Swagbucks alternatives: 7 sites like Swagbucks, compared on what they pay

We build PaysFair, an earning app that competes with every site on this page. Judge our bias accordingly, and check the numbers below against the sources at the bottom.

On our map, the sites closest to Swagbucks are InboxDollars, Freecash, KashKick and PrizeRebel, plus Survey Junkie and Qmee for surveys. Prodege, the company behind Swagbucks, also owns InboxDollars.

We read every site's own pages on October 23, 2026, and we haven't used any of them ourselves. Where a site's pages disagree with each other, we print every number.

Why do people leave Swagbucks?

Its own pages name the reasons. Swagbucks pays in SB points. When we priced its US catalog on September 22, 2026, the cheapest dollar gift cards cost 500 SB for $5, and a $5 PayPal reward cost 530 SB.

PayPal cash then takes 2 to 5 business days. Its help center also lists a monthly redemption limit among the reasons a redemption can fail. Shopping rewards are slow, too: SB can take 32 to 75 days from the purchase to arrive.

Accounts can be suspended for running a second account or for search or click patterns, and a photo ID check can restore access. It may also ask some members for an ID and a selfie.

Google's suggestions for this search include "sites like swagbucks but better" and "survey sites like swagbucks".

Our Swagbucks review covers its rules in full.

What are the best sites like Swagbucks?

Six sites on our map that pay for surveys, offers, games or shopping, then ours. Every fact is the site's own, read on October 23, 2026, unless a date says otherwise.

InboxDollars

InboxDollars pays for surveys, shopping and other online tasks, for US residents 18 or older. Prodege, which runs Swagbucks, lists it among its own brands. It keeps your balance in dollars.

Its help center gives two minimums: $15 for a first payment in one article, and $30 in its payment terms. Payments take about 3 business days, up to 10, or 10 to 16 days, depending on the article. If you don't visit your account or confirm a paid email in the 10 days before a payment is processed, the request is removed.

What it does better than Swagbucks: a balance in dollars, with no points to convert.

Our review: InboxDollars review

Freecash

Freecash pays for games, offers and surveys, and Almedia GmbH runs it, by its terms. It takes people 16 or older. Its PayPal cash-outs cover 124 countries, among them Nigeria, South Africa and India.

Your first cash-out needs $5 to $20, depending on your region. You'll verify your ID with a selfie then. PayPal, Venmo, Visa and bank transfer cash-outs carry a 5% fee, and gift cards have none.

What it does better than Swagbucks: most PayPal, crypto and gift card withdrawals are instant, it says.

Our review: Freecash review

KashKick

KashKick pays for games, surveys and deals, and Besitos Corporation, LLC runs it. It's for residents of the 50 US states and DC who are 18 or older.

You can Kash Out from $10 to PayPal, Venmo or gift cards, with "zero fees", it says. Before the first one, you'll need a selfie and a driver's license or passport. Kash Outs are usually approved in 1 to 3 business days.

What it does better than Swagbucks: Venmo as a cash-out, next to PayPal and gift cards.

Our review: KashKick review

PrizeRebel

PrizeRebel pays for surveys, offers and more, and iAngelic, Inc. of Nevada runs it. You can join at 18, or at 16 with a parent's permission. It says it's "available globally".

Its home page puts gift cards at $5 and up, and its PayPal minimum at $5. Below its Gold level, reward claims are processed within about 24 hours. Its site shows our server a bot check, so we read its terms and home page in Internet Archive copies of October 12 and October 4, 2026.

What it does better than Swagbucks: "99% of our gift card rewards are delivered digitally within 5 minutes", its home page says.

Our review: PrizeRebel review

Survey Junkie

Survey Junkie pays for surveys, and DISQO owns it. It's for people 18 or older in the US, Canada, Australia or the UK.

You can cash out from $5, or 500 points, to PayPal, a bank account or gift cards. Its identity checks "can include text, email or phone call confirmation", a cross-check with reward partners, or "photo ID verification".

What it does better than Swagbucks: cash-outs to a bank account, from $5.

Our review: Survey Junkie review

Qmee

Qmee pays for surveys, cashback offers and gaming offers, and Kantar UK Ltd runs it. It's for people 16 or older in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, France and Germany.

Its FAQ says there's "no minimum withdrawal amount" for PayPal or Venmo. The money arrives "within a few minutes", it says. Before your first gift card, it checks who you are, for example through a PayPal cash-out of any amount.

What it does better than Swagbucks: no minimum at all for PayPal or Venmo.

Not tested yet.

PaysFair

PaysFair is ours. It pays for surveys, games and campaigns. In a campaign, you post clips and content on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and X. The smallest cash-out is $1.00, paid as a gift card by email. We check the first cash-out by hand.

It's for people 16 or older, and what there is to do depends on your country. It runs on the web and in an Android app on Google Play. Obsidian UG in Germany runs it.

What it does better than Swagbucks: a $1.00 first cash-out, where Swagbucks' cheapest dollar gift cards were $5 in our September read.

We build it, so we don't review it.

Which one has the smallest cash-out?

Swagbucks' amount is from our read of its US catalog on September 22, 2026. InboxDollars' help center gives both of its numbers. Some of Qmee's gift cards set their own minimum, such as $5.

Which one pays fastest?

Each site's own words on speed:

Survey Junkie gives no payout time on the pages we could read. None of these is our own test; they're each site's own words.

Which sites like Swagbucks have the same owner?

Prodege's About page lists Swagbucks, InboxDollars, MyPoints and ySense among its "Owned and Operated Brands". If you're leaving Swagbucks, those three belong to the same company.

Most of them can check who you are before a cash-out. Freecash and KashKick ask for a selfie with an ID, and Swagbucks may ask for one.

Who can join, and from where?

Swagbucks says it's live in most countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, and in some countries in Africa. Freecash's PayPal list includes Nigeria, South Africa and India.

How we picked these sites

Our map of the market holds more than 1,100 earning apps, sorted into lanes by what they pay for. Swagbucks sits in the offer-sites lane. We took four sites from that lane, InboxDollars, Freecash, KashKick and PrizeRebel. We added Survey Junkie and Qmee for the people who search for survey sites like Swagbucks. Freecash is the site Google suggests next to Swagbucks.

We read their pages on October 23, 2026, from a server in the US. PrizeRebel's terms and home page came from the Internet Archive.