Forms & Surveys · Germany (DE)
LimeSurvey
Open-source survey platform
The switch
SurveyMonkey→LimeSurvey
About
Powerful open-source survey software, self-hostable or EU cloud.
Why we recommend it
- Open source
- Self-hostable
- EU cloud
EU vs USA
LimeSurvey vs SurveyMonkey
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 LimeSurvey
🇺🇸 SurveyMonkey
Headquarters
Hamburg, Germany
United States
Jurisdiction
Germany (GDPR)
United States (US CLOUD Act)
Data location
Germany
United States
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
Yes
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
Yes
No
Ownership
LimeSurvey GmbH
US Corporation
Founded
2003
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Compare head-to-head
LimeSurvey vs the US incumbents
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