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Glossary

Survey terms in plain words

Each term gets a short meaning, how the score works and when to use it.

All terms

  • CES

    How easy it was for a customer to finish a task, on a scale from 1 to 7.

  • CSAT

    The share of customers who said they were satisfied with one moment.

  • Daily limit

    The most event surveys one person can receive in a day.

  • Detractor

    A person who answers 0 to 6 on the NPS question and may be unhappy.

  • eNPS

    How likely your team is to recommend your company as a place to work.

  • ESAT

    The share of your team who said they were satisfied with one thing.

  • Event survey

    A survey sent when something happens, such as a closed ticket.

  • NPS

    How likely customers are to recommend you, from -100 to 100.

  • Passive

    A person who answers 7 or 8 on the NPS question and is easy to lose.

  • Promoter

    A person who gives 9 or 10 on NPS and is likely to recommend you.

  • Relationship cooldown

    The time Pulseri waits before it asks the same person for another survey.

  • Response rate

    The share of the people you asked who answered the survey.

  • Segment

    A saved group of people picked by a rule, such as everyone on a paid plan.

  • Survey fatigue

    When people stop answering because they are asked too often.

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Pulseri sends NPS, CSAT and CES surveys to customers and eNPS and ESAT surveys to your team, and alerts you when a score is low.

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