Overview & General Disclaimer:
The following document compares FluidSurveys (Ultra) with Zoomerang (Premium). This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge as of July 29th, 2009. This evaluation was done from a review of what was available on the public websites. It is possible that FluidSurveys or Zoomerang may have other versions and features, unbeknownst to us, which have not been mentioned here.
General Features
FluidSurveys |
Zoomerang |
|
| Price |
$600/year
|
$600/year
|
| # of Surveys |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| # of Questions/Survey |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| # of Responses/survey |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Skipping/Branching |
Advanced |
Basic |
| Multipage Surveys |
Yes |
Yes |
| Send Emails from Site |
Yes |
Yes |
| SSL |
Yes |
No |
| CLF2.0 Compliant |
Yes |
No |
| Drag and Drop Interface |
Yes |
No |
| External & Internal Hosting Options |
Yes |
No |
| Hosted in Country of Choice |
Yes |
No |
| Customizable Branding and URLs |
Yes |
No |
| Customizations on Demand |
Yes |
No |
Design Features
Editing features |
FluidSurveys |
Zoomerang |
| Drag and Drop Interface to questions |
Yes |
No |
| Select Multiple Questions (i.e. perform bulk actions on many 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 |
| Survey Versioning |
Yes |
No |
Branching / Skipping |
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| Unconditional skips |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skipping to a page |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skipping to a question |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced Survey Logic |
Yes |
No |
| Looping |
Yes |
No |
| Data Extraction (i.e. extract answers from a question and apply it to choices in new
questions) |
Yes |
No |
| Piping |
Yes |
No |
Question Types |
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| Section Separator |
Yes |
Yes |
| Yes/No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text Response (single & multiline) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multiple Choice (radio buttons) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dropdown |
Yes |
Yes |
| Checkbox |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text Response Matrix |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multiple Choice Matrix |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dropdown Matrix |
Yes |
Yes |
| Checkbox Matrix |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ranking Questions |
Yes |
Yes |
| Date/Time Question |
Yes |
Yes |
| Combo Box Questions |
Yes |
No |
| Side by Side Matrix |
Yes |
No |
| N-atrix Question (proprietary question type) |
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 |
| Choose x/y options |
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 |
one language per survey only |
Generic Options |
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| OpenID Support (Login Using your OpenID Account) |
Yes |
No |
| Change Password / Password Retrieval |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
Look & Feel |
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| theme editor |
Yes |
No |
| Upload custom logo |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embed Videos, Images, Rich Content |
Yes |
Yes |
| Editable CSS and themes |
Yes |
No CSS Editing
|
| Template Grabber (Grab a template from any URL and use it for your survey template) |
Yes |
No |
Polling Options
|
|
FluidSurveys |
Zoomerang |
| # 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 |
Zoomerang |
| 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 |
Yes |
| 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 |
| Custom Short URLs to your Survey |
Yes |
No |
| Entrance/Exit/Popup Surveys |
Yes |
No |
| Start Survey in Any language based on Custom URL |
Yes |
No |
| Customizable redirect page (exit URL) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Surveys |
Yes |
No |
| Save & Continue Later (without cookies) |
Yes |
Uses Cookies |
Results Analysis
|
|
FluidSurveys |
Zoomerang |
| View Tabular Results in Realtime |
Yes |
Yes |
| View Graphical Results in Realtime |
Yes |
Yes |
| Export Survey to PDF and Word |
Yes |
Only PDF |
| 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 (password optional) |
Yes |
Yes |
