# SurveyMonkey vs Tally (slim)

> Tally scores 60.6 (C) on agent readiness against SurveyMonkey's 55.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. SurveyMonkey leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do forms create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Tally scores 60.6 (C) on agent readiness against SurveyMonkey's 55.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. SurveyMonkey leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do forms create.

- SurveyMonkey: C 55.3, rank #455 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/surveymonkey.min.md
- Tally: C 60.6, rank #348 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tally.min.md
- 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 Agent ergonomics, 64 against 50; Security & auth, 62 against 47.
- Tally, good for An agent that builds a form from a description, publishes it and reads the answers for an owner on a small budget, since the whole API is free. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 67; Schema & documentation, 82 against 47; Maintenance & community, 66 against 36.

| Category | SurveyMonkey | Tally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 47 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 50 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 47 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 36 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | SurveyMonkey | Tally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | SurveyMonkey Inc. | Tally BV |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.surveymonkey.com/v3` | `https://api.tally.so` |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under SurveyMonkey's terms of use, API developer terms and connector terms | Proprietary service under Tally's terms and conditions. The OpenAPI spec names MIT as its own licence |
| Tools exposed | 20 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-08-05 | 2026-09-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-11-03 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-01 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |