I have heard that e-Surveys cost less and are faster than print surveys. It is true that e-Surveys can cost less and deliver findings faster than print surveys. They also generally deliver higher response rates and better quality comments on open-end questions. Shorter e-Survey questionnaires deliver quicker responses than lengthier, complex questionnaires. They also take less time to produce and deploy.
Some populations are more high-energy cultures than others and respond more quickly.
In general, it takes anywhere from a day to a week to program and deploy an e-Survey once the questions are in hand. There is no mailing time involved. Most responses will come back within a few days with the rest coming in over a week to ten days. Reports can be ready within hours or days after the responses are collected depending upon the complexity of the reports because the data is already in electronic form. And the open-end comments are already typed, so reporting of these findings is eminently quicker and easier.