SurveyMonkey is one of the better-known subscription tools in its space — and at $39/mo (Individual Advantage, billed annually; $99/mo month-to-month Standard), one of the recurring line items people most often look to replace. If you're searching for a SurveyMonkey alternative you pay for once and own forever, Quizcraft is the OneTimeSuite answer: $29, one time.
Why people go looking for an alternative
SurveyMonkey runs $39/mo (Individual Advantage, billed annually; $99/mo month-to-month Standard), and like most SaaS the bill never stops — cancel and you typically lose access to your own history. That's roughly $1,404 over three years. Quizcraft flips that model: Self-hosted quiz builder with branching, server-side scoring, email-gate lead capture and CSV export.
What Quizcraft covers
- One-question-per-screen builder — Multiple choice, image choice, rating and text questions in a clean flow you can reorder freely.
- Conditional branching — If answer = X, jump to question Y rules resolved server-side so the logic cannot be tampered with.
- Scoring and result buckets — Per-option points with score-range or answer-mapped results; points and criteria never reach the browser.
- Lead-gen gate — Optionally require an email before revealing the result — the quiz-as-lead-magnet pattern without per-lead pricing.
- Analytics and CSV export — Views, submissions, per-question drop-off funnel and captured emails, exported as CSV with formula-injection protection.
The honest trade-off
SurveyMonkey will keep shipping features, integrations and managed infrastructure that a pay-once tool won't chase — if that ecosystem is genuinely load-bearing for your workflow, staying is a fair call. For the core job, the math favors owning the tool: $29 once against $39/mo (Individual Advantage, billed annually; $99/mo month-to-month Standard) forever. A lead-gen quiz that captures 500 emails a month climbs into Typeform's $83 tier — Quizcraft is $29, once.
Also worth reading
Quizcraft's main head-to-head is with Typeform — see the detailed comparison or the product page for the full feature list, FAQ and demo video.
Try Quizcraft — $29, once
Self-hosted quiz builder with branching, server-side scoring, email-gate lead capture and CSV export.