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

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

Pick SurveyRock if

• Fits if you run small surveys and want AI to draft the questions
• Works for teams that want responses to trigger a Slack or helpdesk action

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 100 responses a month and 3 surveys of 10 questions
• Pricey if you want the AI summaries, as those start at $149 a month billed yearly
• Watch out: extra responses cost $20 a month per 5,000 and aren't sold on Free
• Watch out: Microsoft Teams, Google Sheets and Make connectors are listed as not yet available

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.

SurveyRock

• The free plan stops at 100 responses a month and 3 surveys.
• Theme detection, AI summaries and cross-tabs need Growth, which is $149 a month billed annually.
• Extra responses cost $20 a month per 5,000 and cannot be added on the Free plan.
• Microsoft Teams, Google Sheets and Make connectors are listed as not yet available.

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.

SurveyRock

AI survey drafting

Describe what you want to learn and it drafts questions, choices and logic that you accept or discard one by one.

Open-text analysis

Word frequency comes with Team; automatic theme detection and AI executive summaries start on Growth.

Workflows and actions

Rules can post to Slack or open tickets when, for example, an NPS score is low. Workflows start on the Team plan.

Survey logic and types

Skip and display logic, NPS and MaxDiff questions, multi-language surveys and email campaigns are on the site's feature list.

Analysis tools

Cross-tabulation, key driver analysis and SPSS export arrive on Growth; response weighting is on Pro.

API and connectors

A REST API, webhooks, Zapier and a Claude connector are listed, plus Slack, HubSpot, Zendesk and Freshdesk on higher plans.

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.

SurveyRock

• Free$0

  100 responses a month, 3 surveys with 10 questions each, 1 workspace and 1 seat.

• Solo$29

  per month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)

  2,500 responses a month, unlimited surveys, skip logic, branding removal, API access and 100 AI credits.

• Team$66

  per month, billed annually ($79 billed monthly)

  10,000 responses a month, 5 staff and 2 client seats, PDF reports, workflow automation and 500 AI credits.

• Growth$149

  per month, billed annually ($179 billed monthly)

  50,000 responses a month, 10 staff seats, AI theme detection and summaries, audit logs and 1,500 AI credits.

• Pro$291

  per month, billed annually ($349 billed monthly)

  100,000 responses a month, 25 staff seats, SSO, HubSpot, Zendesk and Freshdesk integrations and 4,000 AI credits.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom limits, a dedicated account manager and custom integrations; sold through sales.

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).

SurveyRock

• Annual discount

  Two months free on annual billing

  SurveyRock's pricing page badges annual billing as two months free; the annual per-month prices shown are lower than the monthly ones.