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Forsta

Forsta

Composite Score
8.3 /10
CX Score
8.5 /10
Category
Forsta
8.3 /10

What is Forsta?

Forsta is an Experience and Research Technology Platform that gathers and analyzes data, and translates the findings into shareable actions to inform decision-making and drive growth. Forsta’s technology is designed to discover, analyze and share smart insights packed with real action potential, and help organizations better understand the full Human Experiences of their audiences.

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Awards & Recognition

Forsta won the following awards in the Voice of the Customer category

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Forsta Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

3
Since last award

86 Plan to Renew

14
Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

9
Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Forsta?

7% Negative
4% Neutral
89% Positive

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Respectful
  • Continually Improving Product

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

80

Multi-Channel Data Collection

80

API Framework

79

Questionnaire Design/Survey Builder

79

Sentiment Analytics

79

Alerts

77

Data Visualization

76

Text Analytics

68

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Quality of Features

80

Ease of Data Integration

80

Availability and Quality of Training

79

Business Value Created

79

Ease of Customization

78

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

77

Ease of IT Administration

77

Ease of Implementation

75

Breadth of Features

74

Usability and Intuitiveness

73

Vendor Support

72

Forsta Reviews

Shyam S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

Analytics can easily utilize.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Forsta from other similar products?

It consolidates responses from multiple sources such as web apps mobile and email into a single location.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Processing open text responses and extracting patterns was easier than expected. The ability to pull feedback directly into internal tools via the api was very useful.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The documentation could be clearer in some areas. Understanding the schema takes some time initially.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Development teams that want to connect feedback directly to code and product decisions forsta is a robust and practical option.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Unique Features
  • Caring

Cons

  • Less Performance Enhancing
  • Less Efficient Service
  • Less Productive

Vijay S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

Raw feedback into actionable data.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Forsta from other similar products?

Forsta goes beyond simply displaying survey results it combines multi source inputs to extract actionable patterns. Text analytics and segmentation features bring it closer to the feature generation layer.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It made it easy to create sentiment and intent classes from open text responses across multiple projects.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some fields require manual cleaning when exporting raw data. Processing time increases significantly with very large survey setups.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This platform transformed feedback data from merely a reporting asset into valuable training and validation input. For teams looking to build predictive models based on customer sentiment

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features
  • Efficient Service

Cons

  • Less Caring

Priyanshu M.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

A full stack solution from data collection.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Forsta from other similar products?

Advanced insights visualization and dashboards infographics and sentiment analysis make it easy to convert raw data into actionable insights which helps in making strategic decisions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Modular scalable design easily adapts from small projects to enterprise wide research workflows providing centralized experience platform instead of siloed data and disconnected tools.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some users have reported lag ui complexity in reports and components which can be frustrating during busy workloads.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It works best for operations teams when complex feedback loops and real time reporting are required just be mindful of the onboarding and ui complexity at the start.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Caring
  • Respectful

Cons

  • Less Reliable
  • Wastes Time
  • Less Fair

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