Getting visitors’ feedback is crucial for every webmaster to know the likes and dislikes of his/her readers and visitors. A simple contact form is not enough all the time. Moreover users never feel comfortable in giving feedback via contact form placed on a separate page. To get the quick feedback, queries or suggestions from your readers, feedback widgets are the best option for any webmaster or blogger. These widgets are found, floating with page or sticked in any corner of the site so the readers can get the best visibility and accessibility to the feedback form no matter what page they are.

Here are some most common, popular and FREE feedback and suggestion tools. These all offer free of cost usage and can be installed on any type of website or blog.

1. UserVoice

One of the most popular feedback tools, used by millions of sites already. Uservoice gives a simple ajax-based floating feedback widget which means users never have to leave the page they’re reading to leave a feedback or suggestion. When users leaves their feedback. UserVoice find similar ideas and get them on the top. Upcoming users see those top suggestions and vote the idea if they like it. The most voted ideas rise to the top.

2. CrowdSound

Another feedback tool made popular by many big sites. It’s an ajax based floating widget which makes the giving a suggestion a real ease for readers. Users never have to sign up to leave feedback. This tools also works on voting basis, ideas with most numbers of votes are taken to the top of the list. You can customize the widget with custom color schemes to match your company’s branding and website.

3. IdeaScale

Ideascale feedback widget works on slightly different concept. There is no voting system. Users are given a feedback form with empty ‘title’ and ‘description’ fields. Instead of choosing from previously submitted suggestions or ideas from others, they need to fill the fields which can be anything; a query, suggestion, comment, feedback or any message a user would like to convey to the webmaster.

4. KissInsight

The simplest feedback tool of all. With kissinsight you can seek answers of a question or ask for suggestions from your readers. Readers can see the fixed widget in bottom right of your site which is offcourse collapsible. Again no voting system, readers can only give feedback regarding the question set by webmaster. With the free plan you can create only one feedback form at a time.