Checkbox Survey vs SurveyMonkey (2026): which should you pick?

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 SurveyMonkey if

• Fits if you run customer, employee or market research and need statistics on the answers
• Works for a one-off project on the month-to-month Standard plan, at $149 for the month

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you only need a simple form, at $39 a month billed annually ($468) for the cheapest yearly plan
• Pricey if you want crosstabs, advanced logic or multilingual surveys, since all wait for Premier at $139 a month
• Tight if you stay free: 10 questions per survey, and the number of viewable responses is only shown after sign-up
• Watch out: paid plans cap responses (1,000 a month on Standard, 15,000 a year on Advantage) and charge $0.15 for each extra
• Skip it if you're a team of two, as Team plans need 3 users, and Salesforce, Power BI, Tableau and SSO need Enterprise at 5 or more

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.

SurveyMonkey

• The free Basic plan allows 10 questions per survey and shows only a limited number of responses per survey.
• Standard Monthly is the only plan billed month to month; the Advantage, Premier and Team plans are billed annually.
• Team plans need at least 3 users. SSO and the Salesforce, Marketo, Power BI and Tableau integrations are Enterprise-only, and Enterprise needs 5 or more users and a demo.
• Paid plans cap responses (1,000 a month on Standard, 15,000 a year on Advantage) and charge $0.15 per extra response.

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.

SurveyMonkey

Build with AI

Type a prompt that describes the goals of a survey and SurveyMonkey generates a draft to edit and customize. It is listed on the free Basic plan.

Logic and survey controls

Skip logic starts on Standard Monthly. Advanced logic, block randomization and multilingual surveys are reserved for the Premier tiers.

Analyze with AI and Thematic Analysis

Ask a question to get AI-generated charts and insight summaries, and have open-ended answers grouped into themes. Both start on the Advantage tier.

Statistical analysis

Statistical significance and multi-survey analysis come with the Advantage tier, and crosstabs with Premier.

Team seats and shared assets

Team plans share brand assets and set user roles and permissions. Full Access seats create and send surveys; Analyst seats view, comment on and analyze shared ones.

Mobile apps

Free iOS and Android apps create, send and analyze surveys, with push notifications. The separate SurveyMonkey Anywhere app adds kiosk mode, plus an Offline Mode on Enterprise 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.

SurveyMonkey

• Basic$0

  1 user, unlimited surveys, 10 questions per survey and a limited number of responses per survey, with Build with AI.

• Standard Monthly$149

  per month, billed monthly

  Unlimited questions and 1,000 responses per month, with skip logic, custom design, email invitations and data exports.

• Advantage Annual$39

  per month, billed annually ($468)

  15,000 responses per year, plus payments, statistical significance, multi-survey analysis, Analyze with AI and Thematic Analysis.

• Premier Annual$139

  per month, billed annually ($1,668)

  40,000 responses per year, plus white label branding, advanced logic, multilingual surveys, crosstabs and phone support.

• Team Advantage$30

  per user / month, billed annually, 3-user minimum

  50,000 responses per year, shared brand assets, user roles and account permissions, and the Advantage analysis tools.

• Team Premier$92

  per user / month, billed annually, 3-user minimum

  100,000 responses per year, plus white label branding, advanced logic, multilingual surveys, crosstabs and phone support.

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.

SurveyMonkey

• Education

  Reduced pricing for students and educators

  Students and educators on a free plan in the US and UK can upgrade at reduced prices from a link on the pricing page. Discounts are granted at SurveyMonkey's discretion for one-year periods.

• Nonprofit

  Discounts for eligible nonprofits

  Nonprofits on a free plan can submit a discount application. Discounts are discretionary, run for one year and cannot be added to an existing paid account.

• By country

  Lower price shown to buyers in India

  On October 9, 2026 the pricing page read from India showed Advantage Annual at ₹1,999 a month (₹23,988 billed annually); read from the United States the same day it showed $39 a month ($468).