What is SurveyMonkey?
SurveyMonkey is a cloud-based survey platform that enables users to create, distribute, and analyze surveys with ease. Popular with teams of all sizes, it's commonly used to collect customer feedback and run simple market research studies. SurveyMonkey supports multiple question types, skip logic, and custom branding for quick, low-complexity research.
Below, we compare User Interviews and SurveyMonkey for recruiting survey participants and running research.
Deep bench built for qualitative research and surveys
Connect with real, vetted participants – not bots or professional survey-takers
Geared for fast, high-volume surveys
SurveyMonkey’s panel is built for quick-turn, large-scale surveys, not in-depth research.
Multi-layer defense system
We protect your studies with layered quality checks that weed out bad actors and ensure every participant is real, relevant, and ready to engage.
Limited safeguards
SurveyMonkey offers basic verification, but has much less control over participant quality as they use third-party panels.
Built to work with your research stack
You’ve built out a tech stack you love and User Interviews is here to support that with integrations to survey tools, calendars, meeting software, and more.
Limited integrations for lean teams
While SurveyMonkey offers a few integrations, they may lack the extensibility needed for large or specialized teams.
Support for screener surveys
Identify the right participants before they ever enter your study with our powerful screener surveys.
Simple survey creation
SurveyMonkey is your go-to for fast survey creation with basic logic. Perfect for low-complexity research.
Designed for qualitative and mixed methods
User Interviews is built to flex across all research methods: live sessions, usability testing, and continuous discovery.
Great for lightweight feedback collection
SurveyMonkey works best for simple surveys – less ideal for complex or dynamic research needs.
SurveyMonkey is beloved for its ease and speed, but let’s be real – the panel isn’t built for nuance. That’s where User Interviews steps in. We connect you with vetted, hard-to-reach audiences for real, human insight.
Use SurveyMonkey to collect and analyze feedback from participants you’ve recruited with User Interviews. Ensure you’re hearing from the right people, not just whoever clicks a link.
Together, these platforms combine light-lift survey creation with rigorous respondent targeting and screening, perfect for lean teams or anyone who’s ever said “we just need better people in our surveys.”
Our SurveyMonkey integration makes it easy to connect participant data with survey responses, without tab hopping and data exports. Just set it up once and you’re good to go.
SurveyMonkey is an easy-to-use online survey platform that lets individuals and teams design, distribute, and analyze surveys. It’s a favorite for gathering fast feedback on everything from customer satisfaction to market research. While its drag-and-drop survey builder is great for quick creation, it may lack the advanced features needed for more complex research.
SurveyMonkey is ideal for small teams and low-complexity research. When participant quality matters, User Interviews is the must-have counterpart.
SurveyMonkey helps you design and distribute surveys. User Interviews helps you find the right people to take them.
SurveyMonkey focuses on lightweight survey tools and basic logic. User Interviews powers advanced recruitment for surveys with deep audience targeting, custom screeners, and fraud prevention. Use them together to build a smarter, stronger research stack.
With our native integration, you can connect high-quality recruitment directly to your SurveyMonkey surveys.
Here’s how it works:
User Interviews and SurveyMonkey solve different – but complementary – research problems. SurveyMonkey makes surveys quick and accessible. User Interviews ensures you're hearing from the right audience.
Together, we help teams run high-quality research without breaking the bank or burning time on manual logistics.
This pairing is great for lean teams, feedback loops, and quick market research, where insight quality matters. Use User Interviews to recruit precisely for usability studies, product feedback, or brand research. Then, funnel participants into SurveyMonkey to capture at-scale insights.
Using SurveyMonkey and User Interviews together is especially helpful when genpop panels aren’t cutting it and you need better data from specific groups of people.
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