Quick answer
Yes — Pulsecheck is a one-time-purchase alternative to Delighted. It costs $29 once, while Delighted runs $224+/mo — about $2,688 per year, every year. One-question surveys by link, email or widget with instant detractor alerts, self-hosted. It is for people who want the job done on their own hardware without a renewal date — not for teams that live inside Delighted's ecosystem.
The verdict
Switch to Pulsecheck if you are an individual or small team paying Delighted $224+/mo for work your own machine can do. Delighted costs more in a single month than Pulsecheck does for good, unlimited responses included.
Stay with Delighted if your workflow depends on its integrations, you need enterprise features (SSO, admin controls, SLAs), or your team is large enough that per-seat collaboration tooling is worth the bill. Pulsecheck does not try to replicate those.
Head to head
| Pulsecheck | Delighted | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29 once | $224+/mo |
| NPS / CSAT / CES | Yes | Yes |
| Email + link + widget delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Detractor alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Segments / tags | Yes | Higher tiers |
| Responses | Unlimited | Plan-capped |
| Your data | Your SQLite file | Their cloud |
| Self-hosted | Yes | No |
| 5-year cost | $29 | $13,440 |
Where Delighted still wins
- Ecosystem and integrations. Established tools accumulate years of third-party integrations, templates and add-ons. If your workflow is wired into Delighted's ecosystem, switching means rebuilding that plumbing — a real cost.
- Team and enterprise features. Shared workspaces, granular permissions, SSO, audit logs and a vendor to call when something breaks — that is what the higher subscription tiers actually buy, and a pay-once app does not come with it.
- Familiarity and hiring. Delighted is the name people already know. Onboarding a team onto a tool nobody has used before takes time the subscription never charges for.
Where Pulsecheck wins
- Price, permanently. $29 once versus $2,688/yr for as long as you use it. There is no renewal, no seat count and no tier gate.
- Three survey types. NPS (0-10), CSAT (1-5) and CES (1-7), each with correct documented score math (NPS = %promoters minus %detractors, ranged -100 to 100).
- Three delivery channels. A standalone survey link, personalized email sends via your own SMTP, and an embeddable widget script.
- One response per recipient. Email-keyed dedupe at the database level means a second submit gets a friendly already-responded message.
The math
Delighted costs more in a single month than Pulsecheck does for good, unlimited responses included.
- After 1 year: Pulsecheck has cost you $29 total — Delighted has cost $2,688.
- After 3 years: Pulsecheck is still $29 — the subscription is at $8,064.
- After 5 years: Pulsecheck is still $29 — the subscription is at $13,440.
Common questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes, Pulsecheck is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/nps-survey-tool-mvp. The $29 buys the packaged Windows installer and 1-click setup; building from source is free.
Where do my responses live?
In a SQLite file on your own server. It is 100% local, with no telemetry and no response caps.
Is this a subscription in disguise?
No. $29 once, no renewal, no monthly response limit.
Try Pulsecheck — $29, one time
Or get Pulsecheck plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.