specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Pollfish
providerId: pollfish
created: '2026-07-04'
modified: '2026-07-04'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Surveys
- Market Research
- Monetization
- Pay As You Go
- Plans
description: >-
  Pollfish has two economic sides, and the pricing differs completely between
  them. For researchers (the demand side), Pollfish is pay-as-you-go with no
  subscription: you build a survey, define an audience, and pay per completed
  response. Published base pricing starts at $0.95 per completed response with a
  minimum order of 100 responses; each demographic targeting filter adds roughly
  $0.55 per response, and price rises further with longer surveys and harder-to-
  reach audiences (real-time pricing is shown before launch). A Basic and an
  Elite plan tier are offered. For publishers (the supply side), integrating the
  Pollfish SDK, web plugin, or survey-serving API is free - publishers instead
  earn revenue (revenue share) on each survey their users complete, reported
  through the Dashboard API revenue endpoints. The Dashboard API and the
  survey-serving API themselves carry no separate access fee.
notes: >-
  Per-response figures are from Pollfish's public pricing page and are indicative;
  the exact amount depends on targeting, length, and country and updates live in
  the survey builder. Verify current researcher pricing and the Basic vs Elite
  feature split on pollfish.com/pricing during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.pollfish.com/pricing/
- https://www.pollfish.com/docs/api-documentation
- https://www.pollfish.com/docs/dashboard-api
- https://github.com/pollfish/docs
plans:
- id: pollfish-researcher-basic
  name: Researcher - Basic (Pay As You Go)
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Self-serve survey creation with pay-per-response billing and no subscription.
    Build surveys, target an audience, and pay only for completed responses.
  entries:
  - label: Base Price Per Completed Response
    name: base_response
    type: usage
    metric: responses
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: from $0.95 per completed response (100-response minimum)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Per Targeting Filter Surcharge
    name: targeting_filter
    type: usage
    metric: responses
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: approx +$0.55 per response per demographic filter
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Survey Builder
  - name: AI Survey Tools
  - name: Standard Demographic Targeting
  - name: Real-Time Pricing
- id: pollfish-researcher-elite
  name: Researcher - Elite
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Higher-tier researcher plan with expanded targeting, quality, and support
    capabilities on top of the pay-per-response model. Exact feature split and
    rates are set by Pollfish.
  entries:
  - label: Completed Responses
    name: elite_responses
    type: usage
    metric: responses
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: pay-per-response (see pricing page / contact sales)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Advanced Targeting
  - name: Priority Support
  - name: Higher Quality Controls
- id: pollfish-publisher-monetization
  name: Publisher Monetization (Revenue Share)
  type: free
  description: >-
    Free to integrate the Pollfish SDK, web plugin, or survey-serving / offerwall
    API. Publishers do not pay to access the APIs; they earn a revenue share on
    each completed survey (CPA in US dollar cents), reported via the Dashboard API
    revenue endpoints and paid out per Pollfish payment terms.
  entries:
  - label: API and SDK Access
    name: publisher_access
    type: flat
    metric: access
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free (publishers earn revenue share)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Survey Serving API
  - name: Offerwall
  - name: Rewarded Surveys
  - name: Dashboard API (Apps, Performance, Revenue, Demographics, Logs)
  - name: Server-to-Server Callbacks
- id: pollfish-enterprise
  name: Enterprise / Custom
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Custom arrangements for high-volume researchers and publishers - negotiated
    per-response rates, dedicated support, and platform terms. Contact Pollfish
    (Prodege).
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Custom Volume Pricing
  - name: Dedicated Support
  - name: Custom Terms
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com