SurveyMonkey security review: SOC 2, AI training & subprocessors

What SurveyMonkey publishes about its security, privacy and use of your data, with a link to the page each fact came from. Checked October 10, 2026.

Transparency score
95/100
SOC 2
SOC 2
ISO 27001
Claimed
Trains AI on your data?
See quote
Subprocessors
24 listed

"Not found" means our reader didn't find it on the public pages it could read; the vendor may still publish it.

Does SurveyMonkey train AI on your data?

Has a statement about using data to train or improve AI

SurveyMonkey's own words (surveymonkey.com/product/features/ai-principles):

Following industry practice and consistent with our Privacy Notice, we use de-identified customer data or synthetically-generated data to train and build our proprietary AI models, while also protecting customer security and privacy.

Vendors often have different rules for consumer or free plans and for business or enterprise plans. Check the terms for the plan you would use.

Certifications SurveyMonkey claims

Certification or reportMentioned on
SOC 2surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/data-processing-agreement
SOC 1surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/data-processing-agreement
ISO/IEC 27001surveymonkey.com/product/enterprise/admin-security-features
HIPAAsurveymonkey.com/product/enterprise/admin-security-features
PCI DSSsurveymonkey.com/product/enterprise/admin-security-features

Privacy laws and frameworks mentioned: GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. These are laws the vendor says it follows, not certifications.

A certification on a website is a claim. For anything sensitive, ask SurveyMonkey for the SOC 2 report or ISO certificate.

SurveyMonkey subprocessors

SurveyMonkey lists 24 subprocessors on surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/subprocessor-list:

Security features mentioned

SSO / SAMLMentioned
SCIM provisioningMentioned
Multi-factor authenticationMentioned
Encryption at restMentioned
Encryption in transitNot found
Penetration testingMentioned
Bug bounty / disclosure programNot found
Audit logsNot found
Data residencyMentioned United States, US
security.txt contactNot found

Key documents

Trust / security centersurveymonkey.com/product/enterprise/admin-security-features
Privacy policysurveymonkey.com/mp/legal/privacy
Subprocessor listsurveymonkey.com/mp/legal/subprocessor-list
Data processing agreement (DPA)surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/data-processing-agreement
AI policysurveymonkey.com/product/features/ai-principles
Termssurveymonkey.com/mp/legal/terms-of-use
Status pagestatus.surveymonkey.com

How this score is worked out

CheckPointsResult
Security or trust page15Yes
Certifications listed20Yes
Privacy policy10Yes
Subprocessor list15Yes
DPA available10Yes
AI training policy stated15Yes
security.txt contact5No
Status page10Yes

The score measures how much of a standard security review our reader could answer from SurveyMonkey's public pages. It is not a rating of how secure SurveyMonkey is, and a "No" can mean the document exists where our reader couldn't see it.

Check another vendor

Get the same profile for any vendor in seconds, or let your AI agent do it with Stormap's free MCP server.

Other Productivity vendors

Airtable · Asana · Atlassian · Basecamp · Box · Calendly · ClickUp · Coda · DocuSign · Dropbox · Evernote · Figma

Source: SurveyMonkey's own public website (7 pages read on October 10, 2026). Stormap is not affiliated with SurveyMonkey. Facts are what the vendor publishes about itself; certifications are claims, not verified audit reports. Something wrong or out of date? Pages are re-checked every two weeks.