LimeSurvey

LimeSurvey is a leading open-source online survey tool that allows users to create, publish, and collect data from sophisticated questionnaires. Unlike standard form builders, it is a self-hosted or cloud-based solution designed specifically for professional research, offering complete control over data and design.

While tools like SurveyMonkey, Google Forms, and Microsoft Forms focus on quick, simple polls, LimeSurvey stands out as a “classical”, scientific research engine.

• Ownership & Privacy
  Unlike Google or Microsoft Forms where data lives on big-tech servers, LimeSurvey allows for self-hosting. This grants you total data sovereignty—critical for GDPR compliance and sensitive scientific research.
  
  
• Unlimited Freedom
  Where SurveyMonkey often paywalls advanced features or response limits, LimeSurvey’s open-source model allows for unlimited surveys, questions, and responses without a subscription.
  
  
• Scientific Depth
  It supports complex statistical workflows (exporting directly to SPSS, R, or Stata) and advanced question logic that simple form builders cannot handle.
  
  

• 28+ Question Types
  There are over 28 question types, ranging from simple text inputs to complex arrays and semantic differentials. These include file-upload questions with comment fields, as well as location-based questions enabled by mouse selection or finger press on an interactive geographic map.
  
  
• Advanced Logic
  Made possible by sophisticated branching, skip logic, and piping capabilities.
  
  
• Strict Anonymity when needed
  Features to disconnect participant tokens from responses, ensuring true anonymity for sensitive feedback.
  
  
• Customization & branding
  Custom fonts and colors can be applied to match brand identity incl. brand logo. Custom urls and personalized icons allow for unique designs.
  
  
• Multilingual Support
  Built-in translation tools for creating a single survey in 80+ languages. Even one and the same survey can be presented in different languages.
  
  

LimeSurvey is the tool of choice for enterprises, universities, and students who need more than just a quick poll. It balances feature richness with ease of use, providing a professional-grade platform that prioritizes anonymity and scientific rigor.

In the Netherlands, we are one of only few professional LimeSurvey builders. If you would like to know more about the services that we supply, please submit our contact form and we will respond within 24 hours.

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For our projects, we use the open-source LimeSurvey Community Edition, installed on a Linux server. Below a complete list of the features available in this version is presented.

Compared with the most advanced Corporate edition offered by LimeSurvey GmbH, the core software features are identical. The Corporate plan, however, includes additional enterprise-grade infrastructure, enhanced support options, large-scale deployment capabilities, identity and access integrations, and defined operational service guarantees.

For most organizations and teams, the Community Edition, preferably deployed on a robust Linux server, fully meets functional and operational requirements.

• Unlimited responses
• Upload storage
• White-labelling
• Use of own domain
• Individual subdomain
• No advertisement
• Community support

• Unlimited number of surveys
• Unlimited number of users

• Matrix
• Matrix (5 point selection)
• Matrix (10 point selection)
• Matrix (yes / no / uncertain)
• Matrix (Increase/ equal / decrease)
• Matrix (by column)
• Matrix (Dual)
• Matrix (Numbers)
• Matrix (Text)
• Date
• Gender
• Numerical input
• Multiple numerical input
• Slider control
• Ranking
• Text module
• Yes / No
• Language change
• Multiple selection
• Multiple selection with commentary
• List selection box
• Option fields list
• List of option fields (5 point selection)
• List with comment field
• Multiple short texts
• Free text (short/medium/long)
• Data-Upload
• Equation

• 80+ Languages for administration and surveys
• Multilingual surveys
• Quick translation
• Google Translate support

• Setting of quotas
• Predefined end URLs
• Transfer of external parameters
• Preset questions with URL parameters

• HTML WYSIWYG Editor
• Edit HTML directly
• Own JavaScript
• Pictures and Videos (HTML5)
• Reusable questionnaire labels
• Import / export of questions and surveys
• Randomization of questions and groups of questions

• Skip Logic / Branching
• Piping and Micro-Tailoring
• Valuation rules and values

• Open and closed surveys
• Mass mailing of invitations and reminders
• Unlimited customization of email templates
• No external links allowed
• Use your own mail server
• Use our mail server
• Automatic bounce handling
• Printable surveys
• Start and end time for a survey

• Anonymous surveys
• GDPR compliance

• Support for Google Analytics

• Public registration or invitation by mail
• Save and later continuation of the survey by participants
• Prevent multiple participation
• Captcha Anti-Spam

• Variety of survey designs
• Responsive survey designs for mobile devices
• Own survey design (HTML, CSS, JS)

• Timekeeping for surveys
• Data entry in the backend
• Quick statistics with graphical evaluation and export
• Data export to SPSS, R, Stata, CSV, Excel & PDF
• Export to archive
• Public statistics

• Screenreader compatibility
• W3C Compliance

• RemoteControl API via XML-RPC / JSON-RPC

• Question themes
• Plugins & Modules