Comparison of survey software

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Software tools for surveys are varied, ranging from desktop applications to complex web systems for monitoring consumer behaviour. The tables includes general and technical information for notable Computer-assisted survey information collection (CASIC) software.

ProductDeveloperHeadquartersFirst public releaseDelivery methodLicenseAs of
Cvent Web Surveys [1] Cvent, Inc. [2] McLean, Virginia, USA 2006[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of July 18,2013
Formsite Vroman Systems, Inc. [3] Downers Grove, Illinois, USA 1998[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of December 12,2011
Formstack [4] Formstack, LLC Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 2006[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of December 12,2011
Google Forms Google, Inc. Mountain View, California, USA 2008[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of December 12,2011
Jotform Jotform, Inc. [5] San Francisco, California, USA 2006[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of July 1,2020
LimeSurvey The LimeSurvey project team Hamburg, Germany 2003[ citation needed ] On-premises GNU GPL As of October 21,2016
Microsoft Forms Microsoft Redmond, Washington 2016[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of October 19,2016
ODK [6] Get ODK Inc. San Diego, California, USA 2008[ citation needed ] SaaS, On-premises Apache As of July 1,2022
Qualtrics Qualtrics Labs, Inc. Provo, Utah, USA 2005[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of September 1,2011
Satmetrix Satmetrix Systems, Inc San Mateo, California, USA SaaS Proprietary As of March 23,2019
Sogosurvey [7] Sogosurvey Herndon, Virginia, USA 2013[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of September 1,2016
SurveyMonkey SurveyMonkey Inc. San Mateo, California, USA 1999[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of December 12,2011
Survio [8] Survio [8] Brno, Czech Republic 2012[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of November 3,2016
Typeform [9] Robert Muñoz, David Okuniev [9] [ failed verification ] Barcelona, Spain 2012[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of April 27,2020
Zoho Survey

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Zoho Corporation [11] Pleasanton, California, USA 2013[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of February 4,2015

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References

  1. "Cvent Web Survey Overview" . Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. "Cvent home page". Cvent web site. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  3. "Vroman Systems, Inc. home page". Vroman Systems, Inc. web site. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  4. "FormStack home page". FormStack web site. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  5. "Free Online Survey Maker". Jotform web site. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. "ODK - Collect data anywhere". ODK web site. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  7. "SoGoSurvey home page". SoGoSurvey web site. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Survio home page" . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Typeform home page" . Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  10. "Zoho Survey home Page" . Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  11. "Zoho home page" . Retrieved 4 February 2015.