LimeSurvey
Mature open-source survey tool with advanced question types and quotas
Overview
LimeSurvey is a long-established, feature-rich open-source survey application supporting dozens of question types, complex branching, quotas, multilingual surveys, and extensive export options. It is widely used in academia and enterprise for serious survey research. It self-hosts on a standard PHP/MySQL stack.
Where it falls short of SurveyMonkey
- Dated UI/admin experience compared to modern SaaS form builders
- Steeper learning curve due to the sheer breadth of options
- Manual installation requires configuring PHP, a database, and a web server
- Form aesthetics are less polished than Typeform out of the box
We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.
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