SurveyMonkey Audience alternatives, compared on price, reach and checks.

SurveyMonkey Audience sells responses to surveys built in SurveyMonkey. Here's how it compares with the other places to buy survey responses, and where SampleLabs fits.

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In short

SurveyMonkey Audience sells responses from $1 each to surveys built in SurveyMonkey, with the price set by survey length, targeting and how many people qualify. The main alternatives are Pollfish, Qualtrics panels and SampleLabs. On SampleLabs, 100 five-minute responses from the audience you pick cost €261.90 before VAT (€2.62 each) and arrive within 1 to 4 days, or within 48 hours with Speed boost, with bot and AI checks included on surveys built in SampleLabs.

Facts about SurveyMonkey Audience checked on 24 October 2026. See the sources.

What SampleLabs covers

What people use SurveyMonkey Audience for, and how SampleLabs handles each.

Covered 4

Buying survey responses online
Targeting by country, profession and demographics
A price you see before you pay
Checks for rushed answers, bots and AI

Partly 2

Samples balanced to the census: Agency plans them with you
Very large samples: 2,000 and up go through Agency

Not covered 1

Responses within the hour

SurveyMonkey Audience and SampleLabs, side by side

What it is: SurveyMonkey Audience: The panel inside SurveyMonkey. You buy responses as a one-time add-on to any SurveyMonkey plan, including the free one.; SampleLabs: A research panel priced per response, with a survey builder and quality checks in the same place.
How you pay: SurveyMonkey Audience: From $1 per response. Survey length, targeting, census balancing and the share of people who qualify set the price, and tax is added at checkout.; SampleLabs: One price per response, with participant pay included. Filters don't change it. You see it before you pay.
What 100 responses cost: SurveyMonkey Audience: Depends on the survey length and audience. SurveyMonkey's calculator shows it before you pay.; SampleLabs: €387.50 before VAT for 100 five-minute responses from the audience you pick.
Who answers: SurveyMonkey Audience: In the US, its Contribute panel, who take surveys for charity and a chance at a prize, and its Rewards panel, who earn credits for gift cards or charity. Elsewhere, partner panels.; SampleLabs: ID-checked participants on a research panel.
Countries: SurveyMonkey Audience: SurveyMonkey says 130+ countries. Not open to accounts whose data is kept in SurveyMonkey's European data centre.; SampleLabs: Filter by country when you order. Agency projects run in 130+ countries.
Speed: SurveyMonkey Audience: SurveyMonkey says results can come in as little as an hour.; SampleLabs: Responses from the audience you pick arrive within 48 hours.
Bots and AI answers: SurveyMonkey Audience: SurveyMonkey says it checks email and location, blocks repeat responses to the same survey and replaces poor responses it confirms.; SampleLabs: Rushed answers are rejected. Surveys built in SampleLabs are also checked for bots and AI-written answers.
Your survey: SurveyMonkey Audience: Built in SurveyMonkey.; SampleLabs: Build it in SampleLabs, or link to a survey from any other tool.

The alternatives to SurveyMonkey Audience

Each one is best for something different. Prices are what each company publishes, checked on the date at the top of this page.

SampleLabs

Best for a fixed price per response, with bot and AI checks included on surveys built in SampleLabs

An ID-checked research panel you order from online, with a survey builder and quality checks in the same place. Rushed answers are rejected before they count.

Price: 100 five-minute responses from the audience you pick cost €261.90 before VAT (€2.62 each) and arrive within 1 to 4 days, or within 48 hours with Speed boost.
Pollfish

Best for consumer surveys with quotas and add-on methods

A survey tool that sells responses by the complete, owned by Prodege since 2022. You set quotas and add methods like MaxDiff when you order.

Price: From $0.95 per response, at least 100 responses. Screening questions add $0.50 to $5.75 per response.

Pollfish's own page
Qualtrics panels

Best for teams already paying for Qualtrics

Panels you buy inside Qualtrics, for surveys built there. Orders up to $15,000 can be bought online; bigger ones go through Qualtrics' sales team.

Price: Not published. Qualtrics shows the cost in your account before you buy.

Qualtrics panels' own page
Prolific

Best for academic studies across many countries

A participant panel for academic, AI and market research. Prolific says it has 300,000+ active participants in 40+ countries.

Price: Participant pay plus a 42.8% fee, or 33.3% for academic and non-profit researchers. Pay must be at least £6 or $8 an hour.

Prolific's own page

What SampleLabs doesn't do

No responses within the hour

SurveyMonkey says Audience can return results in as little as an hour. On SampleLabs, responses arrive within 48 hours.
No census balancing you set yourself

SurveyMonkey can balance a sample to the census when you order. On SampleLabs you filter the audience, and our Agency team plans balanced samples for bigger projects.

Moving your study to SampleLabs

Set your size

Pick how many responses you need and how long your survey is. The price shows straight away, in euros, dollars or pounds.
Choose your audience and pay

Filter by country, profession, demographics and more, then pay by card. No account or sales call needed.
Add your survey

Link to a survey you built in Qualtrics or any other tool and add the completion code, or build it in SampleLabs. We launch it and the responses come in.

Questions people ask

How much does SurveyMonkey Audience cost?

SurveyMonkey says Audience starts at $1 per response. The price per response goes up with survey length, narrower targeting, census balancing and a smaller share of people who qualify, and tax is added at checkout. You don't need a paid SurveyMonkey plan to buy responses.

Who answers SurveyMonkey Audience surveys?

In the US, SurveyMonkey says its Contribute panelists take surveys for charity and a chance to win a sweepstakes prize, and its Rewards panelists earn credits they can swap for gift cards or give to charity. In other countries the responses come from its partner panels.

Can I use SurveyMonkey Audience from Europe?

SurveyMonkey says Audience isn't available to accounts whose data is kept in its European data centre, and accounts billed in some countries can't buy it.

How fast is SurveyMonkey Audience?

SurveyMonkey says results can come in as little as an hour. On SampleLabs, responses from the audience you pick arrive within 48 hours, and responses from 18 to 29 year olds within 1 to 4 days.

What is the best SurveyMonkey Audience alternative?

It depends on the study. Pollfish suits consumer surveys with quotas and add-on methods, Qualtrics panels suit teams already paying for Qualtrics, and Prolific suits academic studies across many countries. SampleLabs suits teams who want one price per response with bot checks included on surveys built in SampleLabs.

Can I buy responses for a survey I didn't build in SurveyMonkey?

Audience sends people to surveys built in SurveyMonkey. On SampleLabs you link to a survey from SurveyMonkey, Qualtrics or any other tool and add the completion code, or build the survey in SampleLabs.

How does SampleLabs check for bots and AI answers?

Rushed answers are rejected before they count. Surveys built in SampleLabs are also checked by Protect for bots and AI-written answers, and you see why each response was flagged.

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