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
Formbricks
Top pickOpen sourceSelf-hosted surveys built for privacy-first teams.
Free and open source to self-host. Paid cloud and enterprise tiers. · in our Typeform comparison →
What is Formbricks? →90sovereignty - 2
LimeSurvey
Open sourceTwenty years of serious survey methodology, GPL, self-hosted.
Free and open source to self-host. Paid cloud hosting available. · in our Typeform comparison →
What is LimeSurvey? →93sovereignty - 3
Typebot
Open sourceThe conversational format, open source, with real branching.
Free and open source to self-host. Paid cloud plans available. · in our Typeform comparison →
What is Typebot? →91sovereignty - 4
Tally
CommercialFree 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 →
What is Tally? →40sovereignty - 5
Google Forms
CommercialFree, adequate, and the honest answer more often than people admit.
Free with any Google account. Included with Workspace. · in our Typeform comparison →
What is Google Forms? →22sovereignty
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