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Product Retention & Value Proposition Assessment

Measures why active users stay, what value they perceive, and where retention risk exists. Designed for product teams assessing product-market fit, switching costs, and competitive positioning.

Sample questions

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26 questions · ~11 min
Q01
Message

Welcome, and thank you for participating in this survey about your product experience. This survey takes approximately 12 minutes to complete. Your responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate. Participation is entirely voluntary—you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers; we are simply interested in your honest opinions. By continuing, you consent to participate.

Q02
Multiple Choice

When did you most recently use the product?

  • Within the last 7 days
  • 8–30 days ago
  • 1–3 months ago
  • More than 3 months ago
  • I'm new / haven't used it yet
Q03
Opinion Scale

In the last 30 days, how clear was the product's main value to you?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all clearMax:Extremely clear
Q04
Multiple Choice

What other tools or methods do you also use for the same job? (Select all that apply.)

  • Spreadsheets
  • Email or chat
  • Manual or paper process
  • General office suite (e.g., Microsoft/Google)
  • Dedicated competitor tools
  • Custom scripts or internal tools
  • Hire a person or outsource
  • Do nothing / defer the job
  • Other
Q05
Multiple Choice

If you could no longer use this product, how would you feel?

  • Very disappointed
  • Somewhat disappointed
  • Not disappointed
Q06
Long Text

What single improvement would deliver the most additional value for you?

Q07
Message

The next two questions are for users who have not been recently active. If you have been using the product regularly, feel free to skip ahead.

Q08
Dropdown

Which best describes your role?

  • Individual contributor
  • Team lead or manager
  • Director
  • Executive
  • Founder
  • Consultant or contractor
  • Student
  • Other
Q09
Message

Thank you for completing this survey! Your responses are valuable and will help us improve the product experience. Please click submit to finalize your responses.

Q10
Dropdown

Approximately how many sessions did you have with the product in the last 14 days?

  • 0
  • 1–2
  • 3–5
  • 6–10
  • 11–20
  • 21+
Q11
Long Text

In one or two sentences, how would you describe what the product does for you?

Q12
Multiple Choice

If this product were unavailable tomorrow, what would you switch to first?

  • A competing product
  • Spreadsheets
  • Email or chat
  • Manual or paper process
  • General office suite
  • Custom script or in-house tool
  • Hire a person or outsource
  • Use nothing / stop doing this job
  • Other
Q13
Long Text

What is the main reason behind your answer to the previous question?

Q14
Long Text

Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts or feelings about your experience with the product.

Q15
Multiple Choice

What best explains your gap or reduced use of the product?

  • My needs changed or the project ended
  • I found a better alternative
  • The product was too difficult to use
  • It didn't deliver enough value
  • Cost or budget reasons
  • Lack of time to learn or adopt it
  • Technical issues or bugs
  • Other
Q16
Dropdown

What industry do you primarily work in?

  • Technology or software
  • Professional services
  • Finance or insurance
  • Healthcare or life sciences
  • Education
  • Retail or e-commerce
  • Manufacturing
  • Media or entertainment
  • Government or non-profit
  • Other
Q17
Multiple Choice

What is the primary job you use the product to accomplish?

  • Organize or manage work
  • Communicate or collaborate
  • Create or publish content
  • Analyze data or reporting
  • Automate or streamline tasks
  • Research or learn
  • Other
Q18
Multiple Choice

How often do you experience a clear "this is valuable" moment with the product?

  • Multiple times per day
  • Daily
  • A few times per week
  • Weekly
  • Monthly or less
Q19
Opinion Scale

How difficult would it be to switch away from this product to an alternative?

Scale: 17
Min:Extremely easyMax:Extremely difficult
Q20
Ranking

Rank which aspects you would miss most if the product went away. (Drag to reorder; top = most missed.)

  1. Speed or time saved
  2. Accuracy or fewer errors
  3. Single place for information
  4. Team collaboration
  5. Integrations with other tools
  6. Automation of routine work
  7. Analytics or insights
Drag to rank
Q21
AI Interview

Thank you for your responses so far. I'd like to explore a couple of your answers in more depth. Based on what you've shared about the product's value and any challenges you've experienced, could you tell me more about what matters most to you?

Q22
Multiple Choice

Looking ahead, how likely are you to resume using the product?

  • I plan to resume within the next month
  • I might return in a few months
  • I switched to another tool
  • It didn't meet my needs
  • I'm just exploring / not the target user
  • Other
Q23
Dropdown

What is the size of your organization?

  • 1
  • 2–10
  • 11–50
  • 51–200
  • 201–1,000
  • 1,001–5,000
  • 5,001+
Q24
Multiple Choice

Which parts of the product do you use most often? (Select all that apply.)

  • Dashboard or overview
  • Search and discovery
  • Collaboration or sharing
  • Notifications or alerts
  • Integrations with other tools
  • Mobile app
  • Customization or settings
  • Analytics or reporting
  • Automation or workflows
  • Other
Q25
Opinion Scale

Overall, how satisfied are you with the product over the last 30 days?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all satisfiedMax:Extremely satisfied
Q26
Dropdown

Where are you primarily located?

  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Latin America
  • Middle East & Africa
  • Other

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

How it compares

We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.

Why this template

  • Combines structured quantitative questions (usage frequency, satisfaction, switching difficulty, ranked value drivers) with an AI follow-up interview that probes inconsistencies or interesting answers in real time rather than relying on fixed follow-up text.
  • Includes a dedicated churn/switching-cost branch (what they'd switch to, how it would feel to lose access, why) plus a separate path for lapsed users, so retention risk and reactivation likelihood are captured in the same instrument.
  • Segments respondents by role, industry, org size, and location for cross-cut analysis, and closes with an open-ended reflection prompt plus an auto-generated report, rather than leaving synthesis to the researcher.
  • Uses a ranking exercise for 'what you'd miss most' alongside opinion-scale and open-text items, giving both prioritized and unprompted qualitative signal on perceived value.

QuestionPro

Value Proposition Survey Questions for Customers + Sample Questionnaire Template

This is primarily a question-bank/guide page listing sample value-proposition questions rather than a single ready-to-field survey flow. It's useful as a reference for question wording but doesn't appear structured around a retention or switching-cost narrative the way a dedicated template would be.

What it does well

  • Provides a curated list of value-proposition-specific question examples for customer research
  • Backed by a large, established survey platform with broad question-type support

Where it falls short

  • Presented as static question examples with no adaptive follow-up or AI-driven probing of individual answers
  • No visible mechanism for automated per-response quality scoring or transparent prompt logic
  • No explicit branching for active vs. lapsed users or a churn-risk/switching-cost sequence

SurveySparrow

Product-Market Fit Survey Template

A ready-to-use PMF survey template, likely built around the classic 'how disappointed would you be' PMF question and conversational-style forms SurveySparrow is known for. It targets product-market fit broadly rather than the deeper retention-risk and switching-cost mechanics this template focuses on.

What it does well

  • Conversational, chat-style form format that can feel more engaging than a static survey
  • Purpose-built around the standard PMF question framework, easy to deploy quickly

Where it falls short

  • Fixed question set with no adaptive AI follow-up interview to dig into individual open-text answers
  • No voice AI interview option or guided screen-share tasks
  • No indication of automated quality scoring or transparent prompt-level methodology

Typeform

Product-Market Fit (PMF) Survey Template

A polished, well-known PMF template that likely follows the standard Sean Ellis-style question set with Typeform's signature one-question-at-a-time UI. It's focused on PMF sentiment rather than the broader retention-driver and switching-cost segmentation this template provides.

What it does well

  • Strong, widely-used design/UX for form completion and mobile responsiveness
  • Simple, well-validated PMF question framework that's easy to benchmark against

Where it falls short

  • Static question flow with no adaptive AI interview or voice-based follow-up
  • No built-in path distinguishing active vs. lapsed users or exploring switching alternatives
  • No automated per-response quality scoring or auto-generated analytical report

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