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8 SurveyMonkey alternatives for 2026
The tools buyers compare with SurveyMonkey, side by side on price, pricing model and what each one is built for.
Why teams look beyond SurveyMonkey
- Cost and limits on the free tier.
- Some survey-building and mobile issues.
- Teams wanting a bundled research panel (panel responses sold separately)
- Small teams sensitive to per-user pricing and the 3 seat minimum on team plans.
From SurveyMonkey's published plan limits and recurring themes in public reviews. See the SurveyMonkey review for sources.
SurveyMonkey vs. its alternatives
| Tool | Pricing model | Starting price | G2 rating | Distribution channels | Analysis and reporting | Response limits per plan | CRM and workflow integrations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SurveyMonkey Current | per user | $30/user/month billed annually (Team Advantage, 3+ users) | 4.4 (23,751 reviews) | AI and thematic analysis, multi-survey analysis, significance on Advantage; crosstabs on Premier. | 50,000 per year Advantage, 100,000 Premier, custom Enterprise; EUR 0.10 per extra response. | Only Zoom (Enterprise) named on pricing page. | |
 Typeform | per plan, with response caps and fixed seat counts | $28/month billed yearly (Basic, 100 responses/mo, 1 user) | 4.5 (944 reviews) | Included monthly: Basic 100, Plus 1,000, Business 10,000, Talent 3,000, Growth Flow 10,000; with add-ons capped at 750, 2,500, 50,000, 7,500, 50,000. | |||
 Qualtrics | custom (interactions for CX and Market Research, employee count for EX) | Contact sales | 4.4 (4,290 reviews) | Email, SMS, anonymous link. | Results dashboards with filters, PDF reports, response export. | Workflows automate follow-ups and ticket creation; integration list not verified. | |
 Alchemer | per user | $55/month per user (Collaborator, monthly) or $315/year | 4.4 (956 reviews) | Statistical analysis and reporting on Full Access. | 75k, 100k or 125k annual responses per account by highest license, plus monthly limits. | ||
 Jotform Sign | flat (by signed documents per month) | Free (10 signed documents/month); Bronze $39/month | 4.7 (1,600 reviews) | Email, link, embed (signing); form builder channels not researched. | Report Builder and Tables for collected data. | Free plan 100 monthly submissions per Sign FAQ; paid not detailed. | Cloud storage auto-send. |
 QuestionPro | per user | Free (Essentials); paid from $83 per user/month | 4.5 (1,135 reviews) | Email with automatic reminders; other channels not verified. | Real-time shareable dashboards and AI theme/summary tools; crosstabs not confirmed. | Free 200 per survey; Advanced 25K/yr; Team 100K/yr; Research Suite custom. | Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Tableau, REST API, webhooks. |
 Zoho Survey | per account (tiered by plan) | Free; paid from about $7.42/month billed annually (third-party figure) | 4.4 (951 reviews) | Email, link, embed, pop-up, social, offline collection; SMS from Plus. | Customizable reports from Plus, sentiment analysis from Basic, XLS/CSV export, SPSS export on Pro. | Free 100 per survey; Basic 12,000 per year; Enterprise unlimited. | Slack, Shopify, Zendesk, Eventbrite on Basic; Zoho CRM, Tableau, Google Sheets, Zapier, Zoho Recruit on Pro. |
 Formstack | per user | $83/mo (Forms, billed annually) | 4.3 (471 reviews) | Forms: 1,000 submissions per form; Suite: 5,000 per form; Enterprise unlimited. | Salesforce Solutions plan exists; specific integration list not verified. | ||
 Wufoo | per plan, capped by forms, entries per month and users | $195/year (Starter, 10 forms, 1,000 entries/mo, 1 user) | 4.2 (296 reviews) | Unlimited reports on all plans. | Entries per month: Free 100, Starter 1,000, Professional 5,000, Advanced 25,000, Ultimate 200,000; overage $0.05/entry on paid plans. | Featured: Asana, Mailchimp, Salesforce, WordPress, DocuSign; payments via Stripe, Square, Authorize.Net, Braintree, Chargify, Freshbooks, PayPal, USAePay. |
The alternatives in detail
Typeform
Form and survey builder with one-question-at-a-time layouts, sold in tiers capped by monthly responses and a handful of seats.
- Starting price
- $28/month billed yearly (Basic, 100 responses/mo, 1 user)
- Pricing model
- per plan, with response caps and fixed seat counts
- G2 rating
- 4.5 (944 reviews)
- Response limits per plan
- Included monthly: Basic 100, Plus 1,000, Business 10,000, Talent 3,000, Growth Flow 10,000; with add-ons capped at 750, 2,500, 50,000, 7,500, 50,000.
- Pricing model and real cost
- Tiered by monthly responses with fixed seat counts (1 to 5); more users means Enterprise; Contacts & Automations add-on +$25 or +$75/mo.
- Target company size
- Small teams on self-serve plans; Enterprise for 6+ users.
Choose it if
- Small teams that want conversational forms and lead capture at 100 to 10,000 responses per month.
- Marketing teams that value polish and ease of use over deep analysis.
Skip it if
- Companies needing SSO below an enterprise contract.
- Research teams needing panels or advanced statistical analysis.
Worth knowing
- Seats are fixed per plan (1, 3, 3, 5, 5) so a 20 person team has no self-serve path: Enterprise is required beyond 5 users.
- SSO and the organization activity log are Enterprise only.
- Prepaid subscriptions cannot be paused; cancellation takes effect at period end and forms may close to new responses.
Qualtrics
Enterprise experience management and research platform with quote-only pricing across CX, employee and market research products.
- Starting price
- Contact sales
- Pricing model
- custom (interactions for CX and Market Research, employee count for EX)
- G2 rating
- 4.4 (4,290 reviews)
- Question types and branching logic
- Wide range of question types; survey tab controls which questions respondents see.
- Distribution channels
- Email, SMS, anonymous link.
- Analysis and reporting
- Results dashboards with filters, PDF reports, response export.
- CRM and workflow integrations
- Workflows automate follow-ups and ticket creation; integration list not verified.
Choose it if
- Large organizations running CX, employee or academic research programs.
- Regulated or public-sector buyers needing FedRAMP or HITRUST.
Skip it if
- Small teams wanting public, self-serve pricing.
- One-off simple surveys.
Worth knowing
- Pricing basis differs per product: interactions for CX and Market Research, employee count for EX.
- Vendor states unlimited users on the platform.
- FedRAMP High package available to public sector on request.
Alchemer
Survey and feedback platform with published per-user plans for small teams and a quote-based Platform tier for larger ones.
- Starting price
- $55/month per user (Collaborator, monthly) or $315/year
- Pricing model
- per user
- G2 rating
- 4.4 (956 reviews)
- Analysis and reporting
- Statistical analysis and reporting on Full Access.
- Response limits per plan
- 75k, 100k or 125k annual responses per account by highest license, plus monthly limits.
- Pricing model and real cost
- Per user; small team plans max 3 users, more needs Platform via sales.
- Target company size
- Small teams to enterprise.
Choose it if
- Teams of up to 3 users wanting advanced research question types and statistics.
- Orgs needing region selection for data storage.
Skip it if
- Teams of 4+ without a sales conversation (more than 3 users requires Platform)
- Buyers wanting mobile-first survey experience (reviewer complaint)
Worth knowing
- Team plans cap at 3 users; 4 or more users requires a sales-quoted Business Platform.
- SSO is listed only on Platform.
- Annual price is about 43 to 52% below monthly.
Jotform Sign
E-signature add-on from the Jotform form builder, priced by signed documents per month rather than per user.
- Starting price
- Free (10 signed documents/month); Bronze $39/month
- Pricing model
- flat (by signed documents per month)
- G2 rating
- 4.7 (1,600 reviews)
- Distribution channels
- Email, link, embed (signing); form builder channels not researched.
- Analysis and reporting
- Report Builder and Tables for collected data.
- Response limits per plan
- Free plan 100 monthly submissions per Sign FAQ; paid not detailed.
- CRM and workflow integrations
- Cloud storage auto-send.
Choose it if
- Teams already collecting data in Jotform forms.
- Low-volume signers on the free 10 documents/month plan.
Skip it if
- Teams needing more than 1,000 signed documents/month without Enterprise.
- Buyers needing published SSO or compliance detail.
Worth knowing
- Pricing is by signed documents per month, not seats, so cost depends on volume.
- Free plan: 10 signed documents, 5 forms, 100 form fields, 100 submissions/month.
- Sign FAQ discusses US E-Sign Act only, check eIDAS needs separately.
QuestionPro
Survey and research platform with a free tier, per-user paid plans and regional data centers, scaling up to a research suite with panels and communities.
- Starting price
- Free (Essentials); paid from $83 per user/month
- Pricing model
- per user
- G2 rating
- 4.5 (1,135 reviews)
- Question types and branching logic
- 30 to 52 question types depending on plan; skip logic, branching and piping.
- Distribution channels
- Email with automatic reminders; other channels not verified.
- Analysis and reporting
- Real-time shareable dashboards and AI theme/summary tools; crosstabs not confirmed.
- Response limits per plan
- Free 200 per survey; Advanced 25K/yr; Team 100K/yr; Research Suite custom.
Choose it if
- Teams needing data hosted in a specific region (US, Canada, EU, Australia, India, Middle East)
- Academic and research users (FERPA, IRB approvals cited)
- Market research teams that may need panel and community tools.
Skip it if
- Buyers who want published enterprise pricing (Research Suite is quote only)
- Teams needing to move data between regions later.
Worth knowing
- Data centers: Seattle, Dallas, Toronto, Meppel (EU), Dubai, Riyadh, Victoria (AU), Mumbai; moving data between data centers is not possible.
- Team Edition at $83 per user/month is cheaper per seat than Advanced at $99, but requires 5+ users.
- Advanced allows 25K responses per year, a yearly rather than monthly cap.
Zoho Survey
Survey builder from Zoho with a free tier, per-account plans and SSO only on the top Enterprise plan.
- Starting price
- Free; paid from about $7.42/month billed annually (third-party figure)
- Pricing model
- per account (tiered by plan)
- G2 rating
- 4.4 (951 reviews)
- Question types and branching logic
- Skip logic and random question selection from Basic; piping logic and custom variables from Pro.
- Distribution channels
- Email, link, embed, pop-up, social, offline collection; SMS from Plus.
- Analysis and reporting
- Customizable reports from Plus, sentiment analysis from Basic, XLS/CSV export, SPSS export on Pro.
- Response limits per plan
- Free 100 per survey; Basic 12,000 per year; Enterprise unlimited.
Choose it if
- Teams already on Zoho CRM or Zoho Recruit that want responses pushed into those apps.
- Small teams that need skip logic and a 12,000 responses per year cap at a low price.
Skip it if
- Market research that needs a bought respondent panel at scale.
- Buyers needing SSO without moving to the top Enterprise plan.
Worth knowing
- Free plan caps each survey at 10 questions and 100 responses.
- Basic plan caps at 12,000 responses per year; unlimited responses only on Enterprise.
- SAML SSO, audit logs and user management are Enterprise only, and that plan includes just 3 users.
Formstack
Online form builder with document generation and eSignature, sold per builder seat with submission caps per form, mainly for workflow-driven teams.
Rebranded: Company rebranded to Intellistack in 2025; Formstack remains the product name for forms, documents and sign.
- Starting price
- $83/mo (Forms, billed annually)
- Pricing model
- per user
- G2 rating
- 4.3 (471 reviews)
- Response limits per plan
- Forms: 1,000 submissions per form; Suite: 5,000 per form; Enterprise unlimited.
- CRM and workflow integrations
- Salesforce Solutions plan exists; specific integration list not verified.
- Pricing model and real cost
- Per builder seat bundles (1 or 3 seats) with per-form submission caps; HIPAA is a paid add-on.
- Target company size
- Mid-size to enterprise workflow teams; Enterprise tier for large orgs.
Choose it if
- Teams that need forms feeding document generation and eSignature in one suite.
- Salesforce shops (dedicated Salesforce Solutions plan)
- Regulated teams that can pay for the HIPAA add-on.
Skip it if
- Research teams needing survey panels or crosstabs.
- Small teams wanting a free plan (14-day trial only)
Worth knowing
- Formstack's parent company rebranded to Intellistack in 2025, and formstack.com/about and /security now redirect to intellistack.com.
- SSO is Enterprise only.
- HIPAA support is a paid add-on on Forms and Suite but included in Salesforce Solutions and Enterprise.
Wufoo
Online form builder owned by SurveyMonkey, sold in tiers capped by forms, monthly entries and a few user seats.
- Starting price
- $195/year (Starter, 10 forms, 1,000 entries/mo, 1 user)
- Pricing model
- per plan, capped by forms, entries per month and users
- G2 rating
- 4.2 (296 reviews)
- Analysis and reporting
- Unlimited reports on all plans.
- Response limits per plan
- Entries per month: Free 100, Starter 1,000, Professional 5,000, Advanced 25,000, Ultimate 200,000; overage $0.05/entry on paid plans.
- CRM and workflow integrations
- Featured: Asana, Mailchimp, Salesforce, WordPress, DocuSign; payments via Stripe, Square, Authorize.Net, Braintree, Chargify, Freshbooks, PayPal, USAePay.
- Pricing model and real cost
- Tiered by forms, entries and user seats, not per respondent.
Choose it if
- Small teams that need web forms with payments (Stripe, PayPal and others) on paid plans.
- Teams that want entry-based pricing rather than per-seat pricing.
Skip it if
- Buyers needing SSO or EU data residency (neither is published)
- Teams wanting modern design or deep survey analysis; reviewers call the product dated.
Worth knowing
- Billed by entries, not seats: Advanced ($999/yr) covers 20 users, so a 20-person team pays about $4.16 per user per month.
- Free and paid plans stop collecting or bill $0.05 per extra entry, so spikes in traffic matter.
- Payments, field encryption and password protection need Professional or higher.
When to stay with SurveyMonkey
- Teams of 3 or more that need quick surveys with templates and AI analysis.
- Enterprises needing SSO and US/Canada/EU data centers.