any questions please feel free to get in touch. Kind regards, Neil

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Lorne R.

Research, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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Great for research

Reviewed 4 years ago

Very satisfied overall. Great for my graduate research!

Pros

Easy to use, simple interface, great report options

Cons

Some of the output of tables and charts could use a bit more work as the resolution and sizing is sometimes spotty.

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Nicola R.

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Great survey software

Reviewed 8 years ago

This is a great product for collecting large amounts of data and it is very easy to use as a researcher. The surveys are easy to design and edit and the guidance is very straight forward to follow. There are a variety of options that ensure that it can be designed to match your needs, which is ideal! I also like that it is user friendly for people taking part in the surveys. Overall, a great online survey product!

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Easy to use, intuitive

Reviewed 8 years ago

I found creating the survey easy to use and intuitive. There were a large range of question types (multiple choice, single answer etc), allowing you to tailor the survey to your needs and keep it interesting for respondents. The results can be exported as data, and there is easy analysis and easy filtering of results. Highly recommended.

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Maria Z.

E-Learning, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Just Try It

Reviewed 2 months ago
Pros

Offers detailed survey functionalities and data insights Can detect cheating

Cons

Would probably add more design features.

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Ruxshin A.

Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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Great tool

Reviewed 3 months ago
Pros

How easy it is to use! Very good navigation

Cons

It is a little limited on the things that your able to do.