SurveyMonkey
More info
- Creator
- Ryan Finley, Chris Finley
- Released
- Type
- Online survey platform
- Website
- surveymonkey.com
The web's survey pioneer since 1999 — the name became shorthand for "send out a survey" long before the competition even existed.
Brothers Ryan and Chris Finley built SurveyMonkey in 1999, in the first web wave, as a self-service tool where anyone could throw together a questionnaire and collect responses without hiring a research firm. Its low price and simple template library made it the default for everything from customer satisfaction to teacher evaluations.
Dave Goldberg took over as CEO in 2009 and led the company to substantial growth until his sudden death in 2015. The IPO came in 2018. The parent renamed itself Momentive in 2021 in a bid to look more "enterprise", was taken private by Symphony Technology Group in 2023, and then reclaimed the well-known name.