Crowdsignal vs SurveyMonkey (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Crowdsignal if

• Fits if you run a WordPress site and want a poll inside a post
• Works for one-off quizzes or surveys with small audiences

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you run long surveys, because each answer counts as a signal and 2,500 goes fast
• Watch out: over the free limit, extra answers are collected but hidden until you upgrade
• Skip it if you want no branding or your own domain, as both need Business at $45 a month
• Not for you if you need a long list of integrations, as only Sheets and WordPress are named

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

Crowdsignal

• A signal is one answer: a five-question survey completed once counts as five signals, so the free 2,500 goes quickly.
• Past 2,500 signals the free plan keeps collecting but hides the extra answers until you upgrade.
• Branding removal, custom domain and the advanced API need Business at $45 a month billed annually.
• Premium and Business are shown with a 40% and 25% discount against their monthly price when billed annually.

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.

Crowdsignal

Polls, surveys and quizzes

Unlimited questions, surveys, polls, ratings and quizzes on every plan; the free plan stops at 2,500 signals.

Branching logic

Premium and above support branching and logic trees so respondents see only the questions that apply.

Embedding

Polls and media can be embedded in a website, and the company also offers a WordPress plugin.

Data sync and export

Premium connects to Google Sheets and exports responses; Business adds other services and an advanced API.

Email surveys

Business can send surveys by email, up to 50,000 a month.

Team workspace

The Team plan lets several users edit surveys together and share themes, templates and assets, with a 3-user team limit.

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.

Crowdsignal

• Free$0

  Unlimited surveys, polls and ratings, up to 2,500 signals, Crowdsignal branding, limited export and 1 MB uploads.

• Premium$15

  per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)

  Unlimited signals, branching logic, Google Sheets sync, export, priority email support and 5 MB uploads.

• Business$45

  per month, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)

  No Crowdsignal branding, custom CSS and domain, email surveys up to 50k a month, advanced API access.

• Team$29

  per user / month, billed annually

  Business features plus shared accounts for up to 3 users, shared themes and templates, and 10 MB uploads.

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.

Crowdsignal

• Annual discount

  Save with annual billing

  The pricing page shows Premium at $15 a month billed annually against $25 monthly, and Business at $45 against $59.

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).