LimeSurvey is an open-source survey platform from LimeSurvey GmbH in Hamburg, Germany. The project started in 2003 as PHPSurveyor and is released under the GNU GPL. It runs on your own server...
Mentimeter is an interactive presentation tool from Mentimeter AB in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 2014. Audiences answer on their phones while the presenter shows live results. It is therefore less a replacement...
SoSci Survey is online survey software from SoSci Survey GmbH in Munich, Germany. It grew out of a project at the Institute for Communication Science and Media Research at LMU Munich in...
Survicate is a customer feedback platform from Survicate S.A. in Warsaw, Poland. Instead of general-purpose questionnaires it focuses on short surveys that appear at the right moment: on a website, inside a...
Tally is a form builder from Tally BV in Ghent, Belgium. The small team describes itself as independent, bootstrapped and funded by its customers, without venture capital. Tally offers unlimited forms and...
Typeform is a form and survey builder from Typeform S.L. in Barcelona, Spain, founded in 2012. Its trademark is the conversational format: respondents see one question per screen, which feels closer to...
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Submit SuggestionEuropean survey tools let teams, researchers and associations collect answers online without sending every response to a US platform. The providers below have their headquarters in Germany, Spain, Belgium, Poland or Sweden. They range from free form builders to self-hosted research software, so this page works as a shortlist for anyone looking for a SurveyMonkey alternative or a Google Forms alternative from Europe.
| Name | Country | Focus | Open source / self-hosting | Pricing model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LimeSurvey | Germany | Complex surveys, research, public sector | Open source (GPL), self-hosting possible | Community Edition free, hosted plans paid |
| Typeform | Spain | Conversational forms and surveys | No | Free plan, paid plans |
| Tally | Belgium | Simple forms and surveys | No | Free with unlimited forms and answers, Pro and Business paid |
| Survicate | Poland | Customer feedback, NPS, in-product surveys | No | Small free plan, paid plans by response volume |
| Mentimeter | Sweden | Live polls and quizzes in presentations | No | Free plan with monthly participant limit, paid plans |
| SoSci Survey | Germany | Scientific questionnaires and experiments | Not open source, licence for own server | Free for non-commercial research, paid for commercial use |
A registered office in Europe does not automatically mean that all data stays in Europe. Hosting location and subprocessors are listed in each provider's data processing agreement and should be checked before collecting personal data.
Tally is the quickest way to create an online survey for free. It has no limit on forms or answers.
LimeSurvey can be installed on your own server, and SoSci Survey sells a licence for an own survey server. Both offer branching logic, quotas or randomisation and are widely used in universities.
Typeform shows one question at a time and is a common choice for lead forms, quizzes and short customer surveys.
Survicate places short surveys inside websites and apps. Mentimeter collects answers from an audience during a presentation. Neither is meant for long standalone questionnaires.
Tally is the closest match: it is free, quick to set up and has no response limit. LimeSurvey is the better choice when logic, quotas or self-hosting matter.
Among the tools listed here, only LimeSurvey is open source. SoSci Survey can be installed on your own server but is proprietary software.
SoSci Survey and LimeSurvey. SoSci Survey is free for scientific projects without a commercial client, and LimeSurvey is free to self-host.
Yes. Tally has no response limit, and the LimeSurvey Community Edition can be self-hosted without fees.