Funding is an issue for many administrators. Why not use open source and free web based tools whenever possible?
Here are 10 sites for creating surveys:
Struffa: Contests, polls that can be moderated before publishing
Rubpolis: Create a poll by dragging and dropping
Flisti: Share your poll in a social network such as Facebook or MySpace
Obsurvey: Survey that works like a wiki
Survey Monkey: Comprehensive online site for creating surveys
PollDaddy: Can be integrated into mobile devices
Vorbeo: Embeddable onto your website or blog
Text the Mob: Good for large audiences can be used with mobile devices
Insightify: Great for collaboration
Yarp: Good for simple surveys. Generates unique url.
Tech and Learning magazine September 2010 issue.