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Survey Tools

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Thursday, March 12, 2026 • Advancing Research 2026
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Survey Tools
Speakers: Aleksandra Korczynska , Caroline Jarrett and Justyna Parmee
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Summary

As user experience research professionals, we have some specific requirements for survey tools that can complement but not be exactly the same as those of our market research colleagues. Come to this session, hosted by Surveys That Work author and acclaimed surveys expert Caroline Jarrett, to hear about how leading vendors help us to handle challenges such as integrating their panels with our user research panels, surveys that are associated with other types of research activity such as usability tests, and working with colleagues and respondents who have specific access needs. We’ll also learn from vendor Survicate about their vision for survey tools, and how their product helps put that vision into practice.

Key Insights

  • Survey tools now span a spectrum from simple form builders to integrated enterprise CX platforms.

  • Many survey tools have expanded beyond basic surveying into feedback loops, research repositories, and VOC platforms.

  • AI fundamentally improves analysis of open-text feedback by enabling theme detection and sentiment clustering at scale.

  • Continuous, contextual feedback gathering at multiple digital touchpoints is replacing ad-hoc one-off surveys.

  • Survey fatigue is a real and growing problem; tools and strategies like throttling and contextual targeting are needed.

  • Acting on feedback is the hardest but most important step, requiring cross-team alignment and system integrations.

  • Survey data acts as valuable zero-party data for personalized marketing communications.

  • Organizations are moving away from third-party CDPs toward owning and managing their customer data internally.

  • Micro-surveys (very short, context-triggered feedback) increase response rates and capture fresh impressions.

  • Survey methodologies should start with qualitative interviews before large quantitative surveys for effective question design.

Notable Quotes

"It's almost impossible to do a survey without using some kind of tool nowadays."

"There are over five hundred tools that call themselves survey software on G2, making it one of the largest software categories."

"Survey tools are no longer just survey tools; the boundaries between categories are increasingly blurry."

"Simplicity can be a differentiator, as shown by Tally, which gained traction as a free, easy form builder."

"Advanced logic, matrix questioning, AI survey design creation — these are baseline capabilities you should expect from any modern survey tool."

"Continuous feedback requires collecting responses tied to the same user across multiple channels with behavioral targeting."

"AI changes everything in unstructured data analysis; before it was painful manual work, now it's automated theme detection and clustering."

"The hardest part is acting on feedback, which requires integrating tools and aligning multiple teams like research, product, marketing, and customer success."

"Survey data should be treated as zero-party data that fuels personalized communications and lifecycle marketing."

"The key to combating survey fatigue is short surveys triggered at the right context, making respondents feel listened to and valued."

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