SurveyMonkey is the default answer when someone says "I need to make a survey." It's been around forever, it does a ton of things, and most people have filled one out at some point. QR Poll does way less, on purpose.

If you need a 40-question employee engagement survey with skip logic and branching, use SurveyMonkey. If you need quick feedback from people in a physical space — a conference room, a classroom, a restaurant — QR Poll is built for exactly that.

Different tools, different jobs

SurveyMonkey is a full survey platform. Conditional logic, multi-page forms, response piping, data exports, integrations with everything. It's designed for researchers, HR teams, and marketers who need detailed data collection.

QR Poll is a feedback tool for physical spaces. You print a QR code, someone scans it, they answer a few questions, done. The whole interaction takes 15-30 seconds. There's no account creation for respondents, no lengthy forms, no friction.

The overlap is small. SurveyMonkey can generate a QR code for a survey, but the survey itself is still a multi-page web form designed to be filled out at a desk. QR Poll's response pages are built for someone standing up with their phone, probably between sessions at a conference or waiting for their check.

Pricing

SurveyMonkey:

Free: 10 questions per survey, 25 responses per survey
Individual Advantage: ~$39/mo (annual)
Team Advantage: ~$25/user/mo (annual), 3 user minimum
Enterprise: custom pricing

QR Poll:

Free: 3 active polls, 250 responses/month, no ads
Starter: $6/mo, unlimited polls, 1,500 responses/month
Pro: $15/mo, unlimited polls, 10,000 responses/month
Business: $40/mo, unlimited responses, team features

SurveyMonkey's free tier caps you at 25 responses per survey. For a quick feedback form at a 200-person conference, that's useless. Their paid plans start at $39/mo for individual use, which gets you the features most people actually need.

QR Poll's Pro tier at $15/mo gives you unlimited polls and 10,000 responses. For the quick-feedback-in-a-room use case, that's usually more than enough.

The complexity question

SurveyMonkey has features QR Poll doesn't: skip logic, question branching, randomization, detailed cross-tabulation, integrations with Salesforce and HubSpot and dozens more.

QR Poll doesn't have those things. That's deliberate. When someone scans a QR code at a table, they want to tap 3-5 answers and move on. Conditional logic on a mobile screen while you're standing in a restaurant lobby is not a good experience for anyone.

If you need survey complexity, SurveyMonkey (or Typeform, or Google Forms) is the right call. If you need speed and simplicity in a physical setting, that complexity is dead weight.

Ads and branding

SurveyMonkey shows their branding on free tier surveys. Paid plans remove it. No third-party ads, though.

QR Poll doesn't show ads on any tier, including free. No third-party scripts on response pages at all.

QR codes

SurveyMonkey can generate QR codes for surveys, but it's a secondary distribution method. The core product assumes you're emailing a link or embedding a form.

QR Poll treats the QR code as the primary way people find your poll. The response page, the load speed, the mobile layout — all of it is designed around "someone just scanned a code with their phone camera."

When to use SurveyMonkey

You need multi-page surveys with complex logic
You're doing market research or academic studies
You need CRM integrations
Your respondents are at a computer and have a few minutes
You need detailed cross-tabulation and data analysis

When to use QR Poll

You're collecting feedback in person at a physical location
You need something respondents can complete in under 30 seconds
You want a clean mobile-first experience with no friction
Your QR code is printed on a sign, table tent, slide, or handout
You don't need survey complexity, you need fast honest responses

Bottom line

SurveyMonkey is a survey platform. QR Poll is a feedback tool for physical spaces. If you're choosing between them, the deciding factor is probably where your respondents are. Sitting at a computer filling out a form? SurveyMonkey. Standing in a room scanning a code? QR Poll.

Try QR Poll free — no credit card, no ads, takes about 30 seconds.

QR Poll vs SurveyMonkey: Which One Fits Your Use Case?