Formbricks is an open-source survey and experience-management platform that runs shareable link surveys alongside on-site and in-app surveys from one place. You can self-host the whole thing with Docker or use its hosted cloud, which is operated under GDPR from Germany. The survey core is released under the AGPLv3 license.
Reviewed by Gabriel Bachmann
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A covered pick. Anyone can use it as a private drop-in, with no setup or know-how. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
Formbricks is the pick when you are collecting real feedback at scale and want the responses to stay yours rather than seeding a profile inside an advertising company. Self-host it and every answer lives in a database you control; lean on the GDPR-compliant cloud and it still keeps your respondents out of the ad economy. The honest catch is scope. This is a survey and feedback engine, heavier than a plain contact form, and self-hosting is the more demanding path to run and keep patched. Choose it if you send surveys often and care that the data never leaves your control. If you only need a quick form on a static page, OpnForm or a form backend will feel lighter.
Website at a glance
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Formbricks alternatives
OpnForm Open-source no-code form builder with conditional logic and unlimited submissions, self-hosted with Docker or run on a hosted plan. Based in France.
Formgrid Open-source form backend that turns any HTML form into a secure endpoint, with spam protection and email alerts, self-hosted with Docker. MIT licensed.
Frequently asked
- Is Formbricks really open source?
- The core is, under the AGPLv3 license, so you can read the code and run it on your own servers with no per-response fee. A separate set of enterprise features carries a commercial license, but the survey engine you need to collect responses is fully open and free to self-host.
- Where do my respondents' answers get stored?
- Wherever you put the instance. Self-host it and every answer lives in your own database, under your control and your privacy policy. Use the hosted cloud instead and the data sits on European infrastructure under the operator's GDPR commitments, rather than feeding an advertising company.
- Is Formbricks a good fit for a simple contact form?
- It can collect one, but it is built for surveys and product feedback, so a lightweight single form is more weight than you need. If you mainly want a contact or signup form, a plainer builder is a closer match, while Formbricks shines once you are running real surveys.
- Do I have to host Formbricks myself?
- No. Self-hosting gives you total data ownership, but the GDPR-compliant cloud removes the maintenance if you would rather not run a server. Both run the same open-source core, so you can start on the cloud and move your data onto your own instance later.
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