Survey platform · updated October 10, 2026

A SurveyMonkey alternative you pay for once

SurveyMonkey is the survey tool most people have heard of, and its free plan is genuinely usable for a quick poll. The trouble starts when you want more than 10 questions. The cheapest paid plan that fits a yearly commitment is $39 a month billed annually, and it still caps you at 15,000 responses a year.

MangoForm is a form and survey builder with the question types most surveys actually use, including NPS, matrix, rating, opinion scale and ranking, and it has no cap on responses. It costs $25 once. SurveyMonkey does a lot that MangoForm does not, so this page also says who should stay where they are.

Try MangoForm: $25 once All our apps: $29 bundle

MangoForm is a good fit if

You run customer feedback, NPS or event surveys with your own list and pay a yearly plan just to lift the question limit
You are one person or a small business and don't need team seats, roles or shared brand assets
You don't want to count responses against a yearly allowance or pay per extra response
You want your own colors, fonts and logo on the survey and the option to put it on your own domain

Stay on SurveyMonkey if

You buy respondents from SurveyMonkey Audience or need a panel to reach strangers
You need statistical significance, crosstabs, thematic analysis or multi-survey comparison built in
You need SSO, a data center choice or other enterprise admin controls for a large team

What SurveyMonkey costs

Prices from SurveyMonkey's public pricing page, in USD, checked on October 10, 2026. Taxes excluded. Vendors change prices; follow the source links to see today's.

Plan	Billed monthly	Billed yearly	What you get
Basicsource, 2026-10-10	$0/mo	n/a	Free. 1 user, unlimited surveys, 10 questions per survey, limited responses per survey, some question types.
Standard Monthlysource, 2026-10-10	$149/mo	n/a	Monthly billing only. 1 user, unlimited questions, 1,000 responses per month, skip logic, custom design, data exports, email invitations.
Advantage Annualsource, 2026-10-10	not listed	$39/mo	$468 billed annually. 1 user, unlimited questions, 15,000 responses per year, premium themes, more logic, payments, statistical significance, AI analysis.
Premier Annualsource, 2026-10-10	not listed	$139/mo	$1,668 billed annually. 1 user, 40,000 responses per year, white label branding, advanced logic, multilingual surveys, crosstabs, phone support.
MangoForm	$25 once, or in the $29 bundle		Everything listed below, no monthly fee.

The math over 1, 3 and 5 years

We use Advantage Annual at $39 a month ($468 a year), the cheapest yearly plan. The free Basic plan stops at 10 questions per survey, so it is not a fair comparison, and Standard is sold monthly only at $149. Advantage still has a response allowance of 15,000 a year, which MangoForm does not.

1 year

$468

SurveyMonkey Advantage Annual

$25

MangoForm

3 years

$1,404

SurveyMonkey Advantage Annual

$25

MangoForm

5 years

$2,340

SurveyMonkey Advantage Annual

$25

MangoForm

SurveyMonkey Advantage Annual at $39/month (yearly billing, their cheapest rate), assuming today's price never goes up. MangoForm is a single $25 payment.

What MangoForm does

Only features that exist in MangoForm today. If it isn't in this table, assume we don't have it.

Feature	MangoForm	SurveyMonkey
No cap on forms or responses	Included	Unlimited surveys; responses capped at 1,000/mo on Standard, 15,000/yr on Advantage, then $0.15 each
Around 20 question types: text, email, phone, number, date, dropdown, multiple choice, rating, NPS, opinion scale, ranking, matrix, yes/no, legal, statement	Included	Some types on Basic, more types from Standard
Skip-to logic (jump to a question or an end screen based on answers)	Included	Standard plan and above
Custom colors, fonts, logo and custom CSS	Included	Custom design from Standard, premium themes from Advantage
"Powered by" badge off by default	Included	White label branding on Premier only ($139/mo billed yearly)
CSV export of responses	Included	Data exports from Standard
Embed as standard, popup, side panel or fullscreen	Included	Add to websites on every plan
Template gallery and your own templates	Included	400+ templates
Views, starts, completion rate and average time	Included	Not listed on SurveyMonkey's pricing page
Password-protected forms	Included	Not listed on SurveyMonkey's pricing page
Read-only REST API (/api/v1: list forms, read a form, list and read its responses) with an API key each paid account creates in Settings	Included	Not listed on SurveyMonkey's pricing page

Where SurveyMonkey is better

Reaching people you don't know

SurveyMonkey Audience lets you target respondents by country, age, income and job from its own research panel, sold per project. MangoForm collects answers from the people you send the link to and has no panel. If you need strangers, SurveyMonkey is the tool.

Analysis depth

Advantage adds statistical significance, multi-survey analysis, AI analysis and thematic analysis, and Premier adds crosstabs. MangoForm gives you a responses table, completion stats and a CSV export, and you do the deeper analysis in a spreadsheet.

Team and enterprise features

SurveyMonkey sells team plans with roles, shared brand assets, SSO, a choice of US, Canada or EU data center and phone support. MangoForm has workspaces with member invites and nothing close to enterprise governance.

Integrations and extras

SurveyMonkey lists 200+ integrations from Standard up, accepts payments on Advantage and sends email invitations to your contacts. MangoForm offers a webhook on each submission and a read-only REST API, and it can't take payments.

The question limit and the response allowance

SurveyMonkey's free Basic plan allows 10 questions per survey and shows you a limited number of responses per survey. That works for a three-question poll. For a real customer survey it is too tight, so you move to a paid plan, and that is where the pricing gets awkward. Standard is $149 a month and only sold month to month. Advantage is $39 a month, billed as $468 a year.

Paid plans also count responses. Standard includes 1,000 a month, Advantage 15,000 a year, Premier 40,000 a year, and each extra response costs $0.15. SurveyMonkey's help text adds that if you turn off auto-renew you drop back to the free plan, and responses over the Basic limit that are older than 365 days are deleted.

MangoForm has no limit on forms or responses. You pay $25 once, and a survey that gets ten thousand answers costs the same as one that gets ten.

What surveys look like in MangoForm

Surveys show one question at a time with a progress bar. You choose from around 20 question types: short and long text, email, phone, number, date, dropdown, multiple choice, yes/no, rating, opinion scale, NPS, ranking, matrix, a legal consent block and statements. That covers satisfaction surveys, NPS, event feedback and short research questionnaires. Skip logic sends a respondent to another question or an end screen depending on their answers.

You set colors, fonts and a logo, and add custom CSS for finer control. The "Powered by" badge is off by default, you can password-protect a survey, embed it as a standard block, popup, side panel or fullscreen, and serve it on your own domain by adding a DNS record. The respondent interface is available in English or French.

Results go into a table in the dashboard, with views, starts, completion rate and average time. You can export everything to CSV, receive an email on each new response or a daily summary, and send each submission to your own systems through a webhook. Paid accounts can also create an API key and read forms and responses through a read-only REST API. There is no write API.

Should you switch?

If you send surveys to your own customers, members or attendees, and you pay SurveyMonkey mainly to get past 10 questions, a response allowance or a branded look, MangoForm will probably do the job. Over five years Advantage costs $2,340 at $39 a month. MangoForm costs $25.

If you rely on Audience to find respondents, use crosstabs and significance testing, or need team roles and SSO, stay with SurveyMonkey. The free plan is also fine if you run a short poll once in a while and never go past 10 questions.

FAQ

Is MangoForm a one-time purchase?

Yes. MangoForm is $25 once for lifetime access, and it is also part of the $49 F*ckSubscription bundle. There is no renewal and no billing based on responses.

Does MangoForm limit how many survey responses I can collect?

No. There is no cap on forms or responses. SurveyMonkey's Advantage plan, by comparison, includes 15,000 responses per year according to its pricing page, then charges $0.15 per extra response.

Can MangoForm run NPS, matrix and ranking questions?

Yes. Rating, opinion scale, NPS, ranking and matrix are all question types, along with text, choice, date and yes/no questions.

Can MangoForm find respondents for me like SurveyMonkey Audience?

No. MangoForm collects answers from people you send the link to. If you need a panel of strangers, SurveyMonkey Audience is the better option.

Can I import my SurveyMonkey surveys?

There is no import tool, so you rebuild the survey in MangoForm. Past results can be downloaded from SurveyMonkey on a plan with data exports and kept in a spreadsheet.

Pay once. Keep it.

MangoForm is $25 one time. The bundle is $29 one time and includes MangoForm and our other live apps, with future updates.

Get MangoForm See the $29 bundle

Questions? Write to martin@fcksubscription.com. A human (the founder) answers.

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