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Customer feedback and surveys · November 2026 Edition

SurveyMonkey vs Zonka Feedback

One of fourteen models named SurveyMonkey first on the direct prompt; zero named Zonka Feedback. SurveyMonkey was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Zonka Feedback by ten and SurveyMonkey carries 63 labels and Zonka Feedback 24, so the shares are not directly comparable.

SurveyMonkey

criticized challenger

San Mateo, Canada, founded 1999. Named in four categories this edition.

Zonka Feedback

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate33%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels6324A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, SurveyMonkey reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.CustomerGauge was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. CustomerGauge vs SurveyMonkey · CustomerGauge vs Zonka Feedback · Google Forms vs SurveyMonkey

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the customer feedback and surveys page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SurveyMonkeyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsZonka Feedback
Direct102 against SurveyMonkey
Paraphrase003 against SurveyMonkey
Comparative20
Budget-constrained202 against SurveyMonkey
Scale-constrained012 against SurveyMonkey
Negative0011 against SurveyMonkey
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, SurveyMonkey and Zonka Feedback were named in the same answer thirty-seven times, of the 240 answers naming SurveyMonkey and the 46 naming Zonka Feedback. In those answers Zonka Feedback took the first choice two times and SurveyMonkey five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where SurveyMonkey and Zonka Feedback stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
SurveyMonkey Zonka Feedback first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, SurveyMonkey on the left and Zonka Feedback on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where SurveyMonkey and Zonka Feedback stood in it.

SurveyMonkey first, Zonka Feedback an alternative

1 of 14 modelsZonka Feedback was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GLM 4.7 FlashXCustomerGauge, SurveyMonkey alternatives: Qualtrics CustomerXM, Typeform, Zonka Feedback

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Alchemer alternatives: CustomerGauge, Perspective AI, Retently, SurveyMonkey, Zonka Feedback
GPT-5.4 miniAlchemer alternatives: Qualtrics CustomerXM, SurveyMonkey
Grok 4.20CustomerGauge alternatives: AskNicely, Medallia Experience Cloud, Qualtrics CustomerXM, QuestionPro, SurveyMonkey, Zonka Feedback
DeepSeek V4 FlashCustomerGauge alternatives: Refiner, SurveyMonkey, SurveySparrow, Survicate, Typeform, Zonka Feedback
Llama 4 MaverickCustomerGauge alternatives: Medallia Experience Cloud, Qualtrics CustomerXM, SurveyMonkey, Zonka Feedback
Qwen 3.7 FlashCustomerGauge alternatives: Alchemer, Canny, GetFeedback, Qualtrics CustomerXM, SurveyMonkey, Typeform, UserVoice
MiniMax M2.5CustomerGauge alternatives: SurveyMonkey
GPT-6 LunaAlchemer alternatives: HubSpot Service Hub, Qualtrics CustomerXM, SurveyMonkey

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCustomerGauge alternatives: Alchemer, Questback, QuestionPro CX, Survicate
Perplexity SonarCustomerGauge alternatives: GetFeedback, HubSpot Service Hub
Mistral SmallCustomerGauge alternatives: Qualtrics CustomerXM, SurveySparrow
Kimi K2CustomerGauge alternatives: Qualtrics CustomerXM, SurveySparrow
Muse Glimmer 30BCustomerGauge alternatives: SurveySparrow, Typeform

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
SurveyMonkey leads by twelve points.
SurveyMonkey15%#1 of 14
Zonka Feedback3%#7 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
SurveyMonkey leads by four points.
SurveyMonkey6%#4 of 14
Zonka Feedback2%#5 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
SurveyMonkey leads by four points.
SurveyMonkey4%#5 of 9
Zonka Feedback0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about SurveyMonkey

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Platforms to Generally Avoid ... SurveyMonkey (Free Tier): While a market leader, their free tier is extremely limited” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid using it for a must-have thematic-analysis workflow in the Canadian data center due to documented restrictions.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“SurveyMonkey and Typeform are the most commonly flagged for poor value-to-cost and support issues.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Best all-around general survey platform for teams that want strong survey features without going fully enterprise.” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
“The best customer feedback and survey platform for a company with a limited budget is SurveyMonkey.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with SurveyMonkey Enterprise if you need: Quick implementation, Proven reliability” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Zonka Feedback

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Zonka Feedback or CustomerGauge (if B2B) are strong mid-market picks” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Zonka Feedback is a strong fit for mid-market teams that want survey collection and AI feedback analysis in one platform.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · alternative
“Best dedicated B2B program: CustomerGauge or Zonka Feedback if you need Salesforce/HubSpot-native triggers” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.