Formbricks vs LimeSurvey

Formbricks is an open-source experience management platform for collecting feedback on websites, apps, and other channels. It supports website, email, and in-app surveys, including link-based and in-product surveys, conditional logic, hidden fields, partial responses, file uploads, and single-use links. Pro adds respondent identification, contact and segment management, attribute-based segmentation, email follow-ups, webhooks, integrations, mobile SDKs, and AI translations. Listed integrations include Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, Slack, n8n, Zapier, and ActivePieces. Teams can use the cloud plans or self-host with one-click setup, Docker, or Kubernetes. The documented v6 self-host baseline runs eight long-running services; the single-server evaluation setup lists 2 vCPU, 4 GB memory, and 20 GB SSD. Formbricks says it encrypts data in transit and at rest and lists GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001. Hobby cloud has one workspace and 250 responses monthly; Pro has three workspaces and 2,000 responses monthly. The pricing note lists a free plan, paid from $74/mo (annual), and a 14-day trial.

LimeSurvey is a survey creation service available online or as a self-hosted open-source option. It offers more than 30 customizable question types, branching logic, and media support, with surveys shareable through links, QR codes, social media, email, posters, and flyers. Free access includes more than 800 templates. The free plan provides 25 responses per month and one admin user; Basic costs $39 a month and includes unlimited surveys and questions, 1,000 responses per month, and 250 MB of upload storage. Expert costs $432 a year and includes 10,000 responses yearly, three admin users, and 1 GB of storage. LimeSurvey supports more than 80 languages and multilingual surveys, response analytics, API access, and exports to SPSS, R, Stata, CSV, Excel, and PDF. Hosting regions include EU and US options, and the product is available as self-hosted software. The service states GDPR compliance and WCAG 2.2 Level AA alignment; ISO 27001 is in progress. Support ranges from community and email options to priority email and VIP support. LimeSurvey is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.