Plumeform vs Alchemer

Plumeform vs Alchemer.

Alchemer, formerly SurveyGizmo, offers advanced research types, analysis tools and professional services. Its small-team plans are priced per user. Compare those capabilities with Plumeform’s workspace price and included controls. Alchemer prices below were checked in September 2026.

Pick Alchemer if

You need its most advanced question types: conjoint, MaxDiff beyond a simple best-worst, and its statistical analysis tooling.
You want professional services: survey programming, translation management, a named contact.
You are buying at the Platform tier, where omnichannel collection and enterprise security are the point.
Procurement needs an established vendor with a long compliance history.

Pick Plumeform if

You are paying for seats you do not use. Alchemer Collaborator is $55 per user per month; Plumeform Pro is $15 for the workspace, with five seats included.
You want the quality controls without the top tier. Attention checks, speeder and straight-lining detection, timers, randomization, screening and quotas are on Pro here.
You want to see the product before paying. Build and preview every question type, logic rule, template and look on Free. Publishing a Pro feature needs Pro, and AI, import, image uploads, integrations and studies need Pro to use.
You run panels. Prolific, CloudResearch Connect and MTurk are built in, with completion codes and per-participant dedupe.

Side by side

Feature	Alchemer	Plumeform
Entry price	$55 / user / month	$15 / month, 5 seats
Research question types and stats tooling	Full Access, $275 / user / month	Question types on Free; stats tooling on Pro, $15 / month
Free plan	Limited, mostly a 7-day trial	100 responses / month, 21 question types
Attention checks and speeder detection	Yes, on higher tiers	Yes (attention checks on Pro)
Quotas and screening	Yes	Yes (Pro)
Conjoint and MaxDiff	Yes	Best-worst only
Panel integrations	Yes	Prolific, Connect, MTurk
Professional services	Yes	No

This comparison uses pricing reviewed in July and September 2026. Plans can change; check Alchemer's current pricing and ours.

Prices and limits

$3,120

saved per year against one Full Access seat

$275 / mo there vs $15 / mo here, annualised

seats included in Plumeform Pro

Alchemer charges per user on every small-team plan

tier where the research controls live here

Pro. There they are split across three

Common questions.

Is Alchemer more capable than Plumeform?

Alchemer has capabilities Plumeform does not, including conjoint analysis, a broader statistical suite and professional services. Check whether your study needs those before comparing the per-seat price with Plumeform’s workspace plan.

Does Plumeform do MaxDiff?

It does best-worst scaling, which is the common MaxDiff case: respondents pick the best and worst of a set. It does not do the full experimental designs Alchemer offers.

What happens to my data if I leave?

Export your responses before deleting the account. CSV is available on Free. Pro also includes XLSX, a variable codebook and an R import script.

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100 responses a month on Free, with no credit card. Build and preview every question type, logic rule, template and look; publishing a Pro feature needs Pro, and AI, import, image uploads, integrations and studies need Pro to use.