In 2024, it's crucial to find the right platform for your interactive content needs. While Outgrow remains a prominent player in this space, it's essential to explore alternatives that might better suit your requirements. One such interactive form maker is involve.me.
In this article, I'll conduct a comprehensive comparison between Outgrow and involve.me to determine which platform stands out as the best alternative in 2024.
Whether you're a marketer, sales team member, or business owner seeking to create engaging surveys, forms, quizzes, calculators, and more, this comparison will help you make an informed decision.
Outgrow Vs. involve.me Pricing Plans
When it comes to pricing plans, Outgrow and involve.me offer a range of options to cater to different needs and budgets. Take a look at the business plan comparisons in the table below:
| Outgrow | |
Free trial | Yes | Yes |
Free version with limited features | Yes | Yes |
Starting price / mo | $22 for up to 250 submissions and 5 projects | $49 for up to 1000 submissions and 5 projects |
Starting price / yearly | $14 /mo | $29/mo |
Pro plan | $95/mo (3 users) | $59/mo (3 users) |
Onboarding Experience
Upon entering each platform, I was greeted with onboarding questions tailored for first-time users.
involve.me asked three relevant questions about my industry, company size, and intended platform use. They even provided an option for users exploring the platform, suggesting templates based on their goals, like lead generation or customer engagement.
involve.me offers three ways to create your project:
Start from scratch. It's possible to create all kinds of forms, surveys, calculators using involve.me's user-friendly editor.
Start with a template. involve.me offers around 300 templates across all industries that cover lots of use cases - from feedback collection to payment collection and product recommendations.
Generate your project with AI. Write a short prompt and the involve.me's AI tool will create any kind of form or survey with your website's branding elements.
involve.me excels in onboarding due to its clear layout, intuitive design and a product tour, making it easy to create a project even for first-time users.
Outgrow's onboarding approach is less convenient because, instead of providing immediate guidance upon sign-up, they sent an email questionnaire about my goals and invited me to a demo session. This delays the start of using the tool and requires additional steps to get started.
Outgrow offers three options upon entering the platform for the first time:
1. Create forms from scratch
2. Generate with AI
3. Import via Excel
Outgrow options
AI Generation
I tested both AI generation tools to evaluate the survey and form creation process. The good news for potential customers of these platforms is that in both cases, the process is quite straightforward, especially for first-time users of the platform.
AI generation is better with involve.me than Outgrow because it generates multiple designs incorporating the company's branding. This makes it easier to create professional-looking surveys and forms quickly. On the other hand, Outgrow's approach involves more steps and does not integrate company branding as seamlessly. Let's delve into both AI tools:
Involve.me
involve.me's AI tool offers a versatile range of features for creating quizzes, forms, and surveys that integrate with your website's branding. To begin, users provide the URL to their company's website, allowing the AI tool to analyze the branding elements such as colors, fonts, and logos. Next, users select the type of project they wish to create—whether it's a survey, quiz, or form—and provide a brief prompt outlining the project's goal.
In the final step, users are presented with several high-end designs for their projects to choose from. They can then log into the editor to make any necessary adjustments.
What's particularly neat is that users can test the AI generation process in action without needing to register. It's only when they wish to edit the project—such as adjusting element positioning or copy—that they need to log into their account.
Test it out yourself:
Create your survey with AI
Just paste your URL & click generate
Outgrow
Outgrow's AI content generation feature streamlines the process by prompting users to answer specific questions related to their industry, target audience, and keywords.
Subsequently, the tool generates content such as quizzes or chatbots based on the provided information. Users can receive additional suggestions to further refine the output, including adjustments to the welcome screen, questions, or results page.
When you use the prompt, you'll receive a draft of the form or survey to start working with. However, one downside of generating projects with Outgrow's AI is that you won't receive the final project ready for embedding; instead, you'll need to work on the design aspect yourself. But if someone on your team has the design skillset, you'll be just fine.
Customization
Both involve.me and Outgrow offer editors where users can customize design elements, question types, and add custom fonts.
involve.me stands out for its extensive customization options. Users can effortlessly adjust everything from images and videos to fonts and colors, ensuring their content is entirely unique. Also, there's a wide array of question types available, allowing users to tailor their quizzes or surveys precisely to their needs. involve.me also boasts advanced features like AI text generation, conditional logic, answer piping, and a formula builder, which can be used for creating calculators.
Here's how easy it is to customize a template in involve.me:
Outgrow's editor resembles Canva, with elements on the left side and project pages on the right side. Users start by selecting templates designed for various purposes, such as generating leads, recommending products, or calculating ROI. Then, they can customize these templates to align with their brand. Outgrow also provides additional features like dynamic content, allowing users to create interactive content that adapts based on user interactions.
One page of the a survey generated with Outgrow's AI tool
Customer Service
involve.me has a dedicated customer support team equipped with technical expertise to assist users with various inquiries, even those on the free plan, through chat, email, and post. Support services are accessible from Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM (Europe/Vienna time). Review sites indicate that customers have generally had positive experiences with involve.me's support team.
Outgrow's customer support team is available via chat and email. Before initiating a chat with a team member, users are directed to comprehensive documentation that addresses common questions. The specific operating hours for customer support availability are not provided on the website.
Templates
Outgrow and involve.me both offer a range of templates to create interactive content, yet their approaches and offerings differ. Outgrow provides templates with basic form designs, but stands out with unique categories such as "Reactivate Leads" and "Increase Engagement with Prospects."
Outgrow templates and categories
On the other hand, involve.me boasts advanced design options tailored for various industries, incorporating advanced features like AI text generators. Their templates often come with sample questions, enabling potential customers to understand their usage better. Also, involve.me introduces innovative categories like AI tools aimed at assisting businesses in lead generation, here's this template category:
Website tools for lead generation
Check customizable templates
In terms of specific template types, involve.me covers a broad spectrum, including personality tests, quizzes, product recommendations, and interactive calculators. Overall, while Outgrow focuses on targeted templates with specific functionalities, involve.me provides a more comprehensive array of options.
Integrations
Having integrations in place for data collection is essential, so both platforms have invested in making it happen. However, they have different approaches. Outgrow allows users to integrate projects with other tools, such as content marketing platforms and CRMs, via Zapier.
In addition to Zapier, involve.me users can connect to their preferred tools using native integrations available within involve.me. Users can complete projects and then seamlessly connect to their chosen tools with a few clicks in the involve.me editor.
Some of involve.me's native integrations include Notion, Airtable, Brevo, Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Pipedrive, HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack, and ActiveCampaign. For a full list of marketing software integrations, check here. involve.me also supports Zapier, enabling users to create complex workflows with ease.
What We Love About involve.me
Companies that actively gather ongoing user feedback will find significant value in involve.me analytics. In addition to the standard dashboard, where users can track the number of submissions and drop-offs (incomplete submissions), involve.me offers a feature known as AI Insights. This feature analyzes all responses and generates a comprehensive report with actionable insights and a summary. If your team receives a substantial amount of open-ended feedback, using AI to compile the report can be very helpful.
involve.me's dashboard
Furthermore, the team is continuously developing exciting new features. Users have the opportunity to vote for these features and suggest new ones or native integrations within the platform.
What We Love About Outgrow
Outgrow sends messages to users to help them learn about new features and uses gamification to onboard new users. For example, when entering the platform for the very first time, users get a to-do list like:
Create a content piece
Invite team members
This little trick helps new members navigate the platform and explore the features. What's also great is how Outgrow presents its new features in the editor. They just place the new features like a PDF builder or A/B testing in the boxes with the call to action, making it simple for regular customers to learn about updates in the product.
Final Words
When it comes to interactive content creation, Outgrow and involve.me offer distinct advantages for businesses.
Outgrow stands out for its user-friendly interface and gamification strategies. Their proactive approach to informing users about new features through messages enhances the overall experience.
Meanwhile, involve.me shines with its extensive customization options and advanced analytics capabilities. With a focus on user feedback, involve.me ensures businesses have access to cutting-edge tools for audience engagement and lead generation.
In the end, the choice between Outgrow and involve.me depends on specific business needs. Whether prioritizing user engagement or advanced analytics, businesses can confidently select the platform that best suits their goals. Check the wide range of templates to get started with the dynamic content:
