Online forms and surveys · Comparison
SurveyMonkey vs Typeform
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | SurveyMonkey | Typeform |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Easy to adoptSurveys with analysis built in, from a vendor with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and paid plans that keep collecting past their allowance. | Easy to adoptInteractive forms and surveys with logic on every plan, backed by Typeform’s own SOC 2 Type II report and ISO 27001 certificate. |
| Overall score | 4.9 | 5.8Best |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $46/mo | $28/mo |
| Pricing model | Seat + usage | Tiered |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Per plan (individual) or per user (team, from 3 users) with a response allowance; $0.15 per extra response | Flat per plan with a monthly response allowance; extra response tiers bought in the account |
| Free option | Free Basic plan: 10 questions and 25 viewable responses per survey, SurveyMonkey footer | Free plan: 10 responses a month, unlimited forms, logic, Typeform branding |
| Reference scenario (1,000 responses/mo, no branding, annual) | $139/mo on Premier Annual ($1,668 a year), computed | $56/mo on Plus, billed yearly ($672 a year, computed) |
| Month-to-month price | Standard Monthly $99 only; Advantage and Premier are sold annually | $79 on Plus ($39 / $79 / $129 for Basic, Plus and Business) |
| At the response limit | Paid plans keep collecting; each extra response is billed at $0.15 | Forms switch to private until the next month, unless you buy a higher response tier or turn on auto-upgrade |
| Branding removed | Premier ($139/mo billed annually), Team Premier and Enterprise; Standard and Advantage show a subtle footer | Plus ($56/mo billed yearly) and up |
| Payments and file uploads | Advantage and up; payments through Stripe or PayPal | Basic and up; payments through Stripe or PayPal |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 listed in the Trust Center | SOC 2 Type II report and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate in the Trust Center |
| HIPAA BAA | Enterprise add-on, through sales | Enterprise or Growth Custom, through sales |
| EU data hosting | Enterprise only | New Enterprise accounts, through sales |
| SSO | SAML on Enterprise | SAML or OIDC on Enterprise |
| Response export | CSV, XLS, PPT or PDF from Standard; SPSS from Advantage; none on Basic | CSV or XLSX on every plan, Free included; Responses API |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, SurveyMonkey is a survey tool with analysis built in, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and published overage. Removing its branding costs $1,668 a year on Premier, and SSO, HIPAA, EU hosting and API apps sit on Enterprise. | From its public pages, Typeform is an interactive form builder with logic, export and the API on every plan and an audited security record in its own name. Removing branding starts on Plus at $56 a month billed yearly, and HIPAA, EU hosting and SSO go through sales. |
Evidence: SurveyMonkey: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Typeform: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
When to pick each
In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.
From our SurveyMonkey review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick SurveyMonkey when
- You want built-in survey analysis, SPSS export and collection that continues past the allowance at $0.15 a response.
- Pick Typeform when
- You want branding removed for less ($56 a month on Plus, billed yearly) with 3 seats, and logic and export on the free plan.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- SurveyMonkeyAdvantage Annual$46/mo$552 billed annually. 1 user, 15,000 responses a year
- Accept payments (Stripe or PayPal)
- File upload questions
- Piping, randomization and quotas
- SPSS export
- TypeformLowest priceBasic$28/moBilled yearly; $39 month to month. 1 user, 100 responses a month
- Payment, file upload and partial submit questions
- Webhooks and integrations
- 1 GB of file uploads
- Typeform branding on forms
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: SurveyMonkey 2026-10-16, Typeform 2026-10-16.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- TypeformSelf-serve sign-up; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (5.8/10).
- Lowest starter price
- Typeform$28/mo for the Basic (billed yearly) plan.
- Highest overall score
- Typeform5.8/10 (Fair). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
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