--- url: "https://questionstar.com/alternatives/" title: "Survey tools compared | QUESTIONSTAR and alternatives" description: "Which survey tool fits your task? A guide for research, course evaluation, forms, feedback and market research, with 19 comparisons with sources." lastmod: "2026-10-21" type: "marketing" --- # Survey tools compared: QUESTIONSTAR and alternatives **Alternatives to QUESTIONSTAR? Honestly: none. ;)** Which tool fits depends on your task. Some are specialized for particular workflows, others are versatile; like people, they have their own character. Here we show when to take a closer look at which provider, and link to detailed comparisons. QUESTIONSTAR combines the creation of digital surveys with statistical analysis and editable reports, for companies and universities. [Choose by task](#by-task) · [Find my current tool](#quick-access) _This guide is published by QUESTIONSTAR, one of the providers compared. We compare on the basis of publicly available information and also point out where other tools fit better. [How we compare](#methodology)_ ## Quick access: which tool do you use today? [Alchemer](/alternatives/alchemer/) · [easyfeedback](/alternatives/easyfeedback/) · [evasys](/alternatives/evasys/) · [Google Forms](/alternatives/google-forms/) · [Jotform](/alternatives/jotform/) · [LamaPoll](/alternatives/lamapoll/) · [LimeSurvey](/alternatives/limesurvey/) · [Microsoft Forms](/alternatives/microsoft-forms/) · [Netigate](/alternatives/netigate/) · [Qualtrics](/alternatives/qualtrics/) · [Questback](/alternatives/questback/) · [QuestionPro](/alternatives/questionpro/) · [SoSci Survey](/alternatives/sosci-survey/) · [SurveyHero](/alternatives/surveyhero/) · [SurveyMonkey](/alternatives/surveymonkey/) · [Survio](/alternatives/survio/) · [Tivian](/alternatives/tivian/) · [Typeform](/alternatives/typeform/) · [Unipark](/alternatives/unipark/) ## Guide by task For each task we name the condition that usually tips the balance, plus a few tools worth looking at. The list is not exhaustive. ### Thesis and scientific studies **Entscheidend:** Do you need experiments, reaction times or custom programming, or mainly logic and analysis? - Methodological depth and custom programming; free for eligible non-commercial research projects, see the comparison for conditions and limits: [SoSci Survey](/alternatives/sosci-survey/) - Some universities run their own LimeSurvey instance (common in Germany): [LimeSurvey](/alternatives/limesurvey/) - If your university has a licence (mainly German-speaking universities): [Unipark](/alternatives/unipark/) - Free student account at SurveyHero (by enuvo GmbH): [SurveyHero](/alternatives/surveyhero/) QUESTIONSTAR fits if you want to build your questionnaire without programming, compare groups statistically and bring the data into SPSS with labels. [More on academic research](/use-cases/academic-research/) ### Evaluate courses **Entscheidend:** Are you evaluating individual courses digitally, or is there a central procedure for the whole university, including paper forms? - Central evaluation with paper forms, scanning and student information systems: [evasys](/alternatives/evasys/) QUESTIONSTAR fits if you want to evaluate your course digitally, let students take part in the lecture hall via QR code and show the results during the lecture itself. [Templates for course evaluation](/templates/#kat-forschung) ### Forms and registrations **Entscheidend:** Does the form require payments, document signatures or approvals? - Payments, signature workflows, approvals: [Jotform](/alternatives/jotform/) - Conversational forms with strong design: [Typeform](/alternatives/typeform/) - If your team already works in Google Workspace or Microsoft 365: [Google Forms](/alternatives/google-forms/), [Microsoft Forms](/alternatives/microsoft-forms/) - Attractively designed forms with many templates: AidaForm (see catalog) QUESTIONSTAR fits if you want to collect feedback or registrations and turn them directly into an analysis and a report; you capture signatures via a signature field, and we do not offer payments. [More on seminars and events](/use-cases/seminars-events/) ### Employee and customer feedback **Entscheidend:** A survey your team sets up itself, or an ongoing program with support, many channels and built-in AI analysis? - Ongoing experience program with text analytics and action plans: [Qualtrics](/alternatives/qualtrics/), [Tivian](/alternatives/tivian/) - Many channels and built-in AI text analysis: [Netigate](/alternatives/netigate/) - Personal support and follow-up questions to respondents: [Questback](/alternatives/questback/) - Many small surveys in parallel, providers hosting in Germany: [easyfeedback](/alternatives/easyfeedback/), [LamaPoll](/alternatives/lamapoll/) QUESTIONSTAR fits if your team wants to run an employee or customer survey itself, check differences between groups and pass the results on as a report. [More on HR surveys](/use-cases/hr-surveys/) · [More on customer feedback](/use-cases/customer-feedback/) ### Special market research methods **Entscheidend:** Do you need conjoint, MaxDiff, TURF or a provider panel? - [Alchemer](/alternatives/alchemer/), [QuestionPro](/alternatives/questionpro/), [Qualtrics](/alternatives/qualtrics/), [SurveyMonkey](/alternatives/surveymonkey/) (panel) QUESTIONSTAR does not offer these methods as dedicated features. ### Self-hosting and open source **Entscheidend:** Does the software have to run on your own server, be open source, or both? - Open source, own server: [LimeSurvey](/alternatives/limesurvey/) - Own server with a license: [SoSci Survey](/alternatives/sosci-survey/), [evasys](/alternatives/evasys/) QUESTIONSTAR runs on-premise in the CUSTOM plan; it is not open source. ### Across all tasks: provider certification If your procurement requires certificates of the provider itself: LamaPoll is certified to ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018 and holds a TISAX label (information-security label of the German automotive industry); easyfeedback offers TISAX; Netigate, Questback and Survio are certified as companies to ISO 27001. With QUESTIONSTAR, the data centers are certified to ISO 27001. ### Across all tasks: start free or inexpensively Many tools offer a free entry point, with very different limits: by responses, surveys, term or features. Check which limit matters for your task. Details are in the respective comparisons. ## Where QUESTIONSTAR fits and where it does not ### Fits if ... - your team wants to set up an employee or customer survey itself and pass the results on as a finished report in Word or PowerPoint. - you want to compare groups in a study or thesis and check whether differences are statistically significant, and you need the data labeled in SPSS. - instructors want to evaluate their course digitally and show the results directly in the lecture hall. - a survey is to run in many languages without translating each language version by hand. - several colleagues create and analyze surveys together. ### Conditions - Free: 1 active survey, 50 responses, all survey features. - Unlimited responses in paid plans; the number of simultaneously active surveys is limited per plan. - Unlimited users from PROFESSIONAL. - Public prices, monthly or yearly; Academic plans STUDENT €29/month, RESEARCHER €295/year, CHAIR €895/year, CAMPUS on request. - IONOS data centers in Germany (EU), ISO 27001 certified; AI analysis via MCP with your own assistant, no built-in AI text analysis. ### Consider other tools if ... - the form involves payment or a complete document signature process is needed. - paper forms have to be scanned. - conjoint, MaxDiff, TURF or reaction-time experiments are mandatory. - centrally consolidating tickets, reviews and chats is a mandatory requirement. - the software must be open source. **See sample exports:** [Example .sav](/assets/proof/questionstar-spss-export.sav) · [Export dialog](/assets/proof/questionstar-export-dialog.png) · [Example Office report (PPTX)](/assets/proof/questionstar-office-report-sample.pptx) [Start free](/order/?code=free) · [View pricing](/pricing/) ## All comparisons from A to Z Each tool with its character and the situations where it is strong. Every comparison shows when QUESTIONSTAR is the better fit and when it is not. ### Alchemer US platform for surveys and customer feedback **Stark, wenn** you need conjoint, MaxDiff or TURF; surveys are part of a larger feedback platform [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/alchemer/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### easyfeedback Survey tool from Koblenz, Germany **Stark, wenn** TISAX matters; you want to buy a single survey as a package [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/easyfeedback/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### evasys Widely used for central course evaluation at universities **Stark, wenn** paper sheets with scanning are part of it; course evaluation runs centrally with campus management [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/evasys/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### Google Forms Forms in Google Workspace **Stark, wenn** you want simple forms with no setup; Google Sheets is where you analyze [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/google-forms/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### Jotform Form and workflow builder **Stark, wenn** payment happens inside the form; documents are signed or approvals are triggered [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/jotform/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### LamaPoll Survey tool from Berlin, Germany **Stark, wenn** certifications are the deciding factor [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/lamapoll/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### LimeSurvey Open-source survey software **Stark, wenn** your IT wants to run the software itself; an open-source audit is mandatory [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/limesurvey/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### Microsoft Forms Forms in Microsoft 365 **Stark, wenn** it is already licensed and approved; quick polls and quizzes are enough [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/microsoft-forms/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### Netigate Enterprise platform for customer and employee feedback **Stark, wenn** feedback from many channels should come together; AI text analysis should be built in [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/netigate/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### Qualtrics Experience management platform for large organizations **Stark, wenn** you run an ongoing XM program; you need integrated panel offerings [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/qualtrics/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### Questback Feedback solutions for employees and customers from Oslo **Stark, wenn** you want personal support; follow-up questions to respondents are part of the process [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/questback/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### QuestionPro Broad research and experience platform **Stark, wenn** you need conjoint, MaxDiff and your own panel; multiple feedback areas should come from one source [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/questionpro/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### SoSci Survey Standard tool in German-speaking social science research **Stark, wenn** experiments, reaction times and custom programming matter; you research non-commercially and free of charge [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/sosci-survey/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### SurveyHero Survey tool by enuvo GmbH, Switzerland **Stark, wenn** you want a free plan with unlimited responses (30-day window); you want English templates and AWS EU hosting with GDPR and nFADP [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/surveyhero/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### SurveyMonkey Internationally known survey platform **Stark, wenn** the Audience panel is part of the methodology; you need many native integrations [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/surveymonkey/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### Survio Simple survey builder from Brno, Czech Republic **Stark, wenn** a low monthly price is the deciding factor; you want to run many small surveys for free [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/survio/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### Tivian Experience suite that grew out of the EFS business **Stark, wenn** text analytics and action plans run in production in Discover XI; you use the EFS panel or EFS community [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/tivian/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### Typeform Conversational forms with strong design **Stark, wenn** one question per screen and visual design are important [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/typeform/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### Unipark University edition of the EFS platform **Stark, wenn** your university already works with Unipark and a framework agreement is in place [Vergleich mit QUESTIONSTAR](/alternativen/unipark/) Last checked: October 21, 2026 ### AidaForm Nicely designed forms, classic or conversational. **Stark, wenn** you want templates built around clear goals and scenarios, for example registration, application, order or feedback; payments, signatures and video and audio responses are also possible. There is no detailed comparison for AidaForm. [View AidaForm](https://aidaform.com/) Card last checked: October 21, 2026 ## How we compare - **Who is comparing:** the QUESTIONSTAR team (Motaev Marx Motaev GbR). We are a provider ourselves, and we make that transparent. - **Selection:** We picked tools that cover different tasks, operating models and target audiences and that can be compared with QUESTIONSTAR. The selection is not exhaustive. - **Sources:** publicly accessible pricing pages, help articles and documentation from the providers; the sources are cited in each comparison. - **Wording:** "Not publicly documented" means we did not find it in the sources, not that it is missing. We state the strengths of the others explicitly. - **Up to date:** Each card shows the date of the last review of that comparison. We review regularly and whenever we learn of changes. - **Corrections:** A detail out of date, or a comparison missing? [Write to us](/contact/). ## Frequently asked questions **What alternatives to QUESTIONSTAR are there?** Depending on the task, these include SoSci Survey and LimeSurvey for research, evasys for central course evaluation, Jotform and Typeform for forms, Qualtrics and Netigate for feedback programs, and QuestionPro and Alchemer for specialized market research methods. The guide above shows which condition tips the balance in each case. **Which survey tool is right for a thesis or dissertation?** First check which tools your university provides. SoSci Survey can be used free of charge for eligible non-commercial projects and offers dedicated research features. QUESTIONSTAR is a good fit when you want to build more demanding questionnaire logic in the graphical editor and begin the analysis with significance tests inside the tool. More on [academic research](/use-cases/academic-research/). **Which survey tool is GDPR-compliant?** GDPR compliance does not depend on the tool or server location alone, but also on which data you process, for what purpose and with which settings. GDPR applies whenever you survey people in the EU. For the tool itself, what matters is the provider's registered office, the data location and the DPA; you will find these details in the comparisons. QUESTIONSTAR hosts with IONOS in Germany and makes the English [DPA](/legal/DPA-QUESTIONSTAR-EN.pdf) available for download. Whether a tool fits your project is something your data protection officer checks. **Why is there no comparison with tool X?** We picked tools that cover different tasks, operating models and target audiences; the selection is not exhaustive. [Write to us](/contact/) if a comparison is missing.