Can I vibecode SurveyMonkey?

KINDA · weekend project

price $39/moyou'd save $468/yrbuild time one sittingcategory 📝 formsreplaced by 0 people

The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For SurveyMonkey, run a structured survey, calculate transparent summaries, and export responses. The hard boundary is panel access, benchmarking, templates, advanced logic, and enterprise governance, plus integrations, deliverability, and workflow depth.

the prompt

Build a personal replacement for SurveyMonkey in an empty repository.
Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and Resend; do not offer alternative stacks.
The core loop is: build a public structured survey form, validate submissions, notify the owner, calculate transparent summaries, and provide a private response table with CSV export.
Make the first run work locally with one documented command.
Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward.
Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials.
Create a form builder with short text, long text, email, number, select, radio, checkbox, and file fields.
Publish each form at a stable slug with server-side validation and accessible labels.
Add honeypot, rate limiting, submission-size limits, and a clear privacy notice.
Store responses in SQLite and provide search, filters, detail view, and CSV export.
Send an owner notification without placing submitted values in logs.
Support a thank-you screen and one simple conditional branch.
Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states.
Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs.
Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path.
Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps.
Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane.
Deliberately leave out payment collection.
Deliberately leave out hundreds of third-party integrations.
Deliberately leave out multi-brand enterprise workspaces and compliance attestations.
Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used.

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why people still pay

People still pay for SurveyMonkey because a basic form is trivial; people pay when the form feeds a dependable business workflow and never loses a response. The recurring cost buys spam control, email delivery, storage, exports, accessibility, conditional logic, and integrations, not just the visible interface.

what you lose

xpanel access, benchmarking, templates, advanced logic, and enterprise governance

xadvanced branching

xpayment and CRM integrations

xlarge template libraries

xenterprise compliance

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the escape hatch

Don't feel like building it? These folks already made it free.

FormbricksSerious survey machinery without the enterprise invoice; self-hosting still means owning the machinery13kaug 2026open source↗

HeyFormTypeform's manners, minus the monthly rent8.9kjul 2026open source↗

LimeSurveyThe survey engine that does nearly everything, provided you enjoy administering PHP3.7kaug 2026open source↗

all 5 free alternatives to SurveyMonkey →· no votes, no pay-to-list · just what's real

the numbers

SurveyMonkey pricing

plan	monthly	annual (per mo)	what you get
basic	$0/user	$0/user	Unlimited survey creation; 10 questions/survey; 3 collectors/survey; the response-viewing cap is displayed only inside the account.
standard monthly	$99/user	—	1 user; 1,000 responses/month.
advantage annual	—	$39/user	1 user; 15,000 responses/year.
premier annual	—	$139/user	1 user; 40,000 responses/year.
team advantage	—	$30/user	Minimum 3 seats; 50,000 responses/year per team.
team premier	—	$92/user	Minimum 3 seats; 100,000 responses/year per team.
enterprise	custom	—	Custom seats, responses, security and service terms.

free tierUnlimited survey creation; 10 questions/survey; 3 collectors/survey; the exact response-viewing cap was not publicly exposed before sign-in.

billingOne monthly individual plan plus annual individual/team plans; team plans require at least 3 paid seats; plans auto-renew.

hidden costsExcess responses can cost up to $0.15 each; Audience respondents are a separate purchase; analyst seats are sold in pairs; invited seats can be prorated; downgrading can remove access to responses older than 365 days above Basic limits.