The short answer
What you pay
SEA Survey counts responses. Fairing counts orders. Both include LTV by answer at the prices below: on SEA Survey that is the Growth plan, on Fairing it is every plan.
| Orders a month | SEA Survey | Fairing |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 200 | $49 (LTV by channel is on Growth) | Free |
| 201 to 500 | $49 | $49 |
| 501 to 1,000 | $49 | $99 |
| 1,001 to 5,000 | $49 | $149 |
| 5,001 to 30,000 | $49 | $199 to $499 |
Fairing sells two paid extras on top: Advanced Attribution from $99 a month, and Data Sync to a warehouse such as BigQuery. We left out prices above 30,000 orders, because Fairing's own pages disagree there. On SEA Survey, chatting with AI about your answers uses tokens, from $3 for 1,000. Paid plans on both apps start with a free trial: 7 days on SEA Survey, 14 days on Fairing.
Until Dec 7, the code BFCMSEA30 takes 30% off any SEA Survey paid plan for 3 months.
Where surveys run
Both put the question on the Thank you page. Beyond that, SEA Survey reaches more places on your own store.
| SEA Survey | Fairing | |
|---|---|---|
| Thank you and Order status pages | Yes | Yes |
| Sends its own post purchase email, or puts the first question inside Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Omnisend and Shopify Email | A link or embed you add to Klaviyo or another email tool | |
| SMS | Not listed | A link you send from your SMS tool |
| Onsite widget and popup | Yes | Not listed for Shopify storefronts |
| Exit intent | Yes, on desktop | Not listed |
| Survey page with its own link | Yes | The link needs an order ID |
| Shopify POS | Yes | Yes |
Attribution and LTV
Both apps ask "How did you hear about us?" and tie each answer to the order, so you see revenue by channel, not only votes.
SEA Survey. The Marketing Attribution dashboard on Growth maps each answer to a channel. For every channel it shows customers, orders, revenue, first and lifetime AOV, LTV, repeat rate and time between orders, plus a cohort LTV heatmap and CSV export. You can switch it to UTM based attribution. The numbers cover orders that have a survey answer, not every Shopify order.
Fairing. LTV Analytics shows lifetime revenue, LTV and repeat rate per answer, grouped by first order cohort, on every plan. Follow up questions clarify vague answers. Advanced Attribution, the paid extra, narrows "YouTube" down to the creator, show or ad, with lists synced from tools like Podscribe. Reports also line answers up against last click, UTM and discount code data.
If you read attribution inside your survey app, both get you to LTV by channel. If you read it in a separate attribution tool, Fairing connects to more of them. For why a survey and a click report can name different channels, see Google got the credit. TikTok did the work.
AI and extras
| SEA Survey | Fairing | |
|---|---|---|
| Build a survey from a goal | AI Survey Builder | Not listed |
| Group written answers into topics | Inside the app, free up to 2,000 responses a month | Through Claude or ChatGPT with MCP |
| Weekly summary | AI insight and a suggested action in the weekly report | AI Insights email every Monday |
| Connect Claude with MCP | Beta | Beta, also ChatGPT |
| A/B testing | Growth | Not listed |
| Discount for answering | Growth | Not listed |
| Product recommendation quiz | Every plan | Not listed |
| Send answers to other apps | Klaviyo and more on Growth, Shopify Flow on every plan | 25+ integrations on every plan |
When Fairing fits better
- Under 200 orders a month. Fairing's free plan includes LTV by answer. SEA Survey's free plan stops at 30 responses, and LTV by channel needs Growth.
- Your numbers live in another tool. Fairing sends answers to Triple Whale, Rockerbox, Measured, Fospha and Polar Analytics, and syncs to a warehouse as a paid extra.
- Podcast and creator heavy brands. Advanced Attribution narrows answers down to the show or the creator.
- Track record. Fairing has been on the App Store since 2018 and holds 5.0 stars from 196 reviews.
When SEA Survey fits better
- Past 500 orders a month. You pay $49 at any volume, with unlimited responses.
- Surveys beyond checkout. Onsite widgets, popups, exit intent and a product quiz run from the same app.
- You want to test. A/B testing splits traffic between two surveys and shows which one more buyers finish.
- You want a reason to answer. On Growth, show or email a discount code once the survey is done.
- Your team works in other languages. The App Store lists 9 languages for SEA Survey and English only for Fairing.
- Built for Shopify. SEA Survey has the badge. Fairing does not.
Whichever you choose, start before the sale. Answers add up with every order. Here is how to ask the question and read the answers.
Checked Oct 27, 2026 on each app's App Store listing, pricing page and help docs: SEA Survey, Fairing, Fairing pricing. "Not listed" means we did not find it on those pages. Prices and features change. If you spot something out of date, tell us.