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11 Best WordPress Survey Plugins

by Lana MiroDecember 17th, 2021
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WordPress survey plugin makes survey organizing simpler and easier. With the plugin, you can export all data to analyze replies. The embedded option helps to add surveys on any website page or popup. SurveyMonkey helps create surveys and integrate them into your WordPress website. Survey Maker is primarily a survey plugin by Ays Pro extensions for collecting data via surveys. Pro: $39 one-time payment (without Stripe and PayPal integrations, no summary emails) or Developer License $99. Survey Monkey has 2 plans for business and personal use; personal plans start from $45 per month.

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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.


SurveyMonkey plugin


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:

Typeform


Typeform is one of the famous WordPress surveys plugins. With Typeform, you can create quizzes, surveys, forms, polls, or tests.


Typeform survey software

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:

JetFormBuilder

JetFormBuilder is a free Gutenberg plugin, created for surveys, forms, quizzes.


JetFormBuilder free Gutenberg plugin

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:


Cons:

  • It can be confusing for Gutenberg beginners

TotalPoll

TotalPoll helps to design and build polls in WordPress.


TotalPoll WordPress plugin

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.


Modal Survey plugin

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.


Quiz and Survey Master plugin

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.


free WP-Polls plugin


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.


YOP Poll 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.


Crowdsignal plugin


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.


OpinionStage WordPress pluginHighlights:

  • 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.