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SurveyMonkey

surveymonkey.com

SurveyMonkey is a forms product for making online surveys, with a REST API to create, edit, publish and read surveys and their responses.

Can an AI agent use SurveyMonkey? Yes, in a browser. Our agent got into SurveyMonkey on its own in 12 minutes and did 6 of its 7 core tasks.

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Category

Forms

Connects by

MCP, API

Agent payments

None found

Driven 28 Oct 2026

From finding it to leaving

What an agent managed without a person, at each step.

  1. Find

    Partly

    Docs with gaps: llms.txt, an OpenAPI and an MCP server.

    249 doc pages read

  2. Get in

    On its own

    Sign-up in a browser. Sign-in for apps (OAuth, MCP): stopped by a CAPTCHA.

    12 minutes

  3. Use

    On its own

    Did: create, edit, copy and delete surveys through the API; publish and close a survey with a web link.

    6 of 7 core tasks

  4. Pay

    Reaches the checkout

    Stopped at the €39 a month charge.

  5. Leave

    On its own

    Nothing to cancel, deletes its account.

Getting in

1 of 3 ways in worked without a person.

How agents get past bot checks

The way that worked

Email and password12 minutes

  • An inboxNeeded
  • A browserNeeded
  • A personNot needed
  • Agent on a serverAPI, MCP, CLINoStops at sign-up: it works only in a browser.
  • Assistant in its own browserLike ChatGPT agentPartlySigns up, confirms its email and does 6 of its 7 core tasks. Payment: reaches the checkout, stopped at the €39 a month charge.
  • Signed agentKnown to CloudflareYesThe sign-up page opens.

Every way in

Way inWhat happenedWhy
Email and passwordWorked
Sign-in for apps (OAuth, MCP)Stopped by a CAPTCHA
Company single sign-onNot triedNot part of this drive
  • Crawlersrobots.txt asks crawlers to stay off sign-up and the API. Nothing to fix. It keeps these pages out of search and doesn't stop agents signing up.
  • Bot checkAuth0 username/password challenge let our agent through at sign up. Our agent signs every request (Web Bot Auth).
  • TermsTheir terms say automated sign-up isn't allowed

    “You may not register accounts using a disposable or temporary email address, “bots,” or other unauthorized automated methods.”

    Acceptable use policy. Read on 28 Oct 2026.To let agents sign up: Allow accounts made by an agent that acts openly for an identified person or company.

What an agent can do with SurveyMonkey

6 of 7 core tasks done, and 8 of 14 others.

Core tasks

  • done there
  • offered, not tried
TaskResultThrough
Create a survey or formDoneAPIMCP
Edit a survey's questionsDoneAPIMCP
Add conditional logic to a surveyDoneWeb app
Publish or close a surveyDoneAPIMCP
Share or distribute a survey via collectors (email, web link, SMS, QR)DoneAPI
Read survey or form responsesDoneAPI
Analyse survey responses (sentiment, text analysis, AI)Paid planMCP
Run a market research methodology (concept testing, MaxDiff, price optimization)Paid planWeb app

  • Reliability

    71of 100

    Core tasks that worked on all 3 runs

  • Handles mistakes

    55of 100

    Clear errors, retries without duplicates, honest limits

  • Surface tested

    63of 100

    Documented routes, tools and commands run and checked

  • Docs accuracy

    89of 100

    Documented operations that behaved as the docs say

  • Docs completeness

    79of 100

    How fully the docs describe each operation

  • What it can't do, and why

    • Get an API key without a browser Keys come only from the developer portal web page.
    • Use the official MCP server Its approval page shows an image puzzle to pick crosswalks.
    • Set skip logic through the API The public API has no logic fields; only the web builder sets it.
    • Pay for a plan on its own Checkout is a card form only; there is no agent payment option.
    • Generate a survey with AI The AI planner kept asking questions and never built the survey in three turns.

8 of 14 other tasks done

  • Start a survey from a templateDone
  • Export survey responses to a fileDone
  • Duplicate a surveyDone
  • Delete a surveyDone
  • List surveysDone
  • Translate a survey into multiple languagesDone
  • Save a partial survey responseDone
  • Register an OAuth app / create an API keyDone
  • Generate a survey with AI from a promptPartly
  • Change account settingsPartly
  • Get an AI summary or recommendation on resultsPaid plan
  • Set up response notification emailsPaid plan
  • Restrict who can submit a survey (quotas, passcode)Paid plan
  • Style a survey with custom themes and colorsPaid plan
  • Invite a team memberPaid plan
  • Set a team member's role or permissionsPaid plan
  • Connect a third-party integrationPaid plan
  • Configure SAML SSOPaid plan
  • Remove SurveyMonkey branding (white label)Paid plan
  • Read collector traffic and response statsBlocked
  • Register a webhookBlocked
  • Buy respondents from the SurveyMonkey Audience panelNot tried

The plans they need

  • Market research methodologiespaid add-on
  • AI summary of resultspaid
  • Response notification emailspaid
  • Response quotasAdvantage Annual
  • Custom themesStandard Monthly
  • RolesTeam/Enterprise
  • Integrationspaid
  • SAML SSOEnterprise
  • White labelPremier Annual

Paid-plan tasks don't count toward the level. The drive used the free plan.

Surface audit: 158 documented operations, 94 run, 82 passed, 10 not as documented, 36 blocked (sandbox or plan limits), 28 left out to stay safe.

How an agent connects

MCP, API, OpenAPI and llms.txt found.

The standards

  • MCP server

    Listed, not tested

    Official server. Remote server, OAuth only. Sign‑in needed to see its tools.

    mcp.surveymonkey.com/mcp

    1 tool across its docs

  • API

    92 tested

    REST v3, about 150 documented operations on one reference page.

    153 operations across its docs

  • OpenAPI

    Yes

    3.2.0 file covers only the public pricing and sign-up pages, not the REST API.

  • CLI

    None found

  • SDK

    None found

  • llms.txt

    Yes

    surveymonkey.com/llms.txt

  • Agent payments

    None found

    The checkout: Reached the card form and stopped: Standard Monthly, €39 a month; Checkout: a Stripe card form; An invisible bot check loaded at checkout; Wallets: Google Pay, Link.

  • Docs

    Some gaps

    Covers getting started and auth.

    Errors only mentioned in passing.

    No code examples.

    4 of 9 documented ways to do the core work worked when tried.

    249 of 902 pages read

How SurveyMonkey compares

In Forms

3rd of 4 Forms products our agent got into on its own.

ProductLevelFind to leave
FormbricksL4Find: On its own, Get in: On its own, Use: On its own, Pay: Partly, Leave: On its own.
TallyL4Find: On its own, Get in: On its own, Use: On its own, Pay: Partly, Leave: On its own.
SurveyMonkeyL4Find: Partly, Get in: On its own, Use: On its own, Pay: Partly, Leave: On its own.
FilloutL4Find: On its own, Get in: On its own, Use: On its own, Pay: Partly, Leave: On its own.
FormspreeL1Find: Partly, Get in: Stopped, Use: Not reached, Pay: Not reached, Leave: Not reached.
JotformL1Find: Partly, Get in: Stopped, Use: Not reached, Pay: Not reached, Leave: Not reached.
TypeformL1Find: Partly, Get in: Stopped, Use: Not reached, Pay: Not reached, Leave: Not reached.
All 7 in Forms

Sorted by level, then work done, then time to the first call. How we rank

For the team behind SurveyMonkey

Our agent got through Find and Pay only in part. Prove SurveyMonkey is yours, then see where each issue is, read your safety findings and ask for a free drive after a fix. How to fix each one comes with the Audit.

8 things to fix for agents

Agent blockers: 3 foundAgent surfaces: 11 issues foundSafety review: no issues found

  1. FindPartly
  2. Get inClear
  3. UseClear
  4. PayPartly
  5. LeaveClear

Claim SurveyMonkey, freeWhat a drive covers

On our standard

18 criteria: against other forms products where we measured 5 or more, otherwise against every product we measured.

All 18 criteria
How each criterion is graded

Where SurveyMonkey fits

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Questions people ask about SurveyMonkey

Can an AI agent sign up for SurveyMonkey on its own?
Yes, in a browser, without a human. The redirect after Create account showed "Something went wrong." although the account existed; logging in again from /home/ worked.
Does SurveyMonkey have an MCP server, and can an agent connect to it?
Yes. SurveyMonkey has an official MCP server. The server is hosted and signs an agent in with OAuth. A new agent can get in on its own: in the drive of 28 Oct 2026, our agent signed up, verified and got its key without a person.
How does an AI agent get a SurveyMonkey API key?
In the drive of 28 Oct 2026, our agent got its SurveyMonkey API key in a browser, without a person. Developer Portal > My Apps > Add a New App (Private, draft, 90 days) shows an access token. It has no scopes until they are set and saved with the separate "Update Scopes" button (403 1014 before). No API, CLI or device flow creates a key. The MCP server's OAuth consent was walled by a visible reCAPTCHA v2 puzzle.
Can an AI agent delete its SurveyMonkey account?
Yes, in a browser, without a human. My Account > "Konto dauerhaft löschen": two confirmations, a 6-digit code by email, then "Ihr SurveyMonkey-Konto wird gelöscht ... in 90 Tagen dauerhaft gelöscht". The login was refused afterwards: "Incorrect email or password". There is no API for it.
Can an AI agent pay for SurveyMonkey?
Partly. Reaches the checkout: stopped at the €39 a month charge. It has a free plan.

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@misc{agentdrives_surveymonkey_2026,
  author = {{AgentDrives}},
  title = {SurveyMonkey: AI agent test drive},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  url = {https://agentdrives.com/tools/surveymonkey},
  note = {Agent test drive, CC BY 4.0},
}

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