Overview & General Disclaimer:
The following article compares FluidSurveys (Pro) with SurveyMonkey (Pro). This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge as of June 30th, 2009. This evaluation was done from a review of what was available on public websites. It is possible that these tools may have other versions and features, unbeknownst to us, which have not been mentioned here.
Overview |
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FluidSurveys |
SurveyMonkey |
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| Price |
$180/year |
$200/year |
| # of Surveys |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| # of Questions/Survey |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| # of Responses/survey |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Skipping/Branching |
yes |
yes |
| Multipage Surveys |
yes |
yes |
| Send Emails from Site |
yes |
yes |
Design Features
Editing Features |
FluidSurveys |
SurveyMonkey |
| Drag and Drop Interface to questions |
Yes |
No |
| Select Multiple Questions at a time |
Yes |
No |
| Add/Delete/Modify Questions |
Yes |
Yes |
| Real‐time preview of editing of questions |
Yes |
Yes |
| Re-arranging questions |
Yes |
Yes |
| Moving Questions from Page to Page |
Yes |
Yes |
| Copying & Pasting of Questions |
Yes |
Yes |
| Move Questions between surveys |
Yes |
No |
Branching / Skipping |
FluidSurveys |
SurveyMonkey |
| Unconditional skips |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skipping to a page |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skipping to a question |
Yes |
Yes |
Question Types |
FluidSurveys |
SurveyMonkey |
| Section Separator |
Yes |
Yes |
| 15 Question Types |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dropdown Matrix |
Yes |
Yes |
| Natrix Question |
Yes |
No |
Question Options |
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| Randomize Choices |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bulk Import of Common Fields |
Yes |
No |
| Optional/Mandatory Questions |
Yes |
Yes |
| Survey Options |
Yes |
Yes |
| Question Morphing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Randomize order of questions within page/section |
Yes |
No |
Survey Options |
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| Editable Survey Title |
Yes |
Yes |
| Editable Survey Description |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online View of Results |
Yes |
Yes |
| Deletion of specific responses or all responses. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Duplication of Surveys |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multipage Surveys |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-Language Surveys |
Yes |
Yes |
Generic Options |
FluidSurveys |
SurveyMonkey |
| OpenID Support |
Yes |
No |
| Change Password / Password Retrieval |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
Look & Feel |
FluidSurveys |
SurveyMonkey |
| theme editor |
Yes |
Yes |
| Upload custom logo |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embed Videos, Images, Rich Content |
Yes |
No |
| Editable
CSS |
Yes |
No |
Polling Options
FluidSurveys |
SurveyMonkey |
|
| Create Polls |
Yes |
No |
| # of Responses/Poll |
Unlimited |
No |
| Multiple Choice Polls. |
Yes |
No |
| Drag and Drop interface to poll choices. |
Yes |
No |
| Restrictions by IP, session, or no restrictions |
Yes |
No |
| Embed polls on external sites |
Yes |
No |
| Deletion of Poll Responses |
Yes |
No |
| Customizable Design |
Yes |
No |
| Formatting of Poll Results. |
Yes |
No |
| Animated Graphical Display of Results. |
Yes |
No |
Publishing Options
FluidSurveys |
SurveyMonkey |
|
| Password Protection |
Yes |
Yes |
| Survey taking based on session key, IP Address, or No restriction |
Yes |
Yes |
| Editable live/not‐live options. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Invitations via email. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bulk import of users via outlook, gmail, hotmail, etc.. |
Yes |
No Direct Imports |
| Invitations to access survey with access codes. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Send Invitation Reminders |
Yes |
Yes |
| Create Lists / Addressbook |
Yes |
Yes |
| Send Personalized Emails to people in your addressbook. |
Yes |
Yes |
Results Analysis
FluidSurveys |
SurveyMonkey |
|
| View Tabular Results in Realtime |
Yes |
Yes |
| View Graphical Results in Realtime |
Yes |
Yes |
| Export Survey to PDF and Word |
Yes |
(No Word) |
| Export Survey Results into PDF, Excel, and Powerpoint |
Yes |
(No Powerpoint) |
| Advanced Filters |
Yes |
Yes |
| Cross-tabulation of Results |
Yes |
Yes |
| Screen out certain IP Addresses |
Yes |
Yes |
| Capture IP Addresses (optional) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Share Results with Others |
Yes |
Yes |
