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SurveyCircle

Get Survey Responses in the Largest Community for Online Research·surveycircle.com

SurveyCircle is an online platform that helps students, researchers, and startups find participants for surveys and online experiments through mutual support rather than paid recruitment. Members earn points (via the SmartRank system) by participating in other users' studies, which raises their own survey's position in the Survey Ranking and increases the number of participants they receive in return. The platform does not host survey data itself; data collection happens in an external survey tool such as Qualtrics or Google Forms. A free starter package is included for all members, with optional paid upgrades available for additional participant slots.

What it's for

Finding survey participants for bachelor's, master's, or doctoral thesesRecruiting participants for dissertations and class projectsMarket research surveysConcept testing and idea testingUsability testingDiscovering research topics via completed studies from other members

Features 13

Automatic inclusion of surveys in newsletter
Compatible with third-party survey tools (e.g. Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey)
Custom social media images generated for studies
Discover Research section with access to completed past studies
Multi-language platform interface
Mutual support model for recruiting survey participants
No built-in survey creation tool (participants are recruited for surveys hosted elsewhere)
Optional paid upgrades for additional participant slots
SmartRank points-based incentive system
Social sharing of studies via Facebook, Twitter/X, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and email
Support Research feature allowing points to be earned without creating an account
Survey Ranking listing all active studies
Team feature allowing multiple members to send points for a joint project

At a glance

free tier

TypeWeb app

DeploymentCloud

PlatformsWeb

LanguagesGerman, English, Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian

Forstudents, PhD students and other scientific staff, researchers, founders and startups, small companies, private individuals, high school students and prospective undergraduates

Integrations

QualtricsSurveyMonkeyGoogle Forms

Pricing

Core platform is free with all features included. Additional participant slots can be purchased as one-time upgrade packages priced in euros, ranging from €15.90 to €105.90 (regular price), with lower 'Early Bird' pricing available under certain conditions. Some higher-tier upgrades require a minimum points score. Prices are stated as last updated January 28, 2026, and are subject to change.

FreeFree

Base platform use is free; participant recruitment beyond the starter package requires purchasing an upgrade.

Comes with a free starter package of participant slots; additional slots require optional paid upgrades

Early Bird pricing applies to upgrade packages if unused slots remain and the study is still listed in the Survey Ranking