Formbricks vs SurveyMonkey

Formbricks is an open-source experience management platform for collecting feedback on websites, apps, and other channels. It supports website, email, and in-app surveys, including link-based and in-product surveys, conditional logic, hidden fields, partial responses, file uploads, and single-use links. Pro adds respondent identification, contact and segment management, attribute-based segmentation, email follow-ups, webhooks, integrations, mobile SDKs, and AI translations. Listed integrations include Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, Slack, n8n, Zapier, and ActivePieces. Teams can use the cloud plans or self-host with one-click setup, Docker, or Kubernetes. The documented v6 self-host baseline runs eight long-running services; the single-server evaluation setup lists 2 vCPU, 4 GB memory, and 20 GB SSD. Formbricks says it encrypts data in transit and at rest and lists GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001. Hobby cloud has one workspace and 250 responses monthly; Pro has three workspaces and 2,000 responses monthly. The pricing note lists a free plan, paid from $74/mo (annual), and a 14-day trial.

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.