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Survicate vs Lyssna

Feature checklists rarely decide anything. What decides it is the pricing metric, who has to write the tests, and which limitation you can live with.

Entry price

From $114 per month (annual billing, Growth)

Trial only

From $166 per month (Growth, billed annually)

Free tier

What drives the bill

The metric that actually scales your invoice.

Billed on monthly survey responses, so the cost rises exactly when a survey is working. Seats and integration count are gated by tier as well, which is what usually forces the upgrade rather than the response cap.

Growth buys 5 in-depth studies a month, 5 seats and unlimited self-recruited responses. Panel responses are purchased separately per participant, typically a low single-digit dollar amount for general audiences.

Free tier

10-day trial, no card. No permanently free tier.

Free plan: unlimited quick studies, 3 seats and 15 self-recruited responses.

Open source

Self-hostable

No-code authoring

Languages

JavaScriptCodelessSwiftKotlin
Codeless

Platforms

WebiOSAndroid
Web

Fits teams

StartupScale-up / mid-marketEnterprise
Solo / side projectStartupScale-up / mid-market

Adoption

Established

Survicate · since 2015

Established

Lyssna · since 2011

Strengths

  • One survey, every channel — web, in-product, email, mobile and link — with the answers pooled rather than siloed per tool.
  • Event-triggered in-product surveys catch people at the moment the behaviour happened.
  • CRM and support integrations attach responses to a real customer record instead of an anonymous id.
  • Extremely fast — a first-click test can be designed, run and answered inside an hour.
  • Cheap enough to use for routine design decisions rather than special projects.
  • Simple test types that non-researchers can run correctly.

Limitations

  • Priced by responses, which penalises the surveys that get answered.
  • It collects opinions, not observed behaviour; pair it with replay or analytics rather than reading it alone.
  • Survey fatigue is a real cost to your product, and nothing in the tool stops you over-asking.
  • Narrow: it answers specific comparative questions, not exploratory ones.
  • No moderated sessions.
  • Panel is general-population; niche B2B audiences are hard to reach.

Best for

Product teams that want the 'why' behind an analytics drop-off without commissioning a research study.

Design teams that want quick evidence for everyday interface decisions.

All of these integrate with: Slack.

Pricing last reviewed August 2026 and is indicative only — confirm on each vendor’s own page.