If you currently use SurveyMonkey and have been looking for an alternative survey software program for building online surveys, polls, and forms, FluidSurveys may be just what you need.

Feeling squeamish at the thought of transitioning from something familiar to something new? Fear not! FluidSurveys is able to import surveys and responses from SurveyMonkey with just a few clicks of your mouse.

In this blog post, we're going to walk through the steps to show you how this is done.

  1. First, you’ll have to go into your SurveyMonkey account, select the survey you’d like to transfer, and click Analyze.
  2. Then, choose Download Responses from the left-hand sidebar.
  3. Make sure that Type of Download is set to All Responses Collected and the format is set to Spreadsheet with Columns: Expanded.
  4. Click Request Download and save the zip file to your desktop.
  5. Log in to your FluidSurveys account, and choose Create New Survey.
  6. Then, select Click here to import your survey from Survey Monkey.
  7. Lastly, you will be asked to browse for a file to upload to FluidSurveys. Locate and upload the zip file that was created in step 4.

Fluid Survey dialog box showing where to click to import your survey

About FluidSurveys

FluidSurveys is an online survey tool that simplifies the entire process of building, deploying, and analyzing a survey. Customers love the advanced features, ease of use, and top-notch support that FluidSurveys provides.

Through TechSoup, FluidSurveys is donating one-year subscriptions at the Pro account level.

If your nonprofit would benefit from FluidSurveys, but requires more functionality than the Pro level provides, please contact sean [at] fluidsurveys [dot] com to learn about other ways that FluidSurveys can help you.

This post was authored by Sean O'Dacre, search marketing coordinator at FluidSurveys.

Image: FluidSurveys dialog box, FluidSurveys