KoboToolbox vs SurveyLab

KoboToolbox is a survey and data collection platform for gathering information online or offline. Forms can include skip logic, validation, guidance, translations, GPS, and multimedia data. Collection is available through KoboCollect or web forms on iOS and desktop devices. The platform provides response analytics and API access, and teams can own members’ projects with role-based permissions for Owners, Admins, and Members. It works with Excel, Google Sheets, Power BI, Tableau, ArcGIS, and Stata, with direct integrations for TolaData and monday.com. Data is encrypted at rest and in transit using SHA-256 with RSA, alongside project-level key encryption. The platform also offers SSO and GDPR compliance. Data hosting is available in 28 countries or on a customer’s own infrastructure. The Community plan is free for nonprofits and includes 5,000 submissions per month and 1 GB of storage. Starter is $21 a month, Professional is $129 a month, and Teams is $249 a month. The maker says the platform is used by 35,000+ organizations across 220+ countries and territories, with 25M+ surveys collected per month.

SurveyLab is a survey platform from a company headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. It offers logic branching, custom branding, response analytics, API access, a respondent panel and a Survey API. The pricing model is freemium, with a free plan and a 14-day trial. Free costs nothing and allows 50 responses total. Starter costs $49 a month, billed monthly, for 1,000 responses per month. Advanced costs $99 a month, billed monthly, for 2,500 responses per month. Professional costs $249 a month, billed monthly, and includes 10,000 responses and 3 users. Enterprise includes unlimited responses and 5+ users, but no price is listed. The stated response limit is 1,000 responses per month, matching Starter’s allowance. The listed platform is API, so buyers should account for how API access fits their survey workflow and plan selection.