# Formbricks vs SurveyMonkey (slim)

> Formbricks scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against SurveyMonkey's 55.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. SurveyMonkey leads on reliability and agent ergonomics. Both do forms surveys. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Formbricks scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against SurveyMonkey's 55.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. SurveyMonkey leads on reliability and agent ergonomics. Both do forms surveys.

- Formbricks: C 57.7, rank #465 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/formbricks.min.md
- SurveyMonkey: C 55.3, rank #513 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/surveymonkey.min.md
- Formbricks, good for Teams that want survey data in the EU or on their own servers, with an agent creating link, website and in-app surveys and reading responses under a workspace-limited key. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 74 against 47; Security & auth, 69 against 62; Maintenance & community, 83 against 36; Transparency & trust, 78 against 70. Also Open source.
- SurveyMonkey, good for Teams already on SurveyMonkey who want an assistant to draft surveys, create a web link and summarise results through the MCP server, and Enterprise customers who export responses or receive webhooks through the REST API. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 35; Agent ergonomics, 64 against 54.

| Category | Formbricks | SurveyMonkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 47 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 64 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 69 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 36 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 78 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Formbricks | SurveyMonkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Formbricks GmbH | SurveyMonkey Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.formbricks.com/api` | `https://api.surveymonkey.com/v3` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | AGPLv3 for the core. Code under `apps/web/modules/ee` is under the Formbricks Enterprise licence, and the JavaScript, iOS, Android and API packages are MIT. Formbricks Cloud is governed by the terms of service | Proprietary service under SurveyMonkey's terms of use, API developer terms and connector terms |
| Tools exposed | 30 | 20 |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-08-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-11-03 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-21 | 2026-05-01 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 13k stars, 37k npm/wk | none |