European alternatives to SurveyMonkey

A long-running online survey platform, taken private by private equity after years on the market. A US company on AWS, holding respondent data outside GDPR.

Company information about SurveyMonkey
Company
Momentive Global Inc.
Headquarters
San Mateo, United States
Founded
1999
Data jurisdiction
United States
Ownership
Private equity
GDPR
No
Open source
No
Infrastructure
Amazon AWS

Why people switch away from SurveyMonkey

Subject to US CLOUD ActPrivate-equity ownedProprietary softwareRuns on Big Tech infrastructureNot covered by GDPR

European alternatives to SurveyMonkey

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Spain 53 · Mixed Origins

Barcelona-based platform for building beautiful conversational forms, surveys and quizzes. Used by 130,000+ customers worldwide with a polished UI and deep integrations.

Freemium · from Free Free tier Amazon AWS EU

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Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.

FISA Section 702

Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.

GDPR vs US law conflict

EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.

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