Product	Creators	Version Tested	Cost	Free Demo	Open Source	Service Response Time [Notes]	Survey Mediums			Servers						User Interface	Development Platforms	WYSIWYG [Notes]	Clustering [Notes]	Will work on >95% of web browsers [Notes]	Assistance Phrasing Questions [Notes]	Question Library		Survey Look and Feel					Ability to Add Arbitrary Code [Notes]	Repeated Measures [Notes]	Lets Users Finish Surveys Later [Notes]	Branching				Randomize Question Order			Dynamic Pages	Emails: Invitations			Emails: Arbitrary Times			Types Of Questions									Insert		Types Of Questions	Multiple Choice Order Randomization			Response Validation			Auto-Numbering of Questions [Notes]	Simultaneous Editing [Notes]	Arbitrary Layout [Notes]	Number of Important Features Missing		Usability
							Web	Handheld	Paper	Can use your own server [Notes]	Easy Installer To Your Own Site	Public Server	Server Platforms	Optional SSL Encryption [Notes]	Server Technology Used [Notes]							Question Library [Notes]	Researched Scales [Notes]	Larger Radio Buttons And Checkboxes [Notes]	Links On Radio Button/Checkbox Text [Notes]	Customizable Look&Feel (including Radio Buttons and Checkboxes) [Notes]	Background Colors By Question [Notes]	Pop-up help for questions [Notes]				any technique [Notes]	in GUI	by script	immediate updates on webpage [Notes]	any technique [Notes]	in GUI	by script	by script [Notes]	any technique [Notes]	In GUI [Notes]	By Script [Notes]	any technique [Notes]	in GUI	by script	Short Answer [Notes]	Long Answer [Notes]	Multiple Choice Single Selection [Notes]	Multiple Choice Multiple Selection [Notes]	Simple Checkbox [Notes]	Scale [Notes]	Rank Order [Notes]	Allocation question (total sum) [Notes]	Free-form styled questions [Notes]	Insert Images [Notes]	Insert Movies [Notes]	Populating Question Text With Previous Answers [Notes]	any technique [Notes]	in GUI	in Script	any technique [Notes]	in GUI	by script				In current product [Notes]	In planned future [Notes]	Questionnaire Look & Feel, Rated by Aaron Powers (1-10) [Notes]	Usability, Rated By Aaron Powers(1-10) [Notes]	Usability Notes
Web Survey Toolbox	Carnegie Mellon University, HCII	As of 5/2006	Free					Partial[12]	[*]				Independent (almost all)		JSP, MySQL	GUI Program	Windows, Mac OS X, Linux/Unix(and any with Java)				[*]	Partial[13]	Partial[13]										[*]											Partial					Partial[4][*]							[14]						[*]		[*]		Partial[5]	2	0	9	8
SurveyWiz	Michael H. Birnbaum, Fullerton University	3.0	Free										Independent (all)		Web server (optional extras with Perl)	Website	Any																																																		14	14[?] (no known plan for more development)	5	2
HTMLq	Elliot Smith	1.0	Free										Independent (almost all)		Web server	Text File	Any			[?]																																															15	15[?] (no known plan for more development)	5	1
Big Nose Bird Survey Script	BigNoseBird.com	3.2.2	Free										Windows, Unix		Perl	Text Files	Any																																								[?]	[?]		[?]	[?]		[?]						4	2
PHPSurveyor	http://phpsurveyor.sourceforge.net/team.php	0.98	Free										Independent (all)		PHP, MySQL	Website	Any Web Browser			[?]																															Partial[11]				[?]	[?]													4	3	[Notes]
Riddle Me This	Tonio Loewald	1.4	$195						[*]				Independent (all)		PHP	GUI Program	Windows, Mac OS, Mac OS X			[?]		[*]														[*]																															15		5	3
hrgems.com	hrgold.com	As of 12/2004	$10/survey/year + $1/participant								n/a		n/a		n/a	Website	Any Web Browser			[?]																																															13	13[?]	3	2	[Notes]
Survey Monkey	SurveyMonkey.com	As of 12/2004	$19.95/month + $.05/survey response over 1000								n/a		n/a		n/a	Website	Any Web Browser			[?]						Partial[3]																																									13	13[?]	10	9
Perseus SurveySolutions [Features] [Review] [Review]	Perseus Development Corporation	6	$495, $995			Web request 12/14/2004, no response yet. Later phoned and got immediate response.					Partial		Independent (almost all)		PHP	GUI Program	Windows	Partial[2]		[?]			Partial[7]			Partial				[9]	Partial [10]								[?]															Partial										Partial[8]			9.5+1 unclear	9.5[?]	5	6
Apian SurveyPro	Apian Software, Inc.	3.0	$1195+, $550+, $595+								[?]		Independent (almost all)		ASP or Perl	GUI Program	Windows	Partial		[?]						Partial[1]			Partial[1]				Partial[6]	[1]		[1]		[1]	[1]				[1]		[1]																		[?]				10+several unclear	10[?]	5	4
Zoomerang	MarketTools, Inc.	As of 12/2004	$599/year + $200/5000 survey responses over 10,000								n/a		n/a		n/a	Website	Any Web Browser			[?]		Partial				Partial						[1]	[1]																												[1]	[1]					11.5	11.5[?]	7	7
Web Surveyor	WebSurveyor Corporation		$250/month-$25,000			Phoned 12/10/2004, no response yet					[?]		Windows		Microsoft IIS (ASP)	GUI Program	Windows																																																						[Notes]
SurveyZ [Review]	Qualtrics Labs	As of 12/2004	$6999/year corporate, $2500/year academic, 30,000 responses								n/a		n/a		n/a	Website	Any Web Browser			[?]																																					Partial										14.5	14.5[?]	5	4
Inquisite [Features] [Review] [Review]	Inquisite, Inc.	6.5	$6000-$60,000 [?]			Web request 12/5/2004, no response yet				[1]	[?]		Windows		Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server	GUI Program	Windows			[?]			Partial[7]	[?]	[?]				[?]	[?]				[1]	[?]			[?] [1]	[?]																					[?]			[?]				7+many unclear	7[?]	5	6
Product	Creators	Version Tested	Cost	Free Demo	Open Source	Service Response Time [Notes]	Web	Handheld	Paper	Can use your own server [Notes]	Easy Installer To Your Own Site	Public Server	Server Platforms	Optional SSL Encryption [Notes]	Server Technology Used [Notes]	User Interface	Development Platforms	WYSIWYG [Notes]	Clustering [Notes]	Will work on >95% of web browsers [Notes]	Assistance Phrasing Questions [Notes]	Question Library [Notes]	Researched Scales [Notes]	Larger Radio Buttons And Checkboxes [Notes]	Links On Radio Button/Checkbox Text [Notes]	Customizable Look&Feel (including Radio Buttons and Checkboxes) [Notes]	Background Colors By Question [Notes]	Pop-up help for questions [Notes]	Ability to Add Arbitrary Code [Notes]	Repeated Measures [Notes]	Lets Users Finish Surveys Later [Notes]	any technique [Notes]	in GUI	by script	immediate updates on webpage [Notes]	any technique [Notes]	in GUI	by script	by script [Notes]	any technique [Notes]	In GUI [Notes]	By Script [Notes]	any technique [Notes]	in GUI	by script	Short Answer [Notes]	Long Answer [Notes]	Multiple Choice Single Selection [Notes]	Multiple Choice Multiple Selection [Notes]	Simple Checkbox [Notes]	Scale [Notes]	Rank Order [Notes]	Allocation question (total sum) [Notes]	Free-form styled questions [Notes]	Insert Images [Notes]	Insert Movies [Notes]	Populating Question Text With Previous Answers [Notes]	any technique [Notes]	in GUI	in Script	any technique [Notes]	in GUI	by script	Auto-Numbering of Questions [Notes]	Simultaneous Editing [Notes]	Arbitrary Layout [Notes]	In current product [Notes]	In planned future [Notes]	Questionnaire Look & Feel, Rated by Aaron Powers (1-10) [Notes]	Usability, Rated By Aaron Powers(1-10) [Notes]	Usability Notes
							Survey Mediums			Servers												Question Library		Survey Look and Feel								Branching				Randomize Question Order			Dynamic Pages	Emails: Invitations			Emails: Arbitrary Times			Types Of Questions									Insert		Types Of Questions	Multiple Choice Order Randomization			Response Validation						Number of Important Features Missing		Usability

Other Tools Perseus Express (free) QuestionPro.com Survey Writer CyclePoint Discovery Edition

Lists of Survey Tools on Other Sites Web Survey Methodology (best list, 300+ apps) Google Directory PHP Surveyor SurveyMonkey.com

Feature Comparisons on Other Sites Rashmi Sinha (2002?) CyclePoint Discovery Edition Competitor Comparison Perseus Feature Matrix Prezza Ultimate Survey Feature Matrix Inquisite Feature Matrix

Bias Disclaimer: We aim to include as many tools as we have been able to review in an unbiased manner. Where other tools stand out better than WebSurveyToolbox, we try to let them show. (Since WebSurveyToolbox is free, there's no benefit for us when you use our software, so we think we're fairly unbiased). However, this analysis may be biased in our coverage of products and choice of features/columns. If you see errors or want to have your product covered, let us know (and we may have you fill out the matrix for your own product).