How Question Type Availability Differs by Plan

Overview

Every plan includes the core question types; Professional unlocks rich media and advanced grids, and Research Team unlocks trade-off methods like MaxDiff and Conjoint. This article lists exactly which types come with which plan.

Included on every plan (including Free)

Single Choice, Multiple Choice, Dropdown, Open Text, Scale (Likert), NPS, Slider, Ranking, Grid (single- and multi-answer), Star Grid, Date, Constant Sum, Image Select, Textbox List, Dropdown List, Descriptive Text and Section Headers, CAPTCHA.

Unlocked on Professional

• Richer grids and lists — Ranking Grid, Textbox Grid, Dropdown Grid, Slider List, Cascading Dropdown, Side-by-Side comparisons
• Visual and interactive — Semantic Differential, Image Heatmap, Hotspot, Text Highlighter, Graphic Slider, Range Slider, Map Location, Autocomplete
• Collection and media — Contact Form, File Upload, Signature, Video Response, Video Stimulus (video usage draws on your plan's transcription minutes)

Unlocked on Research Team

• Trade-off methods — MaxDiff (best–worst scaling) and Conjoint (choice-based)
• Sorting methods — Card Sort, Quick Sort, Pick-Group-Rank
• Custom layouts — Custom Group and Custom Table composite questions

Step-by-step: check what you have

1. Open the question picker — click + Question in the builder. All types appear in the picker; types above your plan are labeled with the plan that unlocks them.

2. Compare plans if you need a locked type — see What Is Included in Each Billing Tier or go to Settings → Billing → Change plan.

Tips

Tip: Most studies never need the gated types — a well-written Single Choice + Scale + Open Text questionnaire outperforms a fancy one with poor wording. Upgrade when the method demands it, not preemptively.

Note: Type availability is enforced server-side, so a survey built on a higher plan can't quietly break if your plan changes — the builder will flag questions your current plan no longer supports.

Related articles

• Choosing the Right Question Types for Your Goals — pick by research goal
• What Is Included in Each Billing Tier — full plan comparison
• How to Upgrade Your Plan — unlock more types