Opinion Stage vs SurveyMonkey (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Opinion Stage if

• Fits if you want a quiz on a landing page that captures emails
• Works for marketers who send leads to Mailchimp or Klaviyo

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free, with 25 responses a month
• Watch out: every plan is capped by responses a month, and Pro goes from $25 to $39 for 2,500
• Pricey if you want your own look, since Opinion Stage branding comes off only on Business and above
• Skip it if you want a trial, because the page offers none, only the free plan or a contact

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

Opinion Stage

• Every plan is capped by responses a month; the free plan allows only 25.
• Opinion Stage branding comes off only on Business and above.
• The Pro price rises from $25 to $39 yearly when moving from 1,000 to 2,500 responses a month.
• The page offers no trial; it points to the free plan, or a contact for a full evaluation.

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.

Opinion Stage

Quizzes, polls, surveys and forms

One account can build quizzes, polls, surveys, forms, assessments and calculators, starting from templates or AI creation.

Skip and branch logic

Questions can branch on earlier answers, and the pricing table lists skip and branch logic across plans.

Lead and email capture

Items can collect contact details and pass them to email marketing, CRM and other tools.

Embedding and landing pages

Items embed on a site, run from a hosted landing page, and a WordPress plugin is listed.

Reports

Answer and response reports can be downloaded, and Business adds a drop-off report and conversion tracking.

Integrations

The integrations page lists 106 connections, including Zapier, Mailchimp, Brevo, Klaviyo, ActiveCampaign and webhooks.

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.

Opinion Stage

• Free$0

  25 responses a month, 2 users, unlimited items and questions, create with AI, and lead and email capture.

• Pro$25

  per month for 1,000 responses, billed yearly ($32 monthly)

  Adds 3 users and priority chat support with an onboarding call. 2,500 responses a month is $39 yearly ($49 monthly).

• Business$79

  per month for 10,000 responses, billed yearly ($99 monthly)

  5 users, branding removal, conversion tracking and drop-off report. 25,000 responses is $199 yearly; 50,000 is $400.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited responses and users, custom CSS branding, a dedicated success manager and legal, infosec and GDPR contracts.

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.

Opinion Stage

• Annual discount

  20% off yearly plans

  The pricing page says yearly billing is discounted by 20% against paying monthly.

• Education

  Discounts for students, teachers and NGOs

  The pricing FAQ says discounts exist for students, teachers and NGOs, with details on request from the company.

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).