1 These observations have been made solely on the free versions of each of these survey providers. It's possible that some of the concerns addressed are fixed/modified in the pay-for versions.
5 Features deemed important to a survey service include:
8 - The ability to insert images into the survey
9 - Conditional branching based on responses provided by the user
11 We are currently considering multiple online surveys options including:
13 - www.surveymonkey.com
15 - seems to be unable to use image uploads for multiple choice questions
16 - ensures one cannot vote from the same computer
17 - analysis seems pretty standard, in terms of options
20 - seems to cut out some of the control from the admin interface
21 - also unable to use images for multiple choice questions
22 - also ensures 'vote stuffing' doesn't happen (no voting from the same computer multiple times)
23 - conditional branching capable, but seemingly unable to make sure users only see a question if answer the initial question a different way (eg. user will eventually get to all the questions, regardless of the branching)
24 - I might be mistaken, there may be a way to change this -JacobThebaultSpieker
25 - analysis seems pretty standard in terms of options
27 - full featured free account
28 - interface provides substantially more control, seemingly
29 - icon driven interface, kind of awkward to use
30 - control over conditional branching is much better
31 - statistics/analysis seems more fine-grained
33 Please provide any feedback you may have as to other online survey options, or your experiences with any of the services being considered.
35 -- Jacob Thebault Spieker - 12 Nov 2008