Comparison between Survey Monkey and LimeSurvey. The comparison of
features below are organized as follows: • Features listed toward the top (lightly ...
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 'Yes' 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
Cross Tab Results
Allow side by side comparison of two items within one survey
Track System Randomization/sort of response options Logos Custom Reports Useful User-Manual Easy to Use Clear Instruction and Easy Navigation Nice look Skip logic Conditions for questions depending on earlier answers (Skip Logic / Branching)
Generate pop-up invitations on website Custom Redirect
An event log that shows who logged in or out of the Survey monkey account Responses appear randomly or in Alphabetically order Add logo on each page
This can direct user to skip questions according to their response
SurveyMonkey
LimeSurvey
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No
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No
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Yes yes yes yes Yes Yes Yes
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Customize the path a respondent takes through a survey; eliminates unnecessary confusion by skipping non-applicable questions.
Redirect customers to a webpage after the survey is complete
Features
Description of Features
SurveyMonkey
LimeSurvey
Share Results Download Results & Charts Create PDF
Giving others rights to see the results Download data to local computer Create printable PDF version of your survey
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Can download into Excel or SPSS
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Capture Unlimited number of Surveys Unlimited number of questions in a Survey Multi-Lingual Creation of a printable survey version
Support other language rather than English
Yes
Yes
Copy/Transfer Survey Anonymous and Not-Anonymous survey
copy or transfer survey to another account identify the respondents or keep them anonymous
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes(Links to Survey Monkey Statistic feature)
Yes (link to the statistic feature)
Sending of invitations, reminders and tokens by email Template editor for creating your own page layout Extended and user-friendly administration interface Survey expire dates for automation Account Management Open and closed group of participant surveys Back-office data entry possibility Optional public registration for surveys Enhanced import and export functions to text, CSV, PDF, SPSS, R, queXML and MS Excel format Statistics
customize themes
(set limit or restriction to specific participant) Allow user to manually enter data
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)
Features
Description of Features
SurveyMonkey
LimeSurvey
yes yes yes
Yes Yes Yes
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Yes
Different Question types
Yes, up to 15 types
Yes, up to 20 types
Unlimited number of Participants in a Surveys
up to 1000 responses to unlimited based on payment
Quotas Management Option for participants to buffer answers to continue survey at a later time User-Mangement WYSIWYG HTML Editor Integration of pictures and movies into a survey Screen Reader Accessibility
set cookie or session on respondents' browser, the cookie will be removed when the survey is ended
Restrict the answer that people enter to a style
Manage the other users that use the same survey What you see is what you get
Question Types The list of LimeSurvey Question Types: General Arrays A - Array (5 Point choice) B - Array (10 Point choice) C - Array (Yes/No/Uncertain) E - Array (Increase/Same/Decrease) F - Array (Flexible Labels) H - Array (flexible Labels) by Column
The list of Survey Monkey Question Types:
"1" - Array (flexible Labels) Dual Scale
Matrix of Choices (Only one Answer 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 - Yes/No I - Language switch Multiple choice questions M - Multiple Options P - Multiple Options with Comments Single choice questions Lists "!" - List Dropdown "5" - 5 Point choice L - List radio O - List with comment
Matrix of Choices (Multiple Answers Per Row)
Multiple Choice (Only one Answer) Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)
Matrix of Drop-down Menus Rating Scale
Special Survey Monkey Qtypes:
The list of LimeSurvey Question Types: W - List flexible labels dropdown Z - List flexible labels radio Text questions Q - Multiple short text K - Multiple Numerical
S - Short free text T - Long free text U - Huge free text Styling questions
The list of Survey Monkey Question Types:
Multiple Textboxes Numerical Textboxes
Single Textbox Comment/Essay Box
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
Special Survey Monkey Qtypes:
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