All You Need to Know About Surveys

Canada Online Survey Software – Online Survey Tool

aym35 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:17:25 +0000

Canadian Institutions are looking for online survey software that is both advanced and easy to use but also hosted in Canada, private, and secure. With so many software companies out there, it is difficult to make a choice of where to go. Doing a quick Google search to find some of these results, we could not find too many results. One company that seems to have a Canadian Online Survey Software approach is FluidSurveys. The company has headquarters in Canada with Sales Offices Internationally. We are looking to compile a list of survey companies that operate in Canada so please suggest more in the comments section.

Tagged: canada online survey software, canada online surveys, canada survey company, canada surveys

Zoomerang vs FluidSurveys – Comparison & Review of Online Survey Software

aym35 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:00:10 +0000

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 29^th, 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
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
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
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
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
OpenID Support (Login Using your OpenID Account)	Yes	No
Change Password / Password Retrieval	Yes	Yes
Custom Templates	Yes	Yes
Look & Feel
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

SurveyMonkey vs FluidSurveys – Comparison and Review of Online Survey Software

aym35 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:57:19 +0000

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
	FluidSurveys	SurveyMonkey
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
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
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 and themes	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

Tagged: comparison, review, surveymonkey

CLF2.0 (Common Look & Feel) Compliant Survey Software

aym35 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:36:09 +0000

As you know, the government of Canada has recently passed some laws mandating all government departments to start to adopt CLF2.0 Guidelines for all of their websites. Part of these requirements is to ensure that all government departments also use CLF2.0 Compliant Survey Software.

It took a long time for any survey company to successfully develop this software but the good news is that a local Ottawa Based Company called Chide.it has created enterprise survey software by the name of FluidSurveys that is ClF2.0 Compliant. This is definitely good news for Federal Government in the effort to make all websites conform to these guidelines.

For those that are not familiar with CLF2.0 guidelines, please check out the webpage posted on the Treasure Board website outlining it all.

Tagged: clf, clf surveys, clf2.0 surveys, common look and feel, common look and feel survey software, online surveys government, surveys

All You Need to Know About Surveys

Canada Online Survey Software – Online Survey Tool

Zoomerang vs FluidSurveys – Comparison & Review of Online Survey Software

General Features

FluidSurveys

Zoomerang

Design Features

Editing features

FluidSurveys

Zoomerang

Branching / Skipping

Question Types

Question Options

Survey Options

Generic Options

Look & Feel

Polling Options

FluidSurveys

Zoomerang

Publishing Options

FluidSurveys

Zoomerang

Results Analysis

FluidSurveys

Zoomerang

SurveyMonkey vs FluidSurveys – Comparison and Review of Online Survey Software

Overview

FluidSurveys

SurveyMonkey

Design Features

Editing Features

FluidSurveys

SurveyMonkey

Branching / Skipping

FluidSurveys

SurveyMonkey

Question Types

FluidSurveys

SurveyMonkey

Question Options

Survey Options

Generic Options

FluidSurveys

SurveyMonkey

Look & Feel

FluidSurveys

SurveyMonkey

Polling Options

FluidSurveys

SurveyMonkey

Publishing Options

FluidSurveys

SurveyMonkey

Results Analysis

FluidSurveys

SurveyMonkey

CLF2.0 (Common Look & Feel) Compliant Survey Software