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

Pick FreeOnlineSurveys if

• Fits if you need a one-off survey or quiz that closes within 14 days
• Works for people who want payments or a calculator inside the same form

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you run a survey longer than 14 days, because free projects stop collecting then
• Pricey if you need exports or cross-tabulation, which are paid
• Watch out: prices are in pounds only, and the paid plans are sold under the Shout name
• Watch out: the inbox feature on paid plans is labelled coming soon

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

FreeOnlineSurveys

• Prices are shown in pounds sterling only; no dollar price was found.
• Free-plan projects stop collecting after a 14-day window, and exports, cross-tabulation and branding removal need a paid plan.
• The inbox feature on paid plans is labelled coming soon.
• The company behind it is UK-based and the pricing page is built around its Shout product.

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.

FreeOnlineSurveys

Surveys, quizzes and forms

One builder with 20-plus question types, logic, themes and a choice of one question per page or several.

Sharing options

Share by link, QR code or web embed on every plan; pop-up and slide-out forms and email invitations start on Essentials.

AI-assisted questions

AI generation is included at low, medium and high usage levels on Essentials, Plus and Business.

Reports

Charts and individual responses are free; cross-tabulation, custom reports, public sharing and PDF or spreadsheet export need a paid plan.

Contacts

Paid plans turn form responses into contacts, with lists, segments and prefilled forms.

Payments and calculators

Stripe payments and calculators start on Plus.

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.

FreeOnlineSurveys

• Free$0

  1,000 responses a month, 1 user, logic and piping, 14-day collection window.

• Essentials£12.99

  per month, billed annually (£20 billed monthly)

  Unlimited responses and collection time, 1 user, 10,000 contacts, 3,000 email invitations a month, cross-tabulation, exports and 100MB uploads.

• Plus£25

  per month, billed annually (£45 billed monthly)

  3 users, 25,000 contacts, 5,000 invitations a month, Stripe payments, A/B testing, hidden fields, no Shout branding and 3 calculators.

• Business£59

  per month, billed annually (£99 billed monthly)

  5 users, 50,000 contacts, 7,000 invitations a month, custom URL slug, unlimited calculators, priority support and purchase-order payment.

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.

FreeOnlineSurveys

• Annual discount

  44% off with yearly billing

  The pricing page toggle labels the yearly option as saving 44% against monthly billing.

• Education

  Student and school or nonprofit pricing

  Verified students pay £2.99 a month billed annually for Essentials features; registered schools and nonprofits pay £12.99 a month billed annually for Plus features.

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).