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LimeSurvey alternatives
3 tools to consider instead of LimeSurvey, shown against it.
| LimeSurvey | Prolific | formr | Cint | |||||||||||
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| Vendor | LimeSurvey GmbH | Prolific | Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute of Psychology, University of Göttingen | Cint Group AB | ||||||||||
| Pricing model | Free tier + paid plans | Usage-based | Open source + paid options | Quote only | ||||||||||
| Free tier | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||||||||
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted | Cloud | Cloud, Self-hosted | Cloud | ||||||||||
| Open source | Yes (GPL-2.0) | No | Yes | No | ||||||||||
| Best for | Researchers and institutions wanting either full data control via self-hosting or a low-cost managed survey tool. | Academic and behavioral researchers needing vetted, research-literate participants without a subscription. | Academic researchers running longitudinal or diary studies that need feedback generated from prior responses. | Research agencies and platforms needing programmatic access to aggregated global sample supply. | ||||||||||
| Pricing | Community Edition is free to self-host; LimeSurvey Cloud is a paid monthly or annual subscription with tiered response and storage limits.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | No subscription; researchers set the participant reward and pay a platform fee on top, discounted for academic users.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | Free and open source, maintained by a university psychology department; free instance available at formr.org. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Programmatic sample is priced per completed response, negotiated per account; Cint does not publish a price list. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | ||||||||||
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