Alchemer vs SurveySparrow

Alchemer

• Researchers who need conjoint, card sort and heatmap questions
• Teams of one to three building long surveys with complex logic
• Organizations sending survey data to Salesforce, HubSpot or Tableau

SurveySparrow

• Teams that want surveys presented as a chat conversation
• Customer experience teams running NPS, CSAT and CES surveys
• Solo users who need a few thousand responses a year

Alchemer

• Professional and Full Access allow at most 3 users; larger teams need a custom-priced Platform plan.
• The pricing page limits API access, single sign-on and security assessments to Platform plans.
• The Free account stops at 3 surveys and 100 responses per survey, with a short list of question types.
• Offline or kiosk mode, SPSS export and the market research question types all require Full Access.

SurveySparrow

• The free plan stops at 75 responses per quarter, 3 active surveys and 10 questions per survey, with no display or skip logic.
• Plans are billed quarterly or yearly; the pricing page offers no month-to-month billing.
• Basic and Starter include 1 user and Business 3; additional users are a $49 per user / month add-on.
• Custom branding and webhooks start at Business; custom CSS, offline mode, SMS, WhatsApp and Salesforce need Enterprise.

Alchemer

43 question types

Alchemer Survey lists 43 question types. File uploads need Professional, and card sort, heatmap and conjoint questions need Full Access.

Logic, piping and merge codes

Survey logic is on every paid license. Multiple conditions, piping and repeating count as advanced logic and start on Professional.

Link, email, SMS and QR distribution

Share a survey by link, QR code or SMS. Sending email campaigns to a contact list from inside Alchemer starts on Professional.

Reports and exports

Paid licenses share reports by URL, download them as PDF, PowerPoint, Excel or Word and export raw data to Excel. SPSS export is Full Access only.

Integration catalog

A catalog of integrations pushes survey data to, or pulls records from, Salesforce, HubSpot, Google Sheets, Tableau and other systems.

AI survey tools

An AI Survey Builder drafts a survey from a plain-language description, and AI Smart Question generates follow-up questions for respondents.

SurveySparrow

Chat, classic and single-page surveys

Every plan can build a survey as a chat-style conversation, a classic survey or a single page, starting from more than 1,000 templates.

Logic and question types

Display and skip logic start on Basic. Matrix, rank order and constant sum questions need Business, and heatmap questions are Enterprise only.

Distribution channels

Share by link, email, Slack or Microsoft Teams on any plan. Web embeds and QR codes start on Basic; SMS, WhatsApp and the mobile SDK are Enterprise.

Workflows and ticketing

From Business, custom workflows and webhooks act on responses, and feedback can be turned into tickets with assignment rules and SLA settings.

AI follow-ups and analysis

Echo agents ask respondents follow-up questions, and CogniVue groups feedback into themes and sentiment. Key driver analysis is listed under Enterprise.

SurveySparrow Go mobile app

A companion app for Android and iOS that creates, shares and tracks surveys from a phone and can run as an offline survey kiosk.

Alchemer

• Free$0

  Up to 3 surveys at a time and 100 responses per survey, with basic question types such as radio buttons, checkboxes, text boxes and ratings.

• Collaborator$315

  per user / year ($55 per user / month billed monthly)

  Unlimited surveys and questions, 75,000 responses a year per account, survey logic, report downloads and email support.

• Professional$1,075

  per user / year ($165 per user / month billed monthly)

  Up to 3 users and 100,000 responses a year, plus advanced logic, email campaigns, file uploads and phone support on annual plans.

• Full Access$1,895

  per user / year ($275 per user / month billed monthly)

  Up to 3 users and 125,000 responses a year, plus market research question types, SPSS export, open-text analysis and offline or kiosk mode.

• Platform PlansCustom

  For more than 3 users: API access, single sign-on, 24/7 support, a customer success manager and feedback collection across other channels.

SurveySparrow

• Free$0

  1 user, 3 active surveys, 10 questions per survey and 75 responses per quarter, shared by link, email, Slack or Microsoft Teams.

• Basic$19

  per month, billed yearly; $39 per month billed quarterly

  1 user and 2,500 responses a year (600 a quarter on quarterly billing), with display and skip logic, web embed, QR codes and payment questions.

• Starter$39

  per month, billed yearly; $59 per month billed quarterly

  1 user and 15,000 responses a year (3,600 a quarter on quarterly billing), plus email embed, manual translation, redirects and HubSpot.

• Business$79

  per month, billed yearly; $149 per month billed quarterly

  3 users and 36,000 responses a year (9,000 a quarter on quarterly billing), plus custom branding, matrix questions, custom workflows and webhooks.

• EnterpriseCustom

  3 or more users with custom limits, custom CSS, auto-translation, offline mode, SMS and WhatsApp distribution, audit logs and HIPAA compliance.

Alchemer

• Annual discount

  Save 43% to 52% with annual billing

  The pricing page marks annual billing as saving 52% on Collaborator ($315 a year against $55 a month), 46% on Professional and 43% on Full Access.

• Nonprofit

  25% off annual plans for non-profits

  Registered non-profit organizations get 25% off annual accounts after entering an EIN or international equivalent at checkout. Monthly accounts are excluded.

SurveySparrow

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly rate with yearly billing

  Billed yearly, Basic is $19 per month against $39 billed quarterly, Starter $39 against $59 and Business $79 against $149. Response allowances differ between the two terms.

• Other savings

  CX Day Sale: 25% off yearly Starter and Business

  The pricing page shows the yearly Starter and Business prices reduced by 25% during a CX Day Sale. The page's sale data gives an end date of October 9, 2026.

• Startups

  $2,000 of credit for $500 for startups

  Registered startups up to two years old with 50 or fewer employees can buy $2,000 of credit for $500. Credits expire after 18 months and do not cover Enterprise plans.

• Education

  50% off for students

  The pricing page advertises 50% off for students under SurveySparrow for Education, arranged by contacting the company.

• Nonprofit

  15% off for NGOs

  The pricing page advertises 15% off for non-profit organizations, arranged by contacting the company.