Checkbox Survey vs QuestionPro (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, QuestionPro grades higher than Checkbox Survey: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Checkbox Survey grades higher on value for money. QuestionPro grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Checkbox Survey
Survey software for the cloud or your own servers
QuestionPro
Survey and market research platform with a free plan
Which one is for you
Pick Checkbox Survey if
- Fits if your IT team insists on surveys running on your own servers
- Works for small teams sending surveys by email, SMS or WhatsApp
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need a free plan, because it has only a 14-day trial
- Watch out: the REST API, webhooks and custom subdomain start on Business at $1,800 a year, and SSO is Enterprise only
- Tight if you collect a lot, as plans cap responses at 120,000, 300,000 and 1,000,000 a year
- Pricey if you add users, since extra seats cost extra and Business bills yearly only
Pick QuestionPro if
- Fits if you're a market researcher who needs conjoint, MaxDiff or an audience panel
- Works for field teams that have to collect answers with no connection
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're a small business, since paid plans start at $99 per user a month
- Not for you if you want to pay month by month, as the pricing page shows annual billing only
- Tight if you stay free: 1 user and 200 responses per survey
- Watch out: Team Edition needs at least 5 users and the Research Suite at least 10, with its price on request
- Watch out: the customer and employee experience products are sold separately, with pricing on request
How we grade them
| 2.0GPACheckbox SurveyFair | 2.4GPAQuestionProFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CSolo is $20 a month billed yearly, right at the middle of the category. Team is $83.33 a month for 5 users, about $17 each. | D$99 per user a month is well past the $74 where this category's dearest tenth begins, and four times the $24 middle, for 1 user and 25,000 responses a year. No monthly option is published, and the cheaper Team rate needs at least 5 users. |
| Free plan and trial | C14-day free trial and no free plan. The listing does not say whether a card is needed. | CEssentials is free for one person with 30 question types, logic, integrations and 24/7 chat support, but each survey stops at 200 responses, which anything public will pass. There's a 10-day trial of Advanced as well. |
| Features | CSurvey builder, three invitation channels, dashboards and an on-premises option cover the job. The API, webhooks and custom subdomain are held back for Business. | ACovers the survey job and more than the rest of the category: up to 52 question types, branching, piping and skip logic with a Path Simulator that flags questions no one can reach, surveys in 100-plus languages, SPSS exports, an offline fieldwork app that tracks quotas, and conjoint and MaxDiff in the Research Suite. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A survey builder in the browser, with reports to set up yourself. | CNo store rating on record, and a platform of this size takes learning: dozens of question types, logic and piping, panels and data centers. The AI Survey Agent drafting questions, scales and logic is the shortcut. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with an on-premises version for IT teams. The listing names no ready-made integrations. | BWeb plus both phones, with the app collecting answers offline, and integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics, Google Sheets, Tableau, Power BI, Zapier, webhooks and an API. No desktop app, which is what an A needs. |
| Best for | surveys in the cloud or on your own servers | market research surveys with a free start |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Checkbox Survey and QuestionPro. How we grade
Price against what you get
Checkbox Survey starts at $20 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. QuestionPro starts at $99 a month for each person and scores 3.0.
QuestionPro scores higher, and starts $79 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other form and survey tools on the chart, 23 score higher than Checkbox Survey for less, and 1 scores higher than QuestionPro for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Checkbox Survey is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Checkbox Survey also covers forms.
- QuestionPro also covers templates.
At a glance
| Checkbox Survey | QuestionPro | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $20 per month for 1 user, billed annually ($30 billed monthly) | $99 per user / month, billed annually |
| Free plan | None | Essentials plan: 1 user, 200 responses per survey and 30 question types, with basic surveys, logic, integrations and analysis, and 24/7 chat and email support. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial | Free 10-day trial of the Advanced plan |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Checkbox Technology | QuestionPro |
| Price read from | checkbox.com | questionpro.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 9, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Checkbox Survey
- Plans are limited by responses per year (120,000, 300,000 and 1,000,000) and by user count.
- Business is sold on yearly billing only; additional users are available for a fee.
- The REST API, webhooks and custom subdomain start on Business, and SSO is Enterprise only.
- The Team price is the page's own yearly figure of $83.33 a month; the page's script may round it on screen.
QuestionPro
- The free Essentials plan covers 1 user and 200 responses per survey.
- Paid plans are priced per user and billed annually; the pricing page shows no monthly option.
- Team Edition needs at least 5 users, and the Research Suite at least 10, with pricing on request.
- The customer experience and employee experience products are sold separately, with pricing on request.
Key features
Checkbox Survey
- Survey builder
- All question types, advanced survey logic and custom branding are on every cloud plan, including the smallest.
- Email, SMS and WhatsApp invitations
- Email invitations come with each plan; SMS and WhatsApp invitations are an add-on from the Business plan.
- Reports and dashboards
- A standard report with charts is generated for each survey, and dashboards can combine charts from several surveys with filters. Exports go to CSV or SAV.
- Flexible hosting
- Cloud surveys can be hosted in the US, Canada, Australia or the EU, or the whole product can be installed on-premises.
- API and webhooks
- The public REST API and webhooks, which connect surveys to CRM and marketing systems, start on the Business plan.
- Business plan controls
- Business adds custom data retention policies and a custom subdomain, and Enterprise adds SAML SSO, a custom domain and full audit logs.
QuestionPro
- Survey builder with logic
- Build surveys from 30 to 52 question types depending on the plan, with branching, piping and skip logic. A Path Simulator in the editor maps every route and flags questions no one can reach.
- QuestionPro AI
- A Survey Agent drafts a full survey, with questions, scales and logic, from a description. Smart Dashboards build a dashboard and an insight summary from the responses.
- Reports and research methods
- Reports include real-time shareable dashboards, and data exports to Excel, SPSS and CSV. Conjoint, MaxDiff and A/B testing are part of the Research Suite.
- Offline survey app
- The iOS and Android app collects responses without an internet connection and syncs them later. Quotas can be tracked in the app, and a full answer option can be hidden or end the interview.
- Multilingual surveys
- Field the same survey in more than 100 languages, so respondents in each market can answer in their own language.
- Integrations and API
- Connect to Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics, Google Sheets, Tableau and Power BI, or build on Zapier, webhooks and the QuestionPro API.
Plans
Checkbox Survey
Solo$20
per month, 1 user, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
120,000 responses a year for individuals and freelancers. All question types, advanced logic, email invitations and custom branding.
Team$83.33
per month, 5 users, billed annually ($100 billed monthly)
300,000 responses a year for up to 5 users, with the same features as Solo.
Business$1,800
per year, 5 users, billed annually
1,000,000 responses a year, 24-hour priority support, public REST API, webhooks and a custom subdomain. Extra users cost more.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited responses, SAML SSO, custom domain, audit logs, a dedicated account manager and custom SLA, BAA or DPA agreements.
On-PremisesCustom
Everything in Enterprise, deployed on your own servers, with Active Directory or LDAP sign-in and implementation support.
QuestionPro
Essentials$0
1 user, 200 responses per survey and 30 question types, with basic surveys, logic, integrations and analysis.
Advanced$99
per user / month, billed annually
1 user, 25,000 responses per year and 38 question types, with standard surveys, logic, integrations and analysis, plus branding.
Team Edition$83
per user / month, billed annually, 5-user minimum
5-user minimum, 100,000 responses per survey, 46 question types, collaboration, regional data centers and a dedicated account manager.
Research SuiteCustom
10 or more users with custom response pricing, 52 question types, and communities, audience and qualitative tools.
Ways to pay less
Checkbox Survey
- Annual discount
Save up to 33% with annual billing
The pricing page has an annual toggle labelled as saving up to 33% against monthly billing on Solo and Team.
QuestionPro
- Nonprofit
Free Nonprofit license
Nonprofits can get the Nonprofit license, listed at $1,188 per year, for free in return for a backlink on their website. It covers one user and up to 10,000 responses.
- Education
Discounted academic licenses
Universities and colleges can buy a Survey & Analytics license at what QuestionPro calls a highly discounted price through its academic sales team. No figure is published.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Checkbox Survey or QuestionPro?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Checkbox Survey starts at $20 per month for 1 user, billed annually ($30 billed monthly), and QuestionPro starts at $99 per user / month, billed annually. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Checkbox Survey or QuestionPro?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only QuestionPro has a free plan. Checkbox Survey does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Checkbox Survey and QuestionPro run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only QuestionPro lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.
