# QuestionPunk vs SurveyMonkey

Canonical page: https://www.questionpunk.com/compare/surveymonkey

Is SurveyMonkey free? Its Basic plan is, but it limits each survey to 10 questions and lets you view only a limited number of responses per survey. Paid plans start at $39/mo, billed annually ($468 a year). QuestionPunk’s free plan has unlimited surveys and responses, and includes AI text follow-ups, voice interviews and an automatic report.

## The short answer

SurveyMonkey is a safe, familiar choice for straightforward feedback forms. Respondents already recognize the brand, and it has benchmarks and integrations built up over many years. QuestionPunk is built for teams who need the reasons behind the numbers: any open end can turn into an AI interview, spoken or typed, fraud flags catch rushed respondents, and the report drafts itself. If your surveys keep coming back with three-word answers, that is the problem QuestionPunk was built to fix.

## Where QuestionPunk wins

### Follow-ups on any open end

The AI probes vague answers the way a researcher would: “cheaper” becomes “cheaper than what, by how much, for which plan?”

### Voice AI interviews

Respondents talk instead of type, in the browser with nothing to install, and the AI interviewer adapts to each answer in real time.

### Research methods included

MaxDiff, Van Westendorp pricing, constant sum, and matrix and slider questions, on every plan.

### Pressure-test before you field

Test with AI and an automated survey review catch problems before launch.

## Where SurveyMonkey wins

### Brand recognition and familiarity

Respondents and stakeholders know it, which lowers friction for simple feedback collection.

### Benchmark data

Global and industry benchmarks, on every plan.

### Breadth of integrations

200+ native integrations, plus thousands more through Zapier.

### Mature team features

Shared assets, team libraries, and enterprise admin controls at higher tiers.

## Pricing

SurveyMonkey figures from its US pricing pages, October 2026. Its paid plans charge $0.15 for each response over the plan’s limit.

Every plan has unlimited surveys and responses, Team adds colleagues for $79 a month, not per seat, and AI interviews, text follow-ups and analysis are part of every plan, not add-ons.

| | QuestionPunk | SurveyMonkey |
|---|---|---|
| Billed monthly | $29/mo (Unlimited surveys and responses) | $149/mo (Standard Monthly: 1,000 responses a month) |
| Billed annually | $290/yr ($24.17/mo, unlimited surveys and responses) | $468/yr (Advantage Annual: $39/mo, 15,000 responses a year) |
| A team of three | $790/yr (Team: team members included, not per seat) | $1,080/yr (Team Advantage: $30 per user a month, billed annually, 3-user minimum, 50,000 responses a year) |
| Free plan | $0 (Unlimited surveys and responses, no credit card) | $0 (Basic: 10 questions per survey, limited responses) |

Billed monthly, QuestionPunk Pro costs about a fifth of SurveyMonkey’s Standard plan, with no response limit. Billed annually, it costs $178 a year less than Advantage, which stops at 15,000 responses a year.

- Free: $0. Free, with unlimited surveys and responses. No credit card.
- Pro: $29/mo billed monthly, or $24.17/mo billed annually ($290/yr). 25,000 AI credits a month. Team, with team members, is $79/mo.
- QuestionPunk plans in Markdown: https://www.questionpunk.com/pricing.md

## Feature by feature

| Feature | QuestionPunk | SurveyMonkey |
|---|---|---|
| AI voice interviews | Yes | Not listed |
| Intelligent follow-up questions | Yes | Not listed |
| Full prompt transparency | Yes | Not listed |
| Custom AI interviewer personalities | Yes | Not listed |
| AI-powered survey creation | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-language support | Yes | Premium |
| Panel integration | Yes | Yes |
| Video & audio responses | Yes | Not listed |
| Advanced question types | Yes | Yes |
| Skip logic | Yes | Paid plans |
| Randomization for experiments | Yes | Premium |
| Unlimited responses | Yes | Enterprise |
| Free tier | Unlimited surveys and responses | 10 questions, limited responses |
| Synthetic respondent simulation | Yes | Not listed |
| AI-powered survey review | Yes | Yes |
| Custom branding removal | Pro plan | Premium |
| Custom styling & themes | Yes | Paid plans |

“Not listed” means we could not find the feature on the competitor’s own pricing or help pages when we checked in October 2026.

## Looking for a SurveyMonkey alternative?

Teams usually go looking for a SurveyMonkey alternative when response caps, per-seat pricing, or shallow answers start to hurt. QuestionPunk’s bet is that the answer quality problem is the one worth solving: AI follow-ups ask for the reason behind a short answer, fraud flags catch speeding, straight-lining and pasted answers, and the AI report means the depth doesn’t cost you analysis time.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is SurveyMonkey free?

SurveyMonkey has a free Basic plan. It limits each survey to 10 questions and lets you view only a limited number of responses per survey, even if you collect more; SurveyMonkey shows your exact limit after you sign up. QuestionPunk Free has unlimited surveys and responses, and you see every response, with no credit card. The free plan includes the AI builder and AI text follow-ups, plus voice interviews and reports within a monthly allowance of AI credits.

### How much does SurveyMonkey cost?

On SurveyMonkey’s US pricing pages in October 2026, individual plans start at $39 a month billed annually ($468 a year, 15,000 responses a year), or $149 a month billed monthly (1,000 responses a month). Team plans start at $30 per user per month, billed annually, with a 3-user minimum. QuestionPunk Pro is $29 a month, or $24.17 a month billed annually ($290 a year), with unlimited surveys and responses. To work with colleagues, Team is $79 a month or $790 a year, not priced per seat.

### Is QuestionPunk a good SurveyMonkey alternative?

If you mainly run quick internal polls, SurveyMonkey (or even Google Forms) is fine. If you run research, such as customer discovery, UX studies or pricing work, QuestionPunk adds AI interviews by voice or text, fraud checks on every completed response and an automatic report, on every plan.

### Can I move my SurveyMonkey surveys over?

Yes. After you sign up, paste the full link to your live SurveyMonkey survey (surveymonkey.com/r/…) into the AI builder, and it rebuilds the questions, options and structure for you to edit. You can also paste the questions or upload a Word or PDF file. Qualtrics .qsf files import directly.

### Does SurveyMonkey have AI interviews?

SurveyMonkey’s AI features, as its help center lists them in October 2026, build surveys, analyze results and flag poor-quality responses. We could not find AI interviews or voice answers there. QuestionPunk runs text and voice interviews that ask follow-up questions based on what each respondent says.

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