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NVivo

NVivo is a commercial software package for creating workspaces and corpuses. Its features include importing YouTube videos and comments, social media posts and discussions, web page and PDF capture, multiple language support and support for a wide variety of data formats such as spreadsheets, images, database tables and so on. Users can query their data in a variety of ways, annotate, cross-link and visualize connections, ideas and findings with charts, maps and models

MyIndicators

MyIndicators (http://myindicators.net/) is a digital, easy-to-use tool allows researchers, educators, students or anyone, to build their own tailored indicators (e.g. goals, strategies, parameters, survey, questions, calories intakes, alcohol consumptions or quantified self in terms of training, mood tracking or sleeping quality etc.)

The tool can be used for data collection, data storage, data analysis, data visualisation and export data (excel spreadsheet format). Easier to detect the trend and keep track based on the visualisation and using real time data.

There are free useful ready-made templates available for personal use. Besides research, education and quality industries, MyIndicators can be used by anyone who wishes to improve performance, achieve personal goals, promote healthy habits or gain personal insights. Educational and students discounts are available.

Polldaddy

Create polls, surveys and quizzes and get ratings/feedback on content from users. "All languages supported." The free version has fewer options.

At the paid levels there are design options such as customized branding and CSS control; collection options include 10k-50k (depending on purchased plan) of monthly participants and password restriction; and it is in the reporting methods that this program has the most depth: real-time results, charts, the ability to export responses and reports as Excel, PDF, Google Docs, CSV or XML, filtering options, text analysis, tagging, email notifications of new responses, and priority customer service. Also, you can add images, videos, and content from YouTube, Flickr, and Google Maps.

This works with Wordpress.

This was previously Surveydaddy and has been upgraded to Polldaddy.

LimeService

LimeService is basically the hosted version of the GNU licensed LimeSurvey. It is a survey service-platform to prepare, run and evaluate on-line surveys. Besides basic free usage you are always getting the full feature set with no monthly fees or subscription plans.

I've used it before and found it to pretty robust.

Survey Daddy

Create a survey to measure and record your students' progress against curriculum outcomes. Use Likert questions to rate students based on a rubric and text questions to record qualitative data to share with parents and faculty. **This item is being upgraded to PollDaddy: Your login details and account will remain the same, you will now login at Polldaddy.com.

Wiggio

Wiggio was a free service that allowed users to create groups, host virtual meetings and conference calls, manage events, create to-do lists, poll members, send messages, and upload and manage folders. You could connect with your Facebook account or create a new and free account with Wiggio. They are no longer supporting previously available Wiggio apps.

Wiggio has shut down, and the site is only a placeholder, now.
jotform

Jotform allows users to create web forms (for surveys, etc.) using a drag-and-drop interface.

Zoomerang

Zoomerang is online survey software. Users create and share their survey forms. It had the ability to export forms from Survey Monkey. It can be used for free but the paid plans include analysis tools. Zommerang is now part of Survey Monkey.

Wufoo

Wufoo is an online form builder with built-in analytics. Free users are allowed to create up to three forms with up to 10 fields. The forms created can be used for a variety of purposes like registration, research data collection, payment collection, etc. The data gathered can be analyzed inside Wufoo or exported to popular spreadsheet formats

Survey Monkey

Survey Monkey is a web-based survey creation and distribution site, with free and paid plans that allow users to create surveys and collect responses through a link, email, Facebook, or being embedded in a website or blog. Survey Monkey also allows for the collect and analysis of data.