SortedResearch, Qualtrics, aytm and Suzy, side by side on how you build a questionnaire, who checks the answers, and what it costs. Qualtrics is the broad enterprise platform; aytm and Suzy sell research projects with their own panels; SortedResearch draws the whole survey as a map and judges every response for you. We make SortedResearch, so every claim about the others links to their own pages.
Every tool here handles skip logic. The difference is whether you can see the whole questionnaire’s logic at once, or have to open each question to find it.
| SortedResearch | Qualtrics | aytm | Suzy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How routing is shown | ✓One map of the whole survey: the screener in its own box, and every answer that routes somewhere drawn as its own line | ~Survey Flow lists the blocks top to bottom; display and skip logic are set on each question4 | ~“Advanced logic” on questions and answers; no map of the whole survey found7 | –No map of the whole survey found |
| Problems caught while you build | ✓A question nobody can reach, or a route that goes nowhere, is flagged on the map | –Not found | –Not found | –Not found |
| Bring in a questionnaire you already have | ✓Word, PDF or pasted text, as written: Graham builds a new draft with its routing, screen-outs and quotas, and lists anything he could not map | ~Word or text files written in Qualtrics’ own import format, or its QSF file5 | ~An AI draft from a written prompt; importing a file not found8 | –Not found |
| Question types | 16 on every plan, including image choice, NPS, matrix grids, rank order and video | 8 on the free account, 23 on Strategic Research1 | Not published as a count; matrix, open-ended, video and specialty types listed7 | Not published |
| Try it with simulated respondents | ✓Send hundreds of made-up respondents through the logic to see where they go and how long it takes | ✓Randomly generated test responses14 | –Not found | –Not found |
All four look for bad responses. Most flag them and leave the cleaning to you. SortedResearch decides every response by a written rule, so the data you open is already judged.
| SortedResearch | Qualtrics | aytm | Suzy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What is checked | ✓Eleven checks: speeding timed to each screen, grid straightlining, attention checks, made-up options, ticking every screener box, contradicting answers, junk or copied open text, answer patterns, impossible numbers and repeat people | ✓Speeders, likely bots and duplicates; gibberish text, unanswered questions and straightlining if you turn them on2 | ✓Speeders, straight-liners, duplicates, random answers and bad open ends10 | ✓Bot detection, identity and phone checks, and engagement scoring11 |
| What happens to a flagged response | ✓Rejected, or held for you to look at; one weak signal never rejects anyone on its own | ~Flagged as fields for you to review and filter; speeders are measured against the median after 100 responses2 | ~Flagged for “further scrutiny”10 | ✓Known low-quality answers filtered automatically, plus review by its team11 |
| Checks on people you recruit yourself | ✓The same eleven, on every response | ✓Yes2 | –Not found | –Not found |
| Bad panel responses | ✓Rejected automatically, not charged, and the place reopens for someone else | ~You remove them and Qualtrics tries to replace or refund them, up to 25% of the order, not on orders under 503 | –Terms not found | –Terms not found |
“Not found” means we could not find it on that vendor’s website or help pages on 28 October 2026, not that it cannot exist.
The published price of each tool’s cheapest way in, and how recruited respondents are priced.
| SortedResearch | Qualtrics | aytm | Suzy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Published price | $49 a month, billed monthly, unlimited studies and responses | Strategic Research: $420 a month, $5,040 billed annually, 1,000 responses in all1 | Lite: “pay per project”, no price shown6 | No pricing page; book a demo9 |
| Free option | One trial study, up to 10 participants, no card | Free account: 500 responses, 8 question types, no quotas or screen-outs1,12 | –Not found | –Not found |
| Recruited respondents | From $5 per completed response, price shown before you pay, no minimum | Priced by survey length, incidence and time to field; bought in the platform up to $15,0003 | A live estimate as you design the sample6 | Own panel; price not published |
Prices in US dollars, as shown to a US visitor.
All four chart the answers. Here is what each documents beyond that.
| SortedResearch | Qualtrics | aytm | Suzy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI on the results | ✓Graham writes the report: headline, group differences that matter, themes from open answers with quotes, as Word, PowerPoint or PDF | ✓Themes and headlines from open feedback in Insights Explorer13 | ✓Summaries of key findings and coded themes from open ends8 | ~Search across your research9 |
| Card sorting, tree testing, pairwise and MaxDiff in the same workspace | ✓Yes, and a card sort becomes the next study in one click | ~MaxDiff and conjoint13 | –Not checked | –Not checked |
See also surveys in SortedResearch and how to spot bad survey data.
All pages read on 28 October 2026. SortedResearch facts come from our pricing page and survey page. Qualtrics, aytm and Suzy are trademarks of their owners. SortedResearch is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.
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