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The best Forms & surveys

Every option ranked — open-source, self-hostable, and commercial — by our transparent Sovereignty Score, with honest trade-offs so you choose what fits you, not us.

Collecting answers from people. Priced per response, so a successful survey costs more than a failed one.

L5Applications — layer 5 of the AI stack
  1. 1

    Formbricks

    Top pickOpen source

    Self-hosted surveys built for privacy-first teams.

    Free and open source to self-host. Paid cloud and enterprise tiers. · in our Typeform comparison →

    90
    sovereignty
    What is Formbricks? →
  2. 2

    LimeSurvey

    Open source

    Twenty years of serious survey methodology, GPL, self-hosted.

    Free and open source to self-host. Paid cloud hosting available. · in our Typeform comparison →

    93
    sovereignty
    What is LimeSurvey? →
  3. 3

    Typebot

    Open source

    The conversational format, open source, with real branching.

    Free and open source to self-host. Paid cloud plans available. · in our Typeform comparison →

    91
    sovereignty
    What is Typebot? →
  4. 4

    Tally

    Commercial

    Free for unlimited responses — and that is the whole pitch.

    Free with unlimited forms and responses. Tally Pro around $29/month for branding removal and advanced features. · in our Typeform comparison →

    40
    sovereignty
    What is Tally? →
  5. 5

    Google Forms

    Commercial

    Free, adequate, and the honest answer more often than people admit.

    Free with any Google account. Included with Workspace. · in our Typeform comparison →

    22
    sovereignty
    What is Google Forms? →

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