Embark vs SurveyMonkey

Embark provides online application and admissions software for organizations managing recruiting, applications, reviews, enrollment, and onboarding. It serves schools, universities, fellowships, scholarships, music programs, and study abroad programs. Organizations can create branded applications with branching logic and collect references, documents, audio, and video. Recruiting features include inquiry forms, email campaigns, events, waitlists, and RSVP tracking. Reviewers can rate and comment on applications online, or download them for paper review. AI tools can evaluate applications and extract information; automations can flag applicants for further review or send communications. Applicants can record timed video interviews with limited retries. Embark supports data exports to organizational databases and student information systems, including PeopleSoft and Salesforce. It is available on Android, iOS, and the web, and the company says its software is responsive on smartphones and tablets. Embark says it has been in business since 1995 and offers round-the-clock technical support to applicants, reviewers, and administrators. Pricing is not published; interested organizations can contact Embark.

SurveyMonkey is a platform for creating surveys, forms and quizzes, with response analytics, logic branching, custom branding and API access. Its free Basic plan allows unlimited surveys, but each survey is limited to 10 questions and responses are restricted. The platform lists 1,000 responses per month as a response limit; other listed plans include 15,000 responses per year on Advantage Annual and 40,000 on Premier Annual. Team plans provide shared assets, roles, permissions and consolidated billing, and surveys can accept payments through Stripe or PayPal. Free iOS and Android apps support survey creation and checking recent results; each user may register up to two devices at a time. Paid plans may charge ₹5.00 for each response beyond the applicable limit. Enterprise includes Zoom integration, enhanced governance and security, SSO and regional data centers. SurveyMonkey Audience is listed as reaching more than 335 million people across over 130 countries. Team Advantage is listed at ₹1,550 per user per month, starting with three users and billed annually; Team Premier is ₹3,800 on the same basis. The maker was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.