Blaise vs Survey Solutions
Blaise
blaise.com
Survey Solutions
mysurvey.solutionsSide by side
| Figure | Blaise | Survey Solutions |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 2 |
| Spec score · Survey Software | 7.4 (#105) | 8.7 (#12) |
| Response analytics | Yes | Yes |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Blaise APIs can connect the survey system with an organization’s existing IT infrastructure and other systems. | The platform provides REST APIs for custom dashboards, reports, external database connections, and automated quality controls; its R package covers almost all available API calls. |
| Intended users | The maker describes Blaise as designed for government and scientific surveys and identifies Statistics Netherlands as its producer. | The maker lists National Statistical Offices, NGOs, universities, think tanks, and private survey firms among its clients and partners. |
| Logic branching | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | Blaise is a software platform for survey data collection and processing, designed for government and scientific surveys. | Survey Solutions is free survey data collection software developed in the World Bank’s Data group. |
| Support | The maker lists training, consultations, email support, documentation, videos, and a user forum among its support resources. | The maker offers searchable documentation, instructional videos, a user forum, and release notes; its support guidance directs how-to questions to the public forum. |
| Survey modes | Blaise supports single-mode and mixed-mode survey designs, including self-administered and interviewer-administered modes. | The software supports offline tablet CAPI, browser-based CAWI, phone interviews through CATI, and mixed-mode surveys. |
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In their own words
Survey Solutions
Survey Solutions is free survey data collection software developed in the World Bank’s Data group. Its Questionnaire Designer supports multilingual forms, collaboration, online and tablet testing, compiler guidance, and formatted PDF output. Survey questions can include nested rosters, answer piping, linked or cascading questions, barcodes, pictures, audio, and external sensor data. Macros, calculated variables, lookup tables, validation, and paradata monitoring provide ways to control interview flow and check data quality. Survey modes include offline tablet interviews, browser-based surveys, phone interviews, and mixed-mode studies. GIS tools support collecting location, distance, and area data, geofencing, and offline interviewer guidance using satellite images and GPS. REST APIs support custom dashboards, reports, external database connections, and automated quality controls; its R package covers almost all API calls. Server components can be deployed on premises or in the cloud using documented Docker, AWS, Azure, and Windows Server options. The free server and tablet components are available as downloads, with no use restrictions for public or private companies. Users provide their own tablets and server hosting. Self-hosted administrators handle backups, updates, and ongoing maintenance. The software is listed for Android, API, Linux, self-hosted, web, and Windows.