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Customer feedback software statistics 2026

First-party data on the 85 customer feedback tools Toolradar tracks: HubSpot Service at 3.40 from 9,419 reviews against SurveyMonkey at 4.50 from 34,413.

Louis Corneloup
Louis Corneloup

Founder, Toolradar & Dupple

Published September 17, 2026
3 min read
Next update Dec 17, 2026
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Key findings

What the data shows.

  1. 01

    85 customer feedback tools tracked, holding 67,765 aggregated third-party reviews. (Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.)

  2. 02

    SurveyMonkey leads volume at 4.50 from 34,413 reviews. HubSpot Service holds 9,419 at 3.40. (Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.)

  3. 03

    Birdeye holds 4,941 reviews at 4.70. (Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.)

  4. 04

    The review-weighted average is 4.33. (Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.)

About the research

How we built this report.

Data source

Toolradar tool database. Editorial review with weekly pricing verification.

Coverage period

2026. Snapshot taken September 17, 2026. Refresh due Dec 17, 2026.

Methodology

Public scoring rubric. See how we rate for the full criteria.

License

Creative Commons BY 4.0. Quote, link, and reuse with attribution.

Feedback software is a survey default plus a service suite people do not like. Toolradar tracks 85 tools holding 67,765 reviews. SurveyMonkey holds 34,413 reviews at 4.50. HubSpot Service holds 9,419 at 3.40. Birdeye holds 4,941 at 4.70. SurveySparrow holds 2,895 at 3.90. The suite that already owns the CRM is the weak score. The survey specialist is the strong one.

Every figure below is computed from the Toolradar directory on September 17, 2026. The live dashboard is Customer feedback statistics. The buyer ranking is best customer feedback software.

How large the category is

We track 85 published tools, or 0.8% of the 10,619 tools in the directory. 95% (81 of 85) were added to Toolradar in 2026. "Added" means added to our directory, not founded this year.

A $39 feedback seat is a form. The $111 mean is a reputation suite.

How these tools are priced

52% of the 85 tools are paid-only. 48% offer a free tier or freemium plan (41 tools). 1% are fully free.

How customer feedback software are priced

n = 85 tools, September 17, 2026

Paid
51.8%44
Freemium
47.1%40
Free
1.2%1
Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026. Share of published tools in the Customer Feedback category by pricing model.

For the 35 tools that publish a paid tier, the median entry price is $39 a month and the mean is $111.

Entry price distribution

n = 35 tools with a published paid tier

Under $10
5
$10 to $24
6
$25 to $49
9
$50 to $99
10
$100 to $249
4
$250 and up
1
Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026. Entry price = the cheapest positive monthly tier each tool publishes.

The catalog-wide median entry is $20 (software pricing statistics).

How these tools are rated

66 of 85 tools carry a rating (78%). Those ratings rest on 67,765 reviews. Unweighted mean 4.52. Review-weighted mean 4.33.

Rating distribution

n = 66 rated tools

Below 4.0
7
4.0 to 4.4
14
4.5 to 4.7
22
4.8 to 5.0
23
Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026. Aggregate rating per tool across G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and other third-party platforms.

The most-reviewed tools on September 17, 2026:

ToolRatingReviews
SurveyMonkey4.5034,413
HubSpot Service3.409,419
Birdeye4.704,941
SurveySparrow3.902,895

Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.

HubSpot Service at 3.40 from 9,419 reviews is the suite tax. SurveyMonkey at 4.50 from 34,413 is the specialist that also has the volume.

The highest-rated tools with at least 150 aggregated reviews:

#ToolRatingReviews
1Judge.me4.90195
2Simplesat4.80229
3Zonka Feedback4.80155
4Birdeye4.704,941
5AskNicely4.701,152
6Sogolytics4.70816
7Userback4.70361
8ReviewTrackers4.70333
9BugHerd4.70283
10Userpilot4.601,070

Judge.me leads at 4.90.

Review volume by platform:

Review platformTools with a profileAggregated reviewsMean rating
G26049,3434.45
Capterra3414,5334.61
Trustpilot93,1673.38
SourceForge136744.22
TrustRadius6324.32
Peerspot1164.40

Two tools worth comparing are SurveyMonkey and Birdeye.

How often pricing moves

Our pricing tracker logged 5 pricing changes for these tools in 2026, 0 of them applied.

How this data was measured

Every figure in this report is computed live from the Toolradar directory on September 17, 2026, covering the 85 published tools we categorize under Customer feedback. Pricing model is read from each vendor's official pricing page. The entry price is the cheapest positive monthly tier a tool publishes. Ratings and review counts are aggregated from third-party platforms (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and others), not from Toolradar's own reviews. The leaderboard floor is 150 aggregated reviews. This is a directory snapshot, not a survey.

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Toolradar Research (2026). Customer feedback software statistics 2026. Toolradar. https://toolradar.com/reports/customer-feedback-software-statistics