Comparison between Survey Monkey and LimeSurvey

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1 Comparison between Survey Monkey and LimeSurvey The comparison of features below are organized as follows: Features listed toward the top (lightly shaded) are those where SurveyMonkey is stronger; Features listed below (darker shading) are those where LimeSurvey is stronger; Red color means the answer was derived from the documents and manuals; A lower case first letter in the '' or 'No' means the specified product is weaker in that feature. Assessment: Survey Monkey has Professional User Manual; LimeSurvey has only wiki-based manual. It is easy to get the features of Survey Monkey by using its Manual; but LimeSurvey need to be tested to find out important features. Features Features Description of Features SurveyMonkey LimeSurvey Cross Tab Results Allow side by side comparison of two items within one survey No Track System An event log that shows who logged in or out of the Survey monkey account No Randomization/sort of response options Responses appear randomly or in Alphabetically order Logos Add logo on each page yes Custom Reports yes Useful User-Manual yes Easy to Use Clear Instruction and Easy Navigation Nice look Skip logic This can direct user to skip questions according to their response yes Conditions for questions depending on earlier answers (Skip Logic / Branching) Customize the path a respondent takes through a survey; eliminates unnecessary confusion by skipping non-applicable questions. yes Generate pop-up invitations on website Custom Redirect Redirect customers to a webpage after the survey is complete

2 Features Description of Features SurveyMonkey LimeSurvey Share Results Giving others rights to see the results Download Results & Charts Download data to local computer Create PDF Create printable PDF version of your survey Data Capture Can download into Excel or SPSS Unlimited number of Surveys Unlimited number of questions in a Survey Multi-Lingual Support other language rather than English Creation of a printable survey version Copy/Transfer Survey copy or transfer survey to another account Anonymous and Not-Anonymous identify the respondents or keep them survey anonymous Sending of invitations, reminders and tokens by Template editor for creating your own page layout customize themes Extended and user-friendly administration interface Survey expire dates for automation Account Management Open and closed group of participant (set limit or restriction to specific participant) surveys Back-office data entry possibility Allow user to manually enter data Optional public registration for surveys Enhanced import and export functions to text, CSV, PDF, SPSS, R, quexml and MS Excel format Statistics LimeSurvey Documentation suggests it has good data analysis features to view the results or filter data; Both allow for download to Excel (which can then be imported into statistical programs like SPSS) (Links to Survey Monkey Statistic feature) (link to the statistic feature)

3 Features Description of Features SurveyMonkey LimeSurvey Re-usable editable answer sets yes Ready-made importable questions yes Assessment surveys yes Cookie or session based surveys Different Question types set cookie or session on respondents' browser, the cookie will be removed when the survey is ended yes, up to 15 types, up to 20 types Unlimited number of Participants in a Surveys up to 1000 responses to unlimited based on payment Quotas Management Restrict the answer that people enter to a style no Option for participants to buffer answers to continue survey at a later time no User-Mangement Manage the other users that use the same survey No WYSIWYG HTML Editor What you see is what you get No Integration of pictures and movies into a survey No Screen Reader Accessibility No

4 Question Types The list of LimeSurvey Question General Arrays A - Array (5 Point choice) B - Array (10 Point choice) C - Array (/No/Uncertain) E - Array (Increase/Same/Decrease) F - Array (Flexible Labels) H - Array (flexible Labels) by Column "1" - Array (flexible Labels) Dual Scale The list of Survey Monkey Question Matrix of Choices (Only one Answer Per Row) Matrix of Choices (Multiple Answers Per Row) ":" - Array (Multi Flexible) (Numbers) ";" - Array (Multi Flexible) (Text) Mask Questions: O - List with comment G - Gender N - Numerical Input K - Multiple Numerical Input Multiple numerical -> Slider layout R - Ranking X - Boilerplate Y - /No I - Language switch Multiple choice questions M - Multiple Options Multiple Choice (Only one Answer) P - Multiple Options with Comments Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers) Single choice questions Lists "!" - List Dropdown Matrix of Drop-down Menus "5" - 5 Point choice Rating Scale L - List radio O - List with comment Special Survey Monkey Qtypes:

5 The list of LimeSurvey Question W - List flexible labels dropdown Z - List flexible labels radio Text questions Q - Multiple short text K - Multiple Numerical The list of Survey Monkey Question Multiple Textboxes Numerical Textboxes Special Survey Monkey Qtypes: Demographic Information (U.S.) S - Short free text Single Textbox Demographic Information (International) T - Long free text Comment/Essay Box Image U - Huge free text Descriptive Text Styling questions Date and/or Time Important Links LimeSurvey Documentation SurveyMonkey User Manual SurveyMonkey Creation Features LimeSurvey Features What About Web-Based Survey Programs: Benefits and Limitations SurveyMonkey Feature Grid