Jackpoll vs Qualtrics

Jackpoll is an open-source survey and quiz builder for collecting responses, running live polls, and hosting presenter-led quiz games. Its 15 question types include short answers, multiple choice, checkboxes, grids, file uploads, sliders, rankings, signatures, and word clouds. Forms can span multiple pages and use drag-and-drop editing and conditional logic; collaborators can edit together with editor and viewer roles. Quiz sessions can be auto-graded, while live games let participants join by PIN or QR, use phones as buzzers, earn speed bonuses, and follow a leaderboard and podium. Responses appear in real time and can be exported to CSV, Excel, or per-response PDF. Webhooks can POST each response to an endpoint, and email notifications can arrive immediately or as a daily digest. Privacy features include consent notices, retention controls, export, and erasure. The maker describes the product as GDPR-compliant and EU-hosted. Respondents do not need accounts, but survey management requires an account or self-hosting. Hosted and self-hosted options are free; the frontend, API, and deployment stacks use the MIT licence.

Qualtrics provides survey tools and an experience-management platform called XM Data & AI, which combines experience data with human context to support decisions and outcomes. Its free Qualtrics Surveys account is for one user and allows three active surveys, 30 questions per survey and 500 total responses. It includes skip, display and branch logic. The Strategic Research plan costs $420.00 per month, billed as $5,040 annually, for 1,000 responses shared across users; it also supports unlimited users and surveys, and includes 23 question types. A 30-day Strategic Research trial provides access to most premium features, with some restrictions; without an upgrade, it downgrades to the free account. Paid plans include more than 20 guided research solutions and advanced analysis such as crosstabs, statistical tools and generative-AI video summaries. Surveys support more than 70 languages, while dashboards support 24. Data exports include CSV, TSV, Excel and SPSS, among other formats. Qualtrics offers API access. Its Strategic Research Custom plan is for enterprise organizations needing higher response volumes, with pricing based on interactions and 5,000 or more responses.