European Alternatives to Qualtrics
Looking for a European alternative to Qualtrics? Qualtrics, LLC in Provo, Utah is named as the contracting party in its General Terms and as the controller in its privacy policy, and it relies on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of European personal data.
Eleven European tools cover enterprise survey research and experience management: research and academic platforms, customer and employee experience programmes, and open-source options, from companies in Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands.
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11 European Alternatives to Qualtrics
LimeSurvey
Open-source research survey platform from Hamburg, EU cloud hosting or self-hosted, with published plans
Survalyzer
Zurich research survey platform with published prices from €420 a month and ISO 27001
Netigate
Stockholm feedback platform for customer and employee experience, enterprise plans from €7,000 a year
Webropol
Helsinki survey and reporting platform for customer and employee experience, ISO 27001 servers in the EU/EEA
Enalyzer
Copenhagen survey platform on Azure in the Netherlands and Ireland, €1,545 per user a year
Formbricks
Open-source experience management from Kiel, hosted in Frankfurt or self-hosted, with a free plan
SoSci Survey
Munich research survey software born at LMU, free for non-commercial research up to 5,000 participants
Mopinion
Rotterdam feedback tool for websites and apps, from €279 a month with a 14-day trial
Surveyxact
Survey platform developed by Ramboll in Denmark since 2002, with data kept in Europe
LamaPoll
Berlin survey tool with servers in Germany and plans from €49 a month, 14-day trial
easyfeedback
Koblenz survey tool with a free plan, SPSS export and AI analysis, German servers
Key takeaways
- Qualtrics, LLC is a Provo, Utah company that publishes no prices, offers a free account capped at 500 responses per survey, and relies on a transfer mechanism for European personal data.
- LimeSurvey (Hamburg) is the nearest to a research platform: open source, self-hostable, EU cloud hosting in Germany or Finland, and plans from €29 a month on annual billing.
- Survalyzer (Zurich) publishes research-grade plans from €420 a month and is ISO 27001 certified by its own account.
- Netigate (Stockholm) and Webropol (Helsinki) are the closest to Qualtrics for customer and employee experience programmes, with Netigate listing enterprise plans from €7,000 a year.
- SoSci Survey (Munich) is free for non-commercial research up to 5,000 participants, and Formbricks (Kiel) is open source with a free plan.
- Enalyzer, Mopinion, Surveyxact, LamaPoll and easyfeedback each fit a narrower case, from per-user pricing to website feedback to German-hosted surveys.
Why people leave Qualtrics
Qualtrics is the platform large organisations use when a survey is no longer a form. Universities run research on it, market research teams field multi-country studies, and customer and employee experience teams run continuous programmes with dashboards, text analysis and workflow. Its free account is a taste of that: 500 responses per survey, three active surveys, 30 questions and eight question types, without quota management or the advanced analytics.
It is operated by Qualtrics, LLC in Provo, Utah. The General Terms name Qualtrics, LLC as the party, and the privacy policy names it as the controller, with Qualtrics Ireland Limited in Dublin appointed as the EU representative.
For transfers of European personal data it relies on adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU-US, UK-US and Swiss-US Data Privacy Frameworks.
Press coverage reports that Silver Lake and CPP Investment Board took it private from SAP in a deal of $12.5 billion that closed in June 2023. None of this makes it unusable in Europe. It does mean that a European public body or research ethics board has a US contracting party and a transfer mechanism to explain.
This page covers the research and experience-management end of the market, not simple forms. Eleven European tools are listed, from German and Swiss research platforms to Nordic customer and employee experience suites. Form builders and small survey tools are on the SurveyMonkey and Google Forms pages.
- Your counterparty is a US limited liability company The Qualtrics General Terms refer to Qualtrics, LLC, and its privacy policy gives a Provo, Utah address. The Dublin entity named in the policy is an EU representative, not stated there to be the party you sign with. We could not retrieve the governing-law clause, so check it on your own order form. If your procurement rules require a contracting party and a court inside the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland, each tool here names one on its own pages.
- European data goes out under a transfer mechanism Qualtrics says it relies on adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses and the Data Privacy Frameworks. That is lawful and common, but it is a mechanism you document and monitor. The tools here are European companies hosting in Europe by their own account (Germany, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland), and LimeSurvey, SoSci Survey and Formbricks can also run on your own server so that responses never reach a vendor.
- You cannot read the price Qualtrics publishes no prices. Its pricing page leads to "Request Pricing" and says cost depends on usage metrics such as interactions or employees. Several European tools publish theirs: Survalyzer from €420 a month, Netigate from €7,000 a year, Enalyzer at €1,545 per user a year, LimeSurvey from €29 a month, Mopinion from €279 a month. Others, including Webropol and Surveyxact, also work by quote.
- Research needs and experience programmes are different jobs Qualtrics covers both, which is why it is expensive. In Europe the work is split. LimeSurvey, SoSci Survey, Survalyzer and Surveyxact are research instruments with branching, quotas and exports. Netigate, Webropol and Mopinion are programme tools for customer and employee feedback. Choosing by the job you actually do usually costs less than buying the whole suite.
What you have to replace, not just match
Separate the two uses first. List the studies that need real methodology (quotas, randomisation, panels, SPSS or R export, ethics review) and the programmes that need running dashboards (NPS, employee engagement, journey feedback). Move the research to a research platform and the programmes to an experience tool, rather than looking for one product that does both.
Export your questionnaires and data before you cancel. Qualtrics exports survey definitions and responses, but custom scripting, workflows and dashboards do not carry over to another tool, so budget time to rebuild logic and reports. Run one live study on the new platform before you move a whole department, and check the contracting entity, the DPA and the hosting region in writing for each one.
The alternatives compared
| Position | Tool | Headquarters | Pricing | Jurisdiction |
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| #1 | LimeSurvey | Hamburg, Germany | Free self-hosted / LimeSurvey Cloud from about €29 per month | EU (Germany) |
| #3 | Netigate | Stockholm, Sweden | Custom pricing by programme and respondents | EU (Sweden) |
| #4 | Webropol | Helsinki, Finland | Custom quote; no published prices | EU (Finland) |
| #5 | Enalyzer | Copenhagen, Denmark | Free tier with unlimited surveys and responses / paid plans for advanced features | EU (Denmark) |
| #6 | Formbricks | Kiel, Germany | Hobby free (250 responses/month) / Pro $74 per month (2,000 responses) / Scale $325 per month (5,000 responses) / Enterprise on request; VAT treatment not stated; self-hosted core free | EU (Germany) |
| #8 | Mopinion | Rotterdam, Netherlands | From about €259 per month | EU (Netherlands) |
| #10 | LamaPoll | Berlin, Germany | Free (50 participants per survey) / Basic €49 / Gold €99 / Platin €199 / Enterprise €499 per month, or 10× the monthly price per year; excl. VAT | EU (Germany) |
| #11 | easyfeedback | Koblenz, Germany | Free (100 participants per survey, 10 questions) / Starter €39 per month or €390 per year / Business €790 per year / Professional €948 per year / Enterprise on request / single survey from €159; excl. VAT | EU (Germany) |
How each alternative compares to Qualtrics
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Qualtrics is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Your own server, or German cloud.
- Source code. Open source, where Qualtrics is not: you can read what it does rather than take the description on trust.
- Independently checked. GDPR — you remain controller when self-hosted.
Best for: Universities, public bodies and research teams that need complex questionnaires and control over the data
LimeSurvey GmbH is in Hamburg (Papenreye 63, Amtsgericht Hamburg, HRB 137625). Its sovereignty page describes EU hosting by default in Germany or Finland, signed DPAs, and an open-source product that can be self-hosted.
It lists Basic at €34 a month on monthly billing, Expert at €29 a month (€348 annually) and Business at €75 a month (€900 annually), and says over 250 universities and research institutions use it. The plans carry response limits, such as 1,000 responses a month on Basic.
We could not retrieve the governing-law clause from its terms, so check it. The cloud plans are priced on responses, so a large panel study will need a quote.
What LimeSurvey does better than Qualtrics
- Open source and self-hostable, so responses can stay on your own server
- Published prices from €29 a month, where Qualtrics has none
- EU hosting by default in Germany or Finland
- Built for research with branching, quotas and multilingual surveys
Where LimeSurvey is a step down from Qualtrics
- No equivalent of Qualtrics experience dashboards and workflow automation
- Cloud plans cap responses
- Self-hosting means you run updates and security
- A smaller template and integration library
Standout against Qualtrics. It is the only option here that is both a serious research instrument and free to run on your own server.
Survalyzer
a Swiss research platform with prices on the page
Best for: Market research and institutional teams that want research methods and a Swiss contracting party
Survalyzer AG is in Zurich (Technoparkstrasse 1, UID CHE-112.340.012), with Survalyzer Nederland B.V. in Utrecht (KvK 30204020). Switzerland is neither in the EU nor in the EEA, so if your rules require an EU or EEA party, check whether the Dutch company can be the one you contract with.
It lists Professional at €420 a month with two users, Expert at €920 and Enterprise on request, with a "Try out for free" option. It describes itself as a Swiss company and says it is ISO 27001 certified, which is its own statement.
We did not find a hosting location. It is a smaller vendor than Qualtrics and offers fewer experience-management modules.
What Survalyzer does better than Qualtrics
- Prices on the page, where Qualtrics asks you to request them
- Research methods in a platform aimed at market research and institutions
- Swiss and Dutch entities with registers you can check
- ISO 27001 certification stated by the vendor
Where Survalyzer is a step down from Qualtrics
- Hosting location not stated on the pages we read
- Not an EU or EEA contracting party in Switzerland
- Fewer experience-management features
- Entry price is higher than the open-source and academic options
Standout against Qualtrics. It is the one with research-grade plans and a public price list from a Swiss vendor.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Sweden). Qualtrics is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Qualtrics is.
- Independently checked. GDPR.
Best for: Enterprise teams running continuous customer and employee feedback across markets
Netigate AB is in Stockholm (Org. ID 556576-0997, Drottninggatan 25). Its legal page lists group companies in Germany, Norway, Finland and the Netherlands (Mopinion BV). Its trust center says personal data is processed within the EU and its data centres are in EU environments.
Its pricing page lists enterprise plans from €7,000 a year, billed annually, with onboarding and a customer success team, and says it is ISO certified. It covers NPS, eNPS, customer and employee experience, and AI analysis of text feedback.
We did not find the governing-law clause. It is aimed at larger programmes, so it is not the choice for a single study.
What Netigate does better than Qualtrics
- A published entry price for an enterprise feedback platform
- Swedish company processing data in the EU
- Customer, employee and digital feedback in one programme
- Group presence in several European countries
Where Netigate is a step down from Qualtrics
- Starts at €7,000 a year, which is high for small teams
- Narrower for academic research methods
- Smaller integration and template library than Qualtrics
- Applicable law not found in the terms we read
Standout against Qualtrics. It is the European platform most directly built for the same experience-programme buyer as Qualtrics.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Finland). Qualtrics is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Finland: redundant ISO 27001-certified server environment (provider not named); no processing outside the EU/EEA.
- Source code. Closed source, as Qualtrics is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001 (server environment), Cyber Essentials, Katakri TL III compliance, WCAG 2.1 AA.
Best for: Public sector and large organisations that want customer and employee surveys with reporting
Webropol Oy is in Helsinki (VAT FI-17739602, Huovitie 3). Its survey page states ISO 27001 certified servers in the EU/EEA and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility, and describes real-time reporting dashboards and expansion toward customer and employee experience measurement.
It publishes no prices and works through demos, in the same way as Qualtrics. We could not establish its ownership from its own pages.
It suits organisations that value accessibility and local expert support. It has less depth in advanced research methodology than the research platforms.
What Webropol does better than Qualtrics
- Finnish company with EU/EEA servers by its own account
- Stated WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility
- Survey, reporting and experience measurement in one product
- Local expert support and training
Where Webropol is a step down from Qualtrics
- No published prices
- Ownership not established from its own pages
- Less research methodology than LimeSurvey or Survalyzer
- Smaller global footprint than Qualtrics
Standout against Qualtrics. It pairs accessibility and a Finnish base with customer and employee surveys.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Denmark). Qualtrics is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Denmark/EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Qualtrics is.
- Independently checked. GDPR.
Best for: Nordic organisations and consultants that want a per-user price and Danish law
Enalyzer was founded in Copenhagen in 2000. Its terms apply Danish law with the City Court of Copenhagen as venue, and its security page says data is hosted on Microsoft Azure in the Netherlands and Ireland. The terms do not name the legal entity or its CVR number, so confirm the contracting party on your order.
It lists Professional at €1,545 per user per year excluding VAT, with free technical support, contract and DPA services, and a 14-day satisfaction guarantee. Our existing tool page mentions a free tier, but the current pricing page does not show one.
It also offers consultancy services for running whole surveys.
What Enalyzer does better than Qualtrics
- Published per-user price
- Danish law and court in Copenhagen
- DPA and contract services included in the plan
- Consultancy for managing projects
Where Enalyzer is a step down from Qualtrics
- Per-user pricing grows with team size
- Legal entity not named in the terms we read
- Hosted on Microsoft Azure, a US provider, although in European regions
- Fewer experience dashboards than Netigate or Qualtrics
Standout against Qualtrics. It is the one that bundles contract and DPA support and survey consulting into the price.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Qualtrics is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Germany (Frankfurt), on Amazon Web Services (AWS); or your own server when self-hosted.
- Source code. Open source, where Qualtrics is not: you can read what it does rather than take the description on trust.
Best for: Product and engineering teams collecting in-app and website feedback, with the option to self-host
Formbricks GmbH is in Kiel (Kuhnkestr. 6). It calls itself open source experience management, and its GitHub repository carries a licence file. Its pricing page shows hosting in Frankfurt, a Pro plan at $74 a month with 2,000 responses and unlimited seats, and a free plan.
It is built for link, website and in-app surveys. It is not a research instrument with quotas and panel management, and its prices are in dollars.
It fits teams that would otherwise buy Qualtrics for product feedback.
What Formbricks does better than Qualtrics
- Open source, with Frankfurt hosting or self-hosting
- Free plan and published prices
- Unlimited seats on Pro
- In-app and website surveys for product teams
Where Formbricks is a step down from Qualtrics
- No quota or panel management for research
- Prices in dollars
- Limited responses per month on the plans
- Smaller analytics suite than Qualtrics
Standout against Qualtrics. It is the one built for product teams and developers rather than for research departments.
SoSci Survey
free for non-commercial research
Best for: Academic researchers and students running studies with strict methodology and a small budget
SoSci Survey GmbH is in Munich (Erchanbertstrasse 6, Amtsgericht München, HRB 209201). It grew out of a 2003 project at LMU Munich and has been available to online researchers since 2006.
It is free to test, and free for scientific studies not done for or with a company, up to 5,000 participants. Paid licences are priced by participants and period, for example 49 EUR plus VAT for one month and 500 participants, and 399 EUR plus VAT for 12 months and 6,000 participants. An on-premises licence is sold.
Only its Pro server s2survey.net may process personal data. We did not find the server location.
What SoSci Survey does better than Qualtrics
- Free for non-commercial research up to 5,000 participants
- Licence prices by participants and period, published
- On-premises option
- PHP and HTML control over complex designs
Where SoSci Survey is a step down from Qualtrics
- Pages mostly in German
- Personal data only on the Pro server
- No customer or employee experience programmes
- Hosting location not found
Standout against Qualtrics. It was built by researchers for research, and the free tier is the most generous for academic work.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Netherlands). Qualtrics is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Qualtrics is.
- Independently checked. GDPR.
Best for: Digital, e-commerce and product teams improving specific journeys
Mopinion B.V. is in Rotterdam (Mariniersweg 151-01), with the general terms deposited at the Chamber of Commerce under number 24459623. Dutch law applies, with the court in Rotterdam. Netigate lists Mopinion BV among its group companies.
Its pricing page lists Standard from €279 a month and Enterprise from €999 a month, with a 14-day trial and no credit card. Its legal pages list ISO 27001 certification details.
It collects feedback inside websites and apps, rather than running research studies.
What Mopinion does better than Qualtrics
- Published prices and a trial
- Dutch law and a court you can name
- Behaviour-triggered feedback in sites and apps
- Group backing from Netigate
Where Mopinion is a step down from Qualtrics
- Not a research survey tool
- Starts at €279 a month
- Narrower than Qualtrics on employee experience
- Unclear whether the prices show monthly or annual billing
Standout against Qualtrics. It focuses on digital feedback triggered by what a visitor does.
Surveyxact
a Danish consultancy-built survey platform
Best for: Public bodies and NGOs in the Nordics that want a survey platform from a consultancy
Surveyxact is developed by Ramboll Management Consulting in Denmark (CVR 60997918), launched in 2002. Its about page says data never leaves Europe, and its compliance page covers GDPR, WCAG and ISO certification. Addresses differ between its pages (Aarhus and Copenhagen).
It publishes no prices, and the Ramboll ownership structure was not verified.
It is a good fit where the buyer already trusts Ramboll for research projects.
What Surveyxact does better than Qualtrics
- Data stays in Europe by its own account
- GDPR and WCAG compliance information
- Built by a research consultancy
- Danish and Norwegian language support
Where Surveyxact is a step down from Qualtrics
- No published prices
- Smaller vendor presence outside the Nordics
- Addresses differ between pages
- Fewer experience features than Qualtrics
Standout against Qualtrics. It comes from a management consultancy that does survey research itself.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Qualtrics is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Germany, on LamaPoll's own servers (data centre operator not named).
- Source code. Closed source, as Qualtrics is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, TISAX.
Best for: German-speaking businesses and public bodies that want German servers
LamaPoll is a product of Lamano GmbH & Co. KG in Berlin (HRA 53976 B, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg). It lists Basic at €49 a month or €490 a year with 500 participants per survey, and Gold at €99 a month or €990 a year, with a 14-day test.
Earlier checks of its pages found that servers are in Germany and that it states ISO 27001 certification, which is its own claim.
It is a business survey tool, not a research platform.
What LamaPoll does better than Qualtrics
- Published plans with API access
- German company and servers
- 14-day test of the full feature set
- Annual discount of 17 percent
Where LamaPoll is a step down from Qualtrics
- Participant limits per survey
- Not for complex research designs
- Mostly German-language material
- No experience programme features
Standout against Qualtrics. It is the plain German option with clear prices.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Qualtrics is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Germany, in the Cronon GmbH data centre (ISO 27001).
- Source code. Closed source, as Qualtrics is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001 (data centre).
Best for: Small teams that want to start free and export to SPSS
easyfeedback GmbH is in Koblenz (Amtsgericht Koblenz HRB 26067). It offers a free tariff, Starter at €39 a month or €390 a year with 500 participants per survey, and Business at €790 a year with two licences and 5,000 participants.
Starter adds branching logic and exports to XLS, PDF and SPSS. Earlier checks found German servers in a Cronon data centre.
It is simple, and the weakest of the eleven on enterprise features.
What easyfeedback does better than Qualtrics
- Free tariff and low entry price
- SPSS export on Starter
- German company and servers
- Single-survey licences
Where easyfeedback is a step down from Qualtrics
- Participant limits
- No experience programmes or advanced research tools
- German-first material
- Far smaller than Qualtrics in features
Standout against Qualtrics. It lets a small team start for free and still export to statistics software.
What actually breaks when you switch
The hard part of leaving Qualtrics is rebuilding. Surveys and data export, but scripting, workflows, dashboards and any panel or integration setup do not move. Take a full export of questionnaires and responses before the contract ends, and keep read access until the new platform has produced one live study.
Many of these price by users or response volume, in the way Qualtrics does by interactions. LimeSurvey and Formbricks cap responses on cloud plans, Enalyzer prices per user, and SoSci Survey by participants and period. Estimate your real volume before you compare.
Check hosting and ownership in writing. We could not find a hosting location for SoSci Survey or Survalyzer, and Webropol and Surveyxact ownership was not verified. Enalyzer hosts on Azure in Europe, and certifications on every page here are the vendors' own statements.
Is there a European tool that does everything Qualtrics does?
No single one. Netigate and Webropol come closest on customer and employee experience programmes, and LimeSurvey, Survalyzer and SoSci Survey on research methodology. Qualtrics bundles all of this with a very large template library and AI analysis, and no European tool matches that breadth.
The honest question is which of its modules you actually use. Most teams use a small part, and a European tool matched to that part usually covers it.
Which of these can I try without talking to sales?
LimeSurvey has a free sign-up, Formbricks has a free plan, SoSci Survey is free to test and free for non-commercial research up to 5,000 participants, easyfeedback has a free tariff, and LamaPoll and Mopinion offer 14-day trials. Survalyzer shows "Try out for free" on its Professional plan. Enalyzer offers a 14-day satisfaction guarantee.
Netigate, Webropol and Surveyxact work through demos and quotes, in the same way as Qualtrics.
Which can I run on my own server?
LimeSurvey, Formbricks and SoSci Survey. LimeSurvey and Formbricks are open source, and SoSci Survey sells an on-premises licence. That is the strongest answer to a data sovereignty requirement, because the responses stay on infrastructure you control. It also means your team runs updates and security.
The others are cloud services only, with hosting in Europe by their own account.
Does the contract matter for a research project?
It does when the project involves personal data from European participants, special-category data or a public funder. With Qualtrics, the party is Qualtrics, LLC and the data protection route runs through transfer mechanisms. With the tools here, the contracting party is a company in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark or the Netherlands.
A university data protection officer will usually ask about hosting region and subprocessors as well as the contract. Ask each vendor for its subprocessor list.
Which one to pick
If you run research and want control, start with LimeSurvey: open source, self-hostable, with prices on the page. For market research with a published price list, look at Survalyzer, and for a free route in academic work, SoSci Survey.
If you run customer and employee experience programmes, Netigate and Webropol are the closest in shape. Netigate publishes an entry price of €7,000 a year. Mopinion fits website and app feedback, and Formbricks product teams that may want to self-host.
Enalyzer, Surveyxact, LamaPoll and easyfeedback each fit a narrower case: per-user pricing with Danish law, a Nordic consultancy, or German-hosted surveys.
Be realistic about the gap. Qualtrics is far broader than any of the eleven, with a huge template library and AI analysis, and none imports its workflows. Switch if you need a European contracting party and a simpler contract, and keep Qualtrics if you use its experience modules at scale.
Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on the job. For research, LimeSurvey is the best all-round answer on this page because it is open source, can be self-hosted and publishes its prices. For customer and employee experience programmes, look at Netigate and Webropol. For academic work with a small budget, SoSci Survey is free for non-commercial research.
No. The contracting party named in its General Terms is Qualtrics, LLC, and its privacy policy gives an address in Provo, Utah. It has an EU representative, Qualtrics Ireland Limited in Dublin. Press coverage reports that Silver Lake and CPP Investment Board took the company private in 2023.
It does not publish prices. Its pricing page asks you to request pricing and says costs depend on usage metrics such as interactions or employees. There is a free account with 500 responses per survey, three active surveys and 30 questions per survey, without quota management or advanced analytics.
LimeSurvey lists Basic at €34 a month on monthly billing, Expert at €29 a month (€348 billed annually) and Business at €75 a month (€900 annually), and the software can be self-hosted. Survalyzer lists Professional at €420 a month with two users, Expert at €920 and Enterprise on request.
Netigate lists enterprise plans from €7,000 a year, billed annually. Enalyzer lists Professional at €1,545 per user per year excluding VAT, with a 14-day satisfaction guarantee. Mopinion lists Standard from €279 a month and Enterprise from €999 a month, with a 14-day trial, although the page does not make clear whether those figures are monthly or annual billing.
SoSci Survey is free for scientific studies not carried out for or with a company, up to 5,000 participants. LimeSurvey is open source and free to self-host. Formbricks has a free plan and an open-source core. Check each licence for commercial or funded work.
Netigate and Webropol run employee experience programmes, and Netigate describes anonymity thresholds in its feedback programmes. LimeSurvey and SoSci Survey support anonymous responses for research. Works councils in Germany, the Netherlands and the Nordics often want to see how small-group results are protected, so ask for the exact threshold and its documentation.
LimeSurvey offers Germany or Finland, Formbricks hosts in Frankfurt, Enalyzer uses Microsoft Azure in the Netherlands and Ireland, and Netigate and Webropol state EU or EU/EEA servers. LamaPoll and easyfeedback state German servers, and Surveyxact says data never leaves Europe. We could not find a hosting location for SoSci Survey or Survalyzer, so ask them.
Yes. Netigate lists Mopinion BV among its group companies, with its Dutch registration number. Both have European contracting entities, and Mopinion remains a separate product for website and app feedback under Dutch law with the court in Rotterdam.
Not verified. Surveyxact is published by Ramboll Management Consulting, a consultancy group. We could not establish the ownership of Webropol from its own pages. Both contract through European entities, so ask about ownership if it matters to your procurement.
Not as a clean import. You can export questionnaires and data from Qualtrics, but logic, scripting, workflows and dashboards must be rebuilt. For large studies, rebuild one questionnaire first and compare the output before you move the rest.
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