# Pollfish review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Survey platform that sells responses from its own panel Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Pollfish is a survey platform where the builder is free to join and the main cost is paying for responses from its consumer panel, starting at $0.95 a response. It also sells full-service research projects and enterprise packages. Its site says the panel is backed by Prodege's consumer loyalty programs. - **Category:** Forms & Surveys - **Made by:** Pollfish - **Website:** https://www.pollfish.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you need many answers, because each response costs from $0.95. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Pollfish has a free plan. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free to join, with a free AI survey builder. There are no licenses or seats; you pay per survey response. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | DIY Platform | $0 | Free to join and no seats. Responses from the panel cost from $0.95 each. | | Full Service | $5,000 per project and up | Simple general-population studies start at $5,000 per market, with a dedicated research expert and presentation-ready reports. | | Enterprise | $10,000 per year and up | Annual commitments from $10,000 with volume discounts, a dedicated account manager and both DIY and full-service options. | Read from https://www.pollfish.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Pollfish before buying. ## Key features - **AI survey builder:** Describe a research goal and the builder drafts a survey with questions and logic, which can then be edited by hand. - **Drag-and-drop builder:** A visual editor handles skip logic, branching, answer shuffling, exclusive options and image or video questions, with live preview. - **Survey templates:** Templates cover brand awareness, concept testing, pricing studies such as Van Westendorp, conjoint and MaxDiff. - **Own audience:** Responses come from Pollfish's own first-party panel, which the company says is drawn from Prodege's consumer programs. - **Full-service research:** Teams that want a managed study can buy a project with a dedicated research expert and finished reports. - **Team tools:** Single sign-on, shared access, folders and one-click survey duplication are listed for team use. ## Good for - Marketers and researchers who need respondents, not just a form tool - Concept, ad and pricing tests that need a general-population sample - Agencies with a steady stream of studies ## Worth knowing - The platform is free but responses are charged per response, from $0.95 each, so cost grows with sample size. - Full-service projects start at $5,000 per market and enterprise packages at $10,000 a year. - It is a research product built around its own panel, not a general form or data-collection tool. - The page gives no free response allowance or trial; the free part is the builder and joining. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Pollfish is a survey platform that sells answers from its own respondent panel. Joining and building are free, but each response is charged, from $0.95, so cost grows with sample size, and full-service projects start at $5,000. - **Value for money: D.** Responses start at $0.95 each, so 500 answers cost several hundred dollars, and full-service projects start at $5,000. That sits far above what form tools charge. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The builder and joining are free, including an AI survey builder, but the page gives no free responses or trial. - **Features: C.** AI and drag-and-drop builders, templates, your own audience and full-service research. It is a research product, not a general form tool. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You design the survey and the audience yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, and the page lists no integrations or apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Pollfish's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among form and survey tools - Pollfish's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 1 of the 60 other form and survey tools we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on free plan and trial (C, above 4 of 60) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/forms ## Keep it, or make your own? **Your call.** A form at its plainest is questions, a button and a table of answers. You could make the core of Pollfish for yourself: surveys, forms, templates and reports. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. - You could make: Surveys, forms, templates and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Surveys, Forms, AI features, Templates, Reports ## Alternatives - [SurveyMonkey](https://toolgpa.com/tools/surveymonkey): Online survey and form platform with built-in analysis tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pollfish-vs-surveymonkey) - [Qualtrics](https://toolgpa.com/tools/qualtrics): Survey and experience research platform with a free account. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pollfish-vs-qualtrics) - [QuestionPro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/questionpro): Survey and market research platform with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pollfish-vs-questionpro) - [Alchemer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/alchemer): Survey platform with advanced logic and market research questions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/alchemer-vs-pollfish) - [SurveySparrow](https://toolgpa.com/tools/surveysparrow): Chat-style survey and customer feedback platform with AI analysis. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pollfish-vs-surveysparrow) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.pollfish.com/pricing - https://www.pollfish.com/platform/survey-maker/ - https://www.pollfish.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/pollfish Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).