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In-product survey tools
In-product surveys live inside your app UI. The hard parts are embed quality, targeting without spamming, metering that does not punish growth, and scores you can defend. This guide groups tools by approach. Named products are examples of a style, not exhaustive reviews.
Options
Options by approach
Side by side
What matters for in-product quality
| Native microsurvey | Power platform | Analytics bolt-on | Self-host | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to first survey | Minutes | Minutes to days | Fast if already instrumented | Days to weeks |
| Ops burden | Low | Low | Low (suite ops) | You own it |
| Targeting | Events/traits (UserVane Pro+) | Often deep | Suite-native | Whatever you build |
| Honest scores | UserVane: suppress + margin | Varies | Varies | Whatever you build |
| Metering | Responses (UserVane) | Often MAU-oriented | Platform usage | Infra cost |
Choosing
Which job you are actually buying for.
How to choose
- Optimize for embed feel if users will see the survey weekly. A bolted-on form trains dismissals.
- Optimize for metering honesty if your user base is growing. MAU taxes punish success.
- Optimize for React ergonomics if your app is React/Next. A provider and hook beat a mystery global snippet.
- Optimize for import if you carry history from Delighted. See moving from Delighted.
Related: comparison hub · vs Refiner · vs PostHog surveys · home.
Fit
What we do and do not claim.
Where UserVane fits
UserVane is the honest in-product NPS/CSAT/CES/PMF tool for product teams: suppress thin samples and show the plus/minus margin (never a vanity number), a native widget, hosted link surveys, bring-your-own email, React components, self-serve full-fidelity import, event and trait targeting on the entry paid tier, webhooks, verbatim tagging, WorkOS team invites and roles, MCP access after OAuth, and response metering with unlimited surveys.
A standalone microsurvey product with a real free tier, not a research platform and not an analytics suite you have to adopt first. Pro for volume and channels; Scale for team access and advanced analytics (segmentation, trends, cross-survey, honest per-segment scoring).
Deliberately different: one honest question by design for higher response rates, a score that always carries its sample size and margin, and no black-box AI over your feedback. Connect your own AI through MCP to read raw verbatims; we never summarize them into a claim you did not make.
FAQ
Questions
What embed paths does UserVane support?
The browser SDK (one script tag), first-class React components via UserVaneProvider, and hosted link surveys for conversations outside the app.
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