Who doesn’t like surveys? I’m a huge fan of them, as from the company side, it helps to understand your audience better. On the participant's hand, I can compare my replies with others; that is fun.
So, I’ve decided to gather the best WordPress survey plugins in one place to discover their main features, possibilities, pros, and cons. I placed all plugins randomly, so don’t try to find the best from the tops.
Tricky, agree?
Before I start exploring each plugin, let’s figure out why we need WordPress survey plugins?
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WordPress plugin makes survey organizing simpler and easier
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Surveys help to engage with your audience and give them the impression that you care about your clients/audience
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With the WordPress survey plugin, you can export all data to analyze replies
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The embedded option helps to add surveys on any website page or popup
Now, let’s go over each survey plugin to discover all features.
Survey Maker
Survey Maker is the dedicated survey plugin by Ays Pro extensions for collecting data via surveys.
Highlights:
- User-friendly and beginner-friendly
- Responsive design
- 7 free questions types
- Mult-page surveys
- Real-time reporting
- Styling options (background, button text color, font size, etc.)
Pricing: Survey maker is primarily a free WordPress plugin. Still, you can buy the Pro: $39 one-time payment (without Stripe and PayPal integrations, no summary emails), or Developer License $99 one-time payment.
Pros:
- Clean and simple plugin
- Unlimited questions/surveys
Cons:
- No conditional features in the free version
- It can be too simple for advanced solutions
SurveyMonkey
Momentive has created SurveyMonkey; this service helps create surveys and integrate them into your WordPress website.
Highlights:
- Team collaboration (create surveys with your team)
- Templates & themes
- Unlimited number of surveys
- Recurring surveys
- Payments integrations
- Variety of survey features slider questions, matrix questions, rating questions, etc.
Pricing: SurveyMonkey has 2 plans for business and personal use. Personal plans start from $45 per month; business plans go from $35 per user/month.
Pros:
- Has enormous survey building options
- Customize and brand your surveys as you wish
Cons:
- Limited free version
- Embedding to WordPress works only with paid subscriptions
Typeform
Typeform is one of the famous WordPress surveys plugins. With Typeform, you can create quizzes, surveys, forms, polls, or tests.
Highlights:
- Ready-made templates
- Integrations with popular platforms are available
- Hidden field, calculator
- 10 questions per month / 10 responses per Typeform
- Export the data
- Unlimited typeforms
Pricing: You can try free or trial Typeform or proceed via pad plans, starting from $29 per month.
Pros:
- Clean design
- Interactive surveys
Cons:
- Limited free version
- It needs to be embedded in WordPress with shortcode
JetFormBuilder
JetFormBuilder is a free Gutenberg plugin, created for surveys, forms, quizzes.
Highlights:
- 19+ field types
- Multi-step surveys option
- Conditional logic & dynamic features
- Hidden fields and calculated content
- Spam protection
- Styling options
- Payment integrations
Pricing: JetFormBuilder is a free WordPress plugin, but you can buy Pro addons additionally (like User login, Stripe, Converkit, Hubspot, Mailpoet integrations, etc.) for $39 per year for one website, or $79 per year for unlimited websites.
Pros:
- Creating for native WordPress editor
- It can be embedded into any WordPress page builder plugin
Cons:
- It can be confusing for Gutenberg beginners
TotalPoll
TotalPoll helps to design and build polls in WordPress.
Highlights:
- Visualize survey data
- Export all replies
- Multiple questions, choice types
- Random votes generator
- 5 field types
Pricing: The free version is available, but if you want access Pro addons, premium supports, and one site activation, just proceed with $59 per year.
Pros:
- Easy-to-use dashboard
- Customization available
Cons:
- Premium support isn’t included while using the free version
Modal Survey
ModalSurvey is a WordPress survey plugin from CodeCanyon marketplace.
Highlights:
- Display results in a visual way (charts, graphs)
- Start and expiry survey time
- Export or import surveys
Pricing: Modal Survey plugin costs start from $39.
Pros:
- Simple to use
- Visual builder for building surveys
Cons:
- No free version
Quiz and Survey Master
This WordPress plugin was created for tests or exams, quizzes, surveys.
Highlights:
- Countdown timer
- Create customizable emails
- Integration with MailChimp, ActiveCampaign, and others
Pricing: There are a few plans available to buy Pro addons: basic (6 addons) for $129/year, plug (17 addons) for $179 per year, pro plan (34+ addons) for $199.
Pros:
- Unlimited surveys with free plugin
- Easy-to-use
Cons:
- Expensive plans
WP-Polls
WP-Polls is a free WordPress plugin for creating surveys with templates and CSS styles. Lester Chan developed this plugin, and you can donate to help the plugin grow.
Highlights:
- More than 90K installations
- Multiple selections of answers
- Open-source software
Pros:
- AJAX poll system
- Simple plugin dashboard
Cons: It can be confusing for beginners
YOP Poll
Add a survey to any post or page with YOP Poll WordPress plugin.
Highlights:
- Surveys scheduling
- Custom fields option
- Limit voting by registered/login user
Pricing: If the free plugin isn’t enough, you can buy one of 3 available plans: personal ($17 for 1 site), plus ($27 for 3 sites), expert ($57 for 7 sites).
Pros:
- Easy-to-use WP plugin Customizable surveys
Cons:
It can be too simple for advanced solutions
Crowdsignal
This free poll WordPress plugin is created by Automattic and also has rating options.
Highlights:
- 20 different styles
- Set the closing survey date
- Display results or not
Pros:
- Unlimited polls
- Custom style
Cons:
Limited for advanced surveys
Social Polls by OpinionStage
Poll, survey, and quiz maker free plugin by Opinion Stage for WordPress will help you create surveys from scratch or with the help of a template.
Highlights:
- Add images or videos to your surveys
- Add your logo
- Real-time survey results
- Social network integration
- Responsive design
Pros:
- Easy-to-create surveys
- Report dashboard
Cons:
I haven’t found a conditional feature.
Sum Up
In conclusion, I would like to say that it is excellent to try the free survey WordPress plugin first. Which software do you use for taking surveys? Kindly share in the comments below.