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Bloomreach vs SurveyLegend

Bloomreach logo

Bloomreach

Marketing

Ecommerce search, merchandising and customer engagement sold as three separately bought products

From
On request
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite
SurveyLegend logo

SurveyLegend

Surveys

Swedish survey tool hosted only in Frankfurt, where response limits are counted per survey and export is capped below what you can collect

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only SurveyLegend has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Bloomreach the three products have separate origins, separate pricing units and separate onboarding, so a single bundled quote hides which parts you are actually committing to.; SurveyLegend every paid tier can collect more responses than it can export, with Pro gathering 5,000 per survey but exporting only 1,000 and Business gathering 20,000 but exporting 10,000, so data you have paid to collect can be stranded inside the product.
  • They diverge on capability: Bloomreach covers Engagement CDP, SurveyLegend covers Per survey response limits.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Bloomreach and SurveyLegend actually diverge.

Attributes where Bloomreach and SurveyLegend differ
AttributeBloomreachSurveyLegend
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelquotePer month by responses per survey
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, REST APIWeb, iOS, Android
CategoryMarketingSurveys

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Bloomreach

  • Engagement CDP
  • Campaign orchestration
  • Discovery search
  • Recommendations
  • Jinja templating
  • Reports and dashboards

Only in SurveyLegend

  • Per survey response limits
  • Frankfurt hosting on every plan
  • Image-led question types
  • Live analytics
  • Conditional logic flows
  • REST API and webhooks

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Bloomreach

  • A retailer replacing a legacy ESP that needs event-level segmentation rather than list-based sendingnot SurveyLegend
  • Merchandising a large catalogue where site search relevance is the main conversion levernot SurveyLegend
  • Building weblayers and email content from the same customer profile without duplicating logic in two toolsnot SurveyLegend
  • Running campaign analytics over raw events instead of exporting to a separate warehouse and BI stacknot SurveyLegend

SurveyLegend

  • A European organisation that needs survey responses to stay in the EU without paying for an enterprise tier to get itnot Bloomreach
  • Occasional research where a few surveys each collect a large number of responses, which suits a per-survey quota better than a monthly onenot Bloomreach
  • Consumer-facing surveys where picture choice and visual scales lift completion rates on phonesnot Bloomreach
  • Small teams that want a fixed low monthly cost rather than usage-based billingnot Bloomreach

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Bloomreach

  • The three products have separate origins, separate pricing units and separate onboarding, so a single bundled quote hides which parts you are actually committing to.
  • Engagement is priced on tracked profiles, so a customer database that keeps every inactive account raises the bill whether or not those people are ever messaged.
  • The flexibility of the data model and Jinja templating needs technical ownership, and marketing teams without a developer typically use a fraction of the product they pay for.
  • Content is the least invested of the three lines and buyers evaluating it against dedicated headless CMS vendors usually find the gap widening.
  • Support and implementation quality vary between the Bratislava engineering base for Engagement and the US organisation, and escalation paths differ by product.

SurveyLegend

  • Every paid tier can collect more responses than it can export, with Pro gathering 5,000 per survey but exporting only 1,000 and Business gathering 20,000 but exporting 10,000, so data you have paid to collect can be stranded inside the product.
  • The free Starter plan cannot export data at all, only preview it in the live analytics, which makes it a demonstration rather than a usable plan and means any real project starts as a paid one.
  • The vendor claims neither SOC 2 nor ISO 27001 nor any third-party audit, and its GDPR page does not disclose hosting location, subprocessors or transfer mechanisms, so an enterprise security review will stall regardless of how good the residency story is.
  • The integration list runs to roughly four connectors with no native Zapier, Make, Slack, Teams, HubSpot or Airtable support, so anything beyond Google Sheets or Mailchimp has to be built against the API, which itself is unavailable below the Business tier.
  • No seat, collaborator or team permission model is documented anywhere in the pricing, features or user guide, so an organisation that needs several people to share and administer surveys has no described way to do it.

Pricing, plan by plan

Bloomreach

On request
  • Bloomreach Engagement$undefined/year
    • Priced by tracked customer profiles and event volume
    • Channels and AI modules licensed separately
    • Annual contract
  • Bloomreach Discovery$undefined/year
    • Priced by search and recommendation request volume
    • Catalogue size and traffic bands
    • Annual contract

SurveyLegend

Free
  • StarterFree
    • Free forever
    • 3 surveys, 1,000 responses per survey
    • No data export at all
  • Pro$15/month
    • 170 USD per year billed annually, 19 USD if billed monthly
    • 20 surveys, 5,000 responses per survey
    • Export capped at 1,000 responses per survey
  • Business$25/month
    • 300 USD per year billed annually, 39 USD if billed monthly
    • Unlimited surveys, 20,000 responses per survey
    • Export capped at 10,000 responses per survey
  • Legendary$65/month
    • 780 USD per year billed annually, 89 USD if billed monthly
    • Unlimited surveys, 100,000 responses per survey
    • Unlimited data export

Which should you pick?

Choose Bloomreach if

  • You need engagement cdp.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, REST API.
  • You also want campaign orchestration.
Bloomreach review

Choose SurveyLegend if

  • You need per survey response limits.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want frankfurt hosting on every plan.
SurveyLegend review

Questions people ask

Is Bloomreach or SurveyLegend better?
Neither clearly leads. Bloomreach starts at On request and SurveyLegend at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Bloomreach or SurveyLegend?
SurveyLegend has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Bloomreach and Free for SurveyLegend.
Does Bloomreach or SurveyLegend run on more platforms?
Bloomreach runs on Web, iOS, Android, REST API. SurveyLegend runs on Web, iOS, Android.
Can I use SurveyLegend for free?
Yes. SurveyLegend has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Bloomreach starts at On request.
What is Bloomreach best used for?
Bloomreach is most often used for a retailer replacing a legacy esp that needs event-level segmentation rather than list-based sending, merchandising a large catalogue where site search relevance is the main conversion lever, building weblayers and email content from the same customer profile without duplicating logic in two tools, running campaign analytics over raw events instead of exporting to a separate warehouse and bi stack. Of those, a retailer replacing a legacy esp that needs event-level segmentation rather than list-based sending and merchandising a large catalogue where site search relevance is the main conversion lever are not what SurveyLegend is typically brought in for.
What can Bloomreach do that SurveyLegend cannot?
Bloomreach covers Engagement CDP, Campaign orchestration, Discovery search, Recommendations. SurveyLegend covers Per survey response limits, Frankfurt hosting on every plan, Image-led question types, Live analytics.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Bloomreach: Is Engagement just Exponea renamed?

It is the Exponea product line, continued and extended after the 2021 acquisition, with its engineering still centred in Slovakia. Buying it standalone is common.

SurveyLegend: Where is my data stored?

In Frankfurt, Germany, on DigitalOcean, on every plan including the free one, with backups also held in Frankfurt. There is no United States transfer and no residency upgrade to buy.

Bloomreach: Do we have to take Discovery to get Engagement?

No. They are sold and priced separately, and plenty of customers run Engagement alongside a different search vendor.

SurveyLegend: What is the catch with the free plan?

You cannot export your data. You can build three surveys, collect a thousand responses each and view the analytics, but getting the raw responses out requires a paid plan.

Bloomreach: How is it priced?

Engagement by tracked profiles and event volume, Discovery by request volume. Neither is published, and both are annual commitments.

SurveyLegend: Why does Pro cost 170 USD a year when the page shows 15 USD a month?

The published annual total is 170 USD, which is ten dollars below twelve times the stated monthly-equivalent rate. Both figures are printed on the vendor pricing page.

SurveyLegend: Is it suitable for an enterprise rollout?

Probably not. There is no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification, no documented team or permission model, and support is by email with phone access only on the top tier.

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