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Best Self-Hosted SurveyMonkey Alternatives in 2026

SurveyMonkey is a survey platform for creating online surveys, polls, and questionnaires with analytics and reporting.

7 Self-Hosted Alternatives to SurveyMonkey

Formbricks

12K

Formbricks offers privacy-first, customizable surveys, multi-channel feedback as a self-hosted surveys & polls.

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HeyForm

8.6K

Open-source form builder for creating engaging conversational forms and surveys without coding

forms AGPL-3.0 Easy to deploy

LimeSurvey

3.5K

LimeSurvey gives you powerful tool for creating customizable online surveys, polls, and questionnaires on your own infrastructure.

forms surveys

OpnForm

3.2K

For surveys & polls, OpnForm is a self-hosted solution that provides beautiful form builder.

forms surveys

docassemble

928

Docassemble is a JavaScript-based application that provides , expert system for guided interviews and document assembly, based on Python, YAML, and Markdown.

forms surveys MIT

Forms.md

741

Self-hosted surveys & polls tool that builds multi-step forms and surveys with minimal code.

forms surveys Apache-2.0

Nextcloud Forms

366

Nextcloud Forms gives you simple form and survey app for Nextcloud on your own infrastructure.

forms surveys AGPL-3.0

Why Look for SurveyMonkey Alternatives?

SurveyMonkey is a survey platform for creating online surveys, polls, and questionnaires with analytics and reporting.

Self-hosted alternatives give you full data ownership, predictable costs, and zero vendor lock-in. You run the software on your own infrastructure and control everything.

7 Best Open-Source Alternatives to SurveyMonkey

Formbricks

Formbricks is an open source, privacy-first experience management suite for gathering customer feedback. — 11,978 GitHub stars. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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HeyForm

Open source form builder for conversational surveys, quizzes, and polls — 8,636 GitHub stars. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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LimeSurvey

Survey software with advanced features — 3,548 GitHub stars. Licensed under GPL-2.0.

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OpnForm

Beautiful open source form builder — 3,212 GitHub stars. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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docassemble

System for guided interviews and document assembly — 928 GitHub stars. Licensed under MIT.

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Forms.md

Build multi-step forms and surveys with minimal code — 736 GitHub stars. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

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Nextcloud Forms

Simple form and survey app for Nextcloud — 365 GitHub stars. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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Why Self-Host Instead of SurveyMonkey?

  • Data ownership. Your data stays on your server, not on SurveyMonkey’s infrastructure.
  • Predictable costs. Pay a fixed VPS cost instead of growing per-user or per-usage fees.
  • No vendor lock-in. Export and migrate your data anytime. You control the database.
  • GDPR and compliance. Hosting your own tools simplifies data residency and compliance requirements.

Why teams switch from SurveyMonkey

  • → Data ownership. Your data stays on your server -- not on SurveyMonkey's infrastructure.
  • → Predictable costs. Pay a fixed VPS cost instead of growing per-user or per-usage fees.
  • → No vendor lock-in. Export and migrate your data anytime. You control the database.
  • → GDPR and compliance. Hosting your own tools simplifies data residency and compliance requirements.

Head-to-Head Comparisons

Typeform vs HeyForm

HeyForm wins for teams that need unlimited responses without Typeform's per-response pricing. Typeform is better for teams needing deep integrations and the most polished conversational form experience.

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