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
Formstack [3] 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. [4] 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 [5] 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 [6] 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 [7] Survio [7] Brno, Czech Republic 2012[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of November 3,2016
Typeform [8] Robert Muñoz, David Okuniev [8] [ failed verification ] Barcelona, Spain 2012[ citation needed ] SaaS Proprietary As of April 27,2020
Zoho Survey

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Zoho Corporation [10] 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. "FormStack home page". FormStack web site. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  4. "Free Online Survey Maker". Jotform web site. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. "ODK - Collect data anywhere". ODK web site. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  6. "SoGoSurvey home page". SoGoSurvey web site. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Survio home page" . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Typeform home page" . Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  9. "Zoho Survey home Page" . Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  10. "Zoho home page" . Retrieved 4 February 2015.