iSecretShop vs PRISM Mystery Shopping Platform

iSecretShop is a job board and software platform that gathers mystery shopping and research assignments from multiple providers. Opportunities include covert mystery shops, competitive price audits, merchandising, market research panels, intercept interviews and overt audits. Shoppers can schedule assignments, complete them in the field, attach photos with geotags and date and time stamps, and submit work from a mobile device. Alerts combine aggregated available-shop emails, phone push notifications and targeted geo-zones. Shoppers can use the iPhone or Android app, mobile web or a computer; a smartphone is not required. The iOS and Android apps are free, and the service says businesses pay for it. iSecretShop does not pay shoppers: companies offering assignments set their own payment policies. Businesses can contact iSecretShop about using the platform for internal audits and demonstrations, but no public business plan price is listed. The iOS listing supports iPhone and iPad and requires iOS 15.1 or later for iPhone.

PRISM Mystery Shopping Platform supports internal and vendor-run programs for measuring brand and customer experience. It handles on-site inspections, crowdsourced microshops, web-based shops, recorded telephone shops, covert video shops, and audio shops. Evaluators can submit shop data through the integrated iSecretShop mobile app or by computer. The maker says its network includes nearly 1,000,000 registered evaluators and field agents, with more than 150 demographic data points, custom demographic fields, and multi-language and currency support. Forms can use varied question logic, while fraud checks look for suspicious patterns and examine image metadata. The dashboard combines mystery shopping with channels such as internal audits, price audits, surveys, polling, and online reputation management. It offers custom views, comparative filters, benchmarking, hierarchical access controls, and unlimited authorized users without per-user fees. Scheduled reports can be sent by API, FTP, sFTP, or email. A Team Action Module can trigger plans when field defects are found. The platform is available on Android, iOS, web, and API. Pricing is on request.