Why BlockSurvey is Your Perfect Sawtooth Alternative
Why Teams Are Leaving Sawtooth
No published pricing — every tier above Discover Free is a custom annual quote, with third-party estimates ranging from roughly $4,500/user/year (Discover Professional) to $10,900/year per Lighthouse Studio license (~$54,500/year for a 5-person team)
Lighthouse Studio is a Windows-only desktop app with a steep learning curve — reviewers describe it as outdated with few usability improvements over the years despite the cost
No built-in team collaboration features, and an older Perl-based codebase that makes it hard to connect survey data directly to dashboards or APIs
A critical unauthenticated remote-code-execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-34300) was found in Lighthouse Studio's Perl CGI templating engine in 2025 — patched in version 9.16.14, but a reminder of the risk profile of a Windows/CGI-based survey engine versus an encrypted-by-design platform
The free Discover plan caps surveys at 50 respondents, lacks adaptive conjoint analysis and templates, and limits attributes to 15 levels
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BlockSurvey vs Sawtooth: Feature Comparison
See how BlockSurvey stacks up against Sawtooth with this detailed feature comparison. Equip yourself with an intuitive and AI-powered tool for creating surveys with ease using BlockSurvey.
Pros & Cons
- End-to-end encrypted responses — even BlockSurvey can't read them
- No-code AI-powered survey builder and analysis
- Transparent, published pricing with a free plan
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Not purpose-built for advanced conjoint/MaxDiff experimental design the way Sawtooth is
- Newer to market-research-specific methodologies than Sawtooth
- Best-in-class, highly customizable engine for Conjoint Analysis and MaxDiff experimental design
- Flexible scripting, quotas, and conditional logic for advanced study designs
- Free hosting included with annual licenses, plus mobile-friendly survey rendering
- Reviewers cite responsive, knowledgeable customer support
- No published pricing — custom annual quotes only, with third-party estimates in the $4,500–$10,900+/user/year range
- Windows-only desktop interface (Lighthouse Studio) with a steep learning curve
- No built-in team collaboration features
- A patched but critical remote-code-execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-34300) was disclosed in 2025
Best For
Teams that want fast, no-code survey creation with AI-assisted analysis and verifiable data privacy — startups, HR, healthcare, and privacy-conscious researchers.
Market research teams running advanced conjoint analysis and MaxDiff studies who need deep experimental-design customization and have in-house statistical/scripting expertise.
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