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Switch from Qualtrics to Domandata

Qualtrics is powerful enough for academic research, but standard tasks like randomized treatment conditions and piped text often mean writing custom JavaScript inside survey blocks. Domandata builds those in as visual, no-code tools.

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Qualtrics is the most common enterprise survey platform in research, and it can do almost anything — if you're willing to script it. Randomized treatment conditions, branching paths, and dynamic text piping are all reachable, but typically through custom JavaScript blocks layered on top of a UI built for corporate CX programs, not experimental design.

Why researchers switch from Qualtrics

What Domandata does specifically to make social science research easier than Qualtrics.

No JavaScript for your design

Treatment arms, stratified and weighted assignment, and permutation sets are visual settings in Flow, not custom script blocks a grad student has to debug.

Preregistration is a workflow, not a screenshot

Lock and fingerprint your instrument and push it to OSF directly, instead of exporting a PDF to paste into a preregistration form by hand.

Exports arrive analysis-ready

Native SPSS/Stata files, a generated codebook, and randomization audit columns come out of Export — no cleanup pass before you can open the file in Stata.

No procurement cycle to start

Create a free account and start building today instead of routing a Qualtrics license through your institution's purchasing office.

Domandata vs. Qualtrics

Feature	Domandata	Qualtrics
Randomized treatment assignment	Randomized treatment arms with weighted, stratified, or balanced allocation, plus permutation sets that shuffle values across variables without within-respondent repeats — all built in, no scripting.	Randomizer element exists, but multi-arm designs, stratified assignment, and permutation sets often require embedded-data logic or JavaScript.
Quotas & partner status links	Path-aware quotas on treatment arms and Flow endings, with shareable quota-status links so partners can watch fill counts live without editor access.	Quotas are capable, but path-aware routing to an over-quota ending and shareable partner-facing status links typically take extra configuration.
Branching, piping & flow logic	Visual flow canvas shows every routing path, condition, and piped variable at a glance.	Survey Flow is powerful but text-only; complex conditional logic is easy to build and hard to visually audit.
Research-specific question types	Conjoint, MaxDiff, card sort, constant sum, text highlighter, click heatmaps, signature, file upload, and AI text/voice chat ship as built-in question types.	Broad question library aimed at CX/market-research programs; some research-specific types require add-ons or workarounds.
AI-simulated pilot testing	Silicon Samples pilot-test a survey with AI-simulated respondents — built from personas, panel data, or prior responses — before fielding it with real people.	No AI-simulated respondent feature; piloting an instrument means fielding it to a small real sample first.
Power & sample-size planning	Built-in power and sample-size planning with a Sankey view of expected allocation, right where the survey is built.	No built-in power or sample-size planning tool; researchers calculate this outside the platform.
Data-quality tooling	Automated quality scores (speeding, straightlining, duplicate devices, bot signals), author-defined attention/dwell/impossible-combination rules, and a human review queue with an exportable cleaning log.	Built-in response-quality checks exist, but attention/manipulation checks are typically authored as ordinary logic, not a dedicated rule system.
Export to SPSS/Stata/R	Native SPSS (.sav) and Stata (.dta) files, a generated codebook, and randomization audit columns (answer order, treatment assignment, fixed-order comparisons) in every export.	SPSS export is available; a generated codebook and randomization audit columns are not standard output.
Open Science / preregistration	Lock and fingerprint a preregistered instrument, push study artifacts to OSF or Harvard Dataverse, and export a complete replication package — data, code, codebook, and instrument bundled together.	No built-in OSF/Dataverse integration or instrument fingerprinting; preregistration is handled outside the platform.
Pricing	Free plan for drafting and previewing instruments; paid plans add Flow, Deploy, Export, and team collaboration, with published self-serve pricing.	Quote-based enterprise licensing; no public self-serve pricing for research teams.

Migrating from Qualtrics

Domandata reads Qualtrics .qsf files directly. Export your survey from Qualtrics (Survey Tools → Export Survey → the .qsf file) and upload it through Domandata's Import dialog — questions, choices, and blocks come in automatically.

Import method: Direct .qsf import

Export your .qsf file from Qualtrics
In Qualtrics, go to Survey Tools → Export Survey → Export Survey and download the .qsf file.
Upload it to Domandata
Open Import from your workspace dashboard, choose File, and select the .qsf file. Domandata parses it into blocks and questions.
Rebuild embedded-data logic in Flow
JavaScript-based randomization, branching, or piping won't carry over as script — recreate it visually in Flow using conditions, variables, and permutation sets.
Re-point panel redirect URLs
If you distribute through Prolific, CloudResearch, or Cint, update their redirect URLs to your new Domandata deploy links.
Preview and test before going live
Use Preview to walk every path a respondent could take, then Deploy once you're confident the routing matches your Qualtrics survey.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I import my Qualtrics survey automatically?

Yes. Export your survey from Qualtrics as a .qsf file (Survey Tools → Export Survey) and upload it through Domandata's Import dialog. Domandata reads the .qsf format directly and brings in your questions, choices, and blocks.

Does my embedded-data randomization or branching logic carry over?

No — logic written as JavaScript or embedded-data actions isn't parsed by the importer. You'll rebuild that routing visually in Flow using conditions, variables, and permutation sets, which is usually faster than the original scripting.

What happens to my existing Qualtrics response data?

Import brings over your questionnaire structure, not historical responses. Export your existing response data from Qualtrics as CSV and keep it alongside your new Domandata dataset — the two response sets won't merge automatically.

Is there a free plan, or do I need to buy a license first?

Domandata has a free plan for drafting and previewing instruments, so you can import your Qualtrics survey and see how it looks before deciding whether to upgrade for Flow, Deploy, and Export.

Ready to bring your survey over?

Create a free account, then use Import from your workspace dashboard to bring in your Qualtrics survey.

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