SurveyOptic
SurveyOptic is a digital survey solution for delivering and managing questionnaires, surveys, web forms and polls for research, consultations, feedback and assessments. It enables measurement of engagement and satisfaction, and requirements gathering for staff, customers, patients and key stakeholders, delivering real-time insights, analytics and analysis for data-driven decision making.
Features
- Responsive Desktop, Mobile and Tablet friendly web interface.
- Single/Multiple choice questions, ranking, open-ended, slider, ratings, NPS and likerts.
- WCAG 2.0 AAA compliant and fully compatible with assistive technologies.
- Multi-lingual survey support, e.g. Welsh and over 15 languages.
- Filter and analyse by type, answer, group, hierarchy or segment.
- Easily editable skip and flow control, substitution and show/hide logic.
- Automatically generated, real-time PDF reports, scoring and data exports.
- Optional automated email or SMS text invitations and automated reminders.
- Role-based access control, access and audit logging for GDPR compliance.
- Full developer REST API, web hooks, and data file import/export.
Benefits
- Enables digital-first data collection, reducing cost and saving time.
- Optimised interface delivers fast responses and high completion rates.
- Support staff surveys and questionnaires, feedback management and consultation.
- Easy data-migration, with import from or export to other systems.
- Data export, enabling re-use of data and analysis for stakeholders.
- Measure outcomes and engagement to gain insights and improve processes.
- Template and repeat surveys and question sets to speed development.
- Support for questions and help text in multiple languages.
- Automatic workflow including limiting responses by date, quotas or criteria.
- Real-time data visualisation, reporting and statistics to provide rapid insights.
Pricing
£19.66 a user a month
- Education pricing available
- Free trial available
Service documents
Request an accessible format
Framework
G-Cloud 11
Service ID
3 2 8 0 7 8 8 1 2 3 5 2 2 6 2
Contact
SocialOptic Ltd
Caalie Ellis
Telephone: 0203 393 6591
Email: sales@socialoptic.com
Service scope
- Software add-on or extension
- No
- Cloud deployment model
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- Public cloud
- Private cloud
- Community cloud
- Hybrid cloud
- Service constraints
- No.
- System requirements
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- Working internet connection
- A supported browser
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Email or online ticketing
- Support response times
- Within 4hrs of receipt within office hours
- User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- Yes
- Online ticketing support accessibility
- WCAG 2.1 AAA
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- Web chat
- Web chat support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support accessibility standard
- WCAG 2.1 AAA
- Web chat accessibility testing
- Tested using validation tools and manual testing.
- Onsite support
- Yes, at extra cost
- Support levels
-
SocialOptic prides itself on providing friendly and effective customer service and support. Standard support hours are from 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, excluding bank and public holidays.
The service is available and monitored on a 24x7 basis, via the SocialOptic service assurance infrastructure, and support requests can be raised electronically 24x7. The support service includes telephone, email, web-based and in-app support for all issues and queries.
Calls are handled by our highly skilled staff, and call severity will be categorised under the following three levels:
Severity 1 – Complete loss of service affecting multiple users. Response time < 30 minutes.
Severity 2 – Partial loss of service affecting a minority of users. Response time < 60 minutes.
Severity 3 – Issue affecting and individual user. Response time < 4 hours.
We provide a named support contact for each account, so that there is someone familiar with the particular use case, and able to answer questions within the organisational context. - Support available to third parties
- Yes
Onboarding and offboarding
- Getting started
-
The on boarding process is managed according to PRINCE 2 project management principles or Agile, according to customer preference. SocialOptic allocates a named contact to provide support, who will work with you to understand your objectives and requirements, and build a milestone-based project plan that will include the process for go-live. SocialOptic provide user documentation that assumes no prior experience, including a "Getting started" guide. The platform is intuitive and online/telephone training sessions are conducted directly with users, supported with pdf documentation. Post launch, the account team are available to answer any questions or provide support to ensure successful implementation of the system.
Optional tailored web-based or on-site training is available for groups. There is an optional import service, to automate importing of existing data, and our support staff are on hand to help with questions. - Service documentation
- Yes
- Documentation formats
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- HTML
- End-of-contract data extraction
- CSV export
- End-of-contract process
- Users can remove their own user accounts, or accounts can be disabled (locked) via an administrator account. Users can export data as text CSV (comma separated variable) files, with descriptive headers, prior to deleting their account. Data is exported over a secure TLS encrypted link, using a standard web browser. Exporting of data is freely available via the web interface. Data is also available via the REST API (Application Programming Interface), in JSON format. High volume requests may be rate limited. Key data may also be exported in PDF format, as reports. Our team are available to help with off-boarding, and there is no charge for exporting data. At the end-of-contract all user accounts and user data will be removed from live systems within 7 days, and expired from backups by rotation, within 30 days.
Using the service
- Web browser interface
- Yes
- Supported browsers
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- Internet Explorer 11
- Microsoft Edge
- Firefox
- Chrome
- Safari 9+
- Opera
- Application to install
- No
- Designed for use on mobile devices
- Yes
- Differences between the mobile and desktop service
- None.
- Service interface
- No
- API
- Yes
- What users can and can't do using the API
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The API allows for creating and disabling user accounts.
SurveyOptic APIs allow users and application developers to create, update and delete items in SurveyOptic. APIs are secured by API keys and protected by configuration. Both REST and WebHook APIs are available.
Users can create and manage surveys, add and update responses, access analytics and reports. - API documentation
- Yes
- API documentation formats
- API sandbox or test environment
- Yes
- Customisation available
- Yes
- Description of customisation
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The look and feel, branding, questions and reporting colour schemes can all be customised.
Customisation is configured via the web-based editor.
Any user with appropriate user permissions can customise their instance or survey.
Scaling
- Independence of resources
- Each user is handled in an independent process, with separately managed memory and processor resources. A resource scheduling algorithm limits the maximum resources allocated to a specific user thread, protecting other threads from resource starvation.
Analytics
- Service usage metrics
- Yes
- Metrics types
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Number of users
Number of surveys and responses - Reporting types
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- API access
- Real-time dashboards
- Regular reports
- Reports on request
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2012
- Government security clearance
- Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
Asset protection
- Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
- Yes
- Data storage and processing locations
- United Kingdom
- User control over data storage and processing locations
- Yes
- Datacentre security standards
- Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
- Penetration testing frequency
- At least every 6 months
- Penetration testing approach
- Another external penetration testing organisation
- Protecting data at rest
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- Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
- Encryption of all physical media
- Scale, obfuscating techniques, or data storage sharding
- Data sanitisation process
- Yes
- Data sanitisation type
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- Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
- Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
- Equipment disposal approach
- Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
Data importing and exporting
- Data export approach
- CSV export, PDF reports, API
- Data export formats
- CSV
- Data import formats
- CSV
Data-in-transit protection
- Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
- TLS (version 1.2 or above)
- Data protection within supplier network
- TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Availability and resilience
- Guaranteed availability
- SocialOptic has extensive operational experience, and has been running Software as a Service platforms for nearly 10 years. All systems are monitored 24x7 and target a 99.999% availability level, by using redundant systems with automated switch over. There are no scheduled maintenance windows that are excluded from the SLA, and SocialOptic operates a "zero-downtime" methodology for system updates. Should availability fall below the target SLA, a support request can be raised to obtain a pro rata refund for any outage over 30 minutes. Availability is measured to the edge of the data centre, and does not cover users' Internet Access or third party remote systems.
- Approach to resilience
- Primary, secondary and tertiary facilities are used, with redundant mirroring. Further details available on request.
- Outage reporting
- Public status page
Identity and authentication
- User authentication needed
- Yes
- User authentication
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- 2-factor authentication
- Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
- Username or password
- Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
- User credentials are used to secure management interfaces and support channels and provide strong authentication. All communications make use of session level encryption to protect confidentiality and integrity. Access controls are subject to regular review, as part of the overall security policy, and scanning and penetration testing is used to increase assurance.
- Access restriction testing frequency
- At least every 6 months
- Management access authentication
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- 2-factor authentication
- Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
- Username or password
Audit information for users
- Access to user activity audit information
- Users have access to real-time audit information
- How long user audit data is stored for
- Between 1 month and 6 months
- Access to supplier activity audit information
- You control when users can access audit information
- How long supplier audit data is stored for
- At least 12 months
- How long system logs are stored for
- At least 12 months
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- No
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Other security certifications
- Yes
- Any other security certifications
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- IASME
- Cyber Essentials
Security governance
- Named board-level person responsible for service security
- Yes
- Security governance certified
- Yes
- Security governance standards
- Other
- Other security governance standards
- IASME and Cyber Essentials
- Information security policies and processes
- Information Security is a board level responsibility, and is a standing agenda item at all board meetings. Security policies and procedures are regularly reviewed. SocialOptic meets the requirements of Cyber Essentials and is IASME certified, operating the core controls of the ISO27001 standard. We adhere to the model of the Cabinet Office Security Policy Framework and implement the CESG Cloud Security Principles and the requirements of new GDPR legislation. Change control systems are used throughout the service process, and regular security scans are part of the release and operate process.
Operational security
- Configuration and change management standard
- Supplier-defined controls
- Configuration and change management approach
- All components and system configurations are managed through a version control system, with a full audit log, and impact assessment process. All newly developed software goes through a code review, and is subject to vulnerability scanning as part of the release process, both in development and in the live environment.
- Vulnerability management type
- Supplier-defined controls
- Vulnerability management approach
- SocialOptic operates a distributed patch management and monitoring system. All operating system patches and enhancements are automatically applied to production systems, with an automated rollback where required. This ensures that updates are applied in a regular, timely manner, with the minimum impact to service. SociaIOptic operates regular scans for vulnerabilities and malware, together with log auditing. SocialOptic subscribes to the relevant advisory feeds for OS and major software components and monitors emerging threats through engagement with vendors, CERTS, specialist groups and community partners.
- Protective monitoring type
- Supplier-defined controls
- Protective monitoring approach
- SocialOptic's protective monitoring process logs all user session activity, backup status and suspicious device boundary activity. Logs are collected, analysed for potential compromises or inappropriate use, and archived. Where incidents are identified, the Incident Management Process is followed, and remedial action taken, if required.
- Incident management type
- Supplier-defined controls
- Incident management approach
- SocialOptic has a defined Incident Management Process. This includes Incident identification, Incident logging, Incident categorisation, Incident prioritisation, Initial diagnosis and Escalation. It is a closed loop process including resolution and communication throughout the lifecycle of the incident. Global incidents are reported via the status page & public feeds, while individual user incidents are communicated via the user's preferred communications channel.
Secure development
- Approach to secure software development best practice
- Supplier-defined process
Public sector networks
- Connection to public sector networks
- No
Pricing
- Price
- £19.66 a user a month
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
- Free trial available
- Yes
- Description of free trial
- Single survey, limited to 14 days.
- Link to free trial
- https://app.surveyoptic.com/trial