Comparison

SurveyNinja vs Tally: results you can share with your team or client

Tally collects answers for free, but its charts stay inside your dashboard: they can't be shared or exported. SurveyNinja sends your team or client a report link from Basic at $10.50/mo, writes an AI report from open answers on Premium and exports to SPSS. You also get click tests, pairwise comparison and A/B tests of question wording, none of them in Tally's question list.

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Prices and features checked on October 15, 2026.

SurveyNinja Tally
Reports and charts All plans Partly
Click test with heatmap From Basic No
Pairwise comparison From Basic No
Roles and permissions Yes No

Which one is right for you

Choose Tally if

  • You need a free form with no monthly response limit.
  • You take payments or e-signatures in forms, or send answers straight to Notion or Airtable.

Choose SurveyNinja if

  • You present results: a public report link from Basic, an AI report with themes, sentiment and quotes on Premium, and exports to Excel, SPSS, PDF and Word.
  • You test designs and ideas: click tests with heatmaps, pairwise comparison, map questions, area selection on images and A/B tests of question wording.
  • You need research question types and sampling rules: semantic differential, 3D matrix, constant sum and quotas, all from Basic.
  • Your team needs different access levels: owner, admin and member, and custom roles with folder access on Premium. In Tally, every member has the same rights.
  • Your surveys live in Google Forms: SurveyNinja imports them in one click, on every plan.
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Where SurveyNinja goes further than Tally

Features that matter for research and analysis, with the plan they are on.

A report your team can open

Send a public link to the report, the summary or the responses from Basic. Tally's Insights are visible only in the creator's dashboard; to share them, Tally suggests screenshots or a CSV file.

Exports beyond CSV

Download responses as SPSS, CSV, Excel, PDF or Word from Basic. Tally downloads submissions as CSV and single submissions as PDF.

AI report from open answers

Themes, sentiment, quotes and group comparison, with a shareable link and PDF, on Premium at $48.30/mo. Tally's help center doesn't document AI analysis of responses.

Roles for your team

Owner, admin and member roles, plus custom roles with folder access on Premium. In a Tally organization, every member can create, edit and delete any form they can see.

Edit surveys on your phone or your laptop

The whole builder works on a phone: questions, logic, design, publishing and responses. Fix a question on the way to a meeting, check new answers from the couch and finish the survey on your laptop.

  • Every section and setting fits a small screen
  • Logic, design and publishing, not a cut-down view
  • Pick up on your laptop right where you left off
The SurveyNinja survey builder in a browser
Survey settings in SurveyNinja on a phone

Research and UX tools in one survey builder

Test designs, rank ideas and ask visitors on your website from the same survey builder.

Micro surveys on your site

Paste one code and show a short survey in a corner card or modal: after a delay, on scroll, on exit intent (desktop) or on a click. Choose pages and devices and limit how often visitors see it.

All plans, including Free

Click test with heatmap

Upload a mockup or a screenshot and ask where people would click. The report shows a heatmap of all clicks.

From Basic Not in Tally

Pairwise comparison

Respondents choose between two options at a time; the adaptive mode drops weak options early. The report ranks items with a win matrix.

From Basic Not in Tally

A/B test of question wording

Show different versions of a question to different respondents and compare completion and answers by version, with a significance test.

All plans, including Free Not documented by Tally

Map question

Respondents drop pins on a map: where they live, shop or travel. See the answers as a map and a list of places.

From Standard Not in Tally

Area selection

Mark zones on an image and let respondents pick them, with scores and logic like any answer option.

From Basic Not in Tally

Feature-by-feature comparison

Each cell shows whether the feature exists and the plan it starts on.

Feature SurveyNinja Tally
Pricing and limits
Responses on the free plan 100 responses a month No monthly limit, within Tally's fair use policy
Other free plan limits 3 surveys, 10 questions each Unlimited forms; 1 user, 10 MB per uploaded file, Tally branding
Cheapest paid plan Basic: $10.50/mo billed yearly ($15 monthly), 1,000 responses a month Pro: $24/mo billed yearly ($29 monthly), no monthly response limit
Team seats included 1 on Free, 1 on Basic, 3 on Standard, 5 on Premium; more can be added 1 on Free; unlimited members on Pro and Business
Building surveys
Create a survey with AI from a description Yes, All plans, including Free Survey or quiz from a text prompt; beta Yes, All plans, including Free Tally AI builds a form from a prompt
Question types 28, plus 6 content blocks; NPS on Free 22 input blocks; matrix, ranking and NPS on Free
Branching logic Yes, From Basic Yes, All plans, including Free
Quizzes with scores Yes, All plans, including Free Yes, All plans, including Free Scores with calculated fields
Calculations and formulas No Yes, All plans, including Free
Payments inside the form No Yes, All plans, including Free Stripe
Hidden fields from the URL Yes, From Standard Answer piping into later questions on all plans Yes, All plans, including Free
Research and UX tools
Micro surveys on your website Yes, All plans, including Free One code for the whole site: corner card or modal; shown after a delay, on scroll, on exit intent (desktop) or on a click; page and device targeting, traffic share, show frequency; beta Yes, All plans, including Free Popup on page load, after a delay, on scroll, on exit intent (desktop) or on a click; show once; page rules not described in its help center
Click test with heatmap Yes, From Basic Heatmap of clicks on an image; hotspot selection with drawn areas No
Area selection on an image Yes, From Basic Zones on an image work as answer options, with scores and logic No
Pairwise comparison Yes, From Basic Every pair or adaptive mode with fewer pairs; win matrix in the report No
Map question Yes, From Standard Respondents drop pins; the report shows a map and a list of places No
A/B test of question wording Yes, All plans, including Free Up to 100 versions of a question or block, even split, significance test in the report Not documented in Tally's help center (October 15, 2026)
Other research question types Yes, From Basic Semantic differential, 3D matrix, constant sum Partly Matrix, ranking, rating, linear scale, NPS and CSAT; no semantic differential or constant sum
Collecting responses
Link, QR code and website embed Yes, All plans, including Free Widget, pop-up, iframe or button Yes, All plans, including Free Link, embed or popup
Your own domain Yes, From Premium Your own subdomain from Basic Yes, From Pro Your own domain or subdomain (for example ask.yourcompany.com)
Remove the service's branding Yes, From Standard Yes, From Pro
Close by date or number of responses Yes, From Standard Yes, All plans, including Free
Incomplete responses Yes, From Premium Saved after every answered question Yes, From Pro Signatures are not saved; partial answers don't reach integrations
Respondents can continue later Yes, All plans, including Free In the same browser Yes, All plans, including Free In the same browser
Analysis and export
Reports and charts Yes, All plans, including Free Public link to the report from Basic Partly Charts, NPS and CSAT in the dashboard; can't be shared or exported
AI analysis of open-ended answers Yes, From Premium Themes, sentiment, quotes and group comparison; shareable link and PDF Not documented in Tally's help center (October 15, 2026)
Export of responses Yes, From Basic CSV, Excel, PDF, Word Yes, All plans, including Free CSV; single submissions as PDF
SPSS export (.sav) Yes, From Basic Submissions download as CSV; no SPSS format (October 15, 2026)
Integrations
Google Sheets Yes, From Standard Yes, All plans, including Free
Webhooks Yes, From Standard Yes, All plans, including Free
REST API Yes, From Basic Yes, All plans, including Free
Built-in Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce apps No Through webhooks and the API Partly Slack, Notion, Airtable and others on all plans; HubSpot and Salesforce only through Zapier or Make
MCP server for AI assistants Yes, From Premium Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants work with your surveys and responses Yes, All plans, including Free Official MCP server, on all plans
Team and security
Roles and permissions Yes Owner, admin, member; custom roles with folder access on Premium No Every member of an organization has the same rights
Single sign-on (SSO) Yes, From Premium OpenID Connect Sign-in with Google or Apple; SSO not documented in Tally's help center (October 15, 2026)
Two-factor authentication Yes, All plans, including Free Yes, All plans, including Free Authenticator app
Install on your own servers Yes Separate offer Cloud only, hosted in the EU
Switching
Import forms from other services Yes, All plans, including Free Typeform and Google Forms in one click; past responses, also from CSV or Excel, on paid plans Yes, All plans, including Free Typeform in one click; PDF, image, CSV or Word files through AI
Sources: Tally data checked on October 15, 2026 on its own website

SurveyNinja features checked on October 15, 2026; plans and limits: pricing page

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Create a free account

Sign up in a minute. The Free plan needs no card, and you get 14 days of Premium.

2

Rebuild your survey

Start from a template or describe the survey to the AI generator, then set up logic (Basic and higher). Tally forms can't be imported directly.

3

Bring past responses

Download your submissions from Tally as CSV, upload the file to SurveyNinja on a paid plan and match the columns to your questions. Then share the new link.

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