# QuestionPunk vs LimeSurvey

Canonical page: https://www.questionpunk.com/compare/limesurvey

LimeSurvey Cloud’s free plan takes 25 responses a month, and Basic is $39 a month for 1,000; its Community Edition is free if you host it yourself. QuestionPunk’s free plan has unlimited surveys and responses, hosted for you, with AI follow-up questions.

## The short answer

LimeSurvey is open source: host the Community Edition yourself for free, or pay for LimeSurvey Cloud. It has 30+ question types, quotas, randomization and exports to SPSS, R and Stata. If your surveys have to run on your own server, choose LimeSurvey. QuestionPunk is hosted and built around AI: build the survey in the AI builder chat, and the AI asks follow-ups on open answers, runs voice interviews and writes the report. Surveys and responses are unlimited on the free plan; voice and analysis use monthly AI credits.

## Where QuestionPunk wins

### Unlimited surveys and responses, nothing to host

No response cap on Free or Pro, under fair use. LimeSurvey’s free Cloud plan stops at 25 a month.

### AI follow-ups and voice

The AI asks about vague answers, and respondents can answer out loud in 25 languages.

### AI builder chat and analysis

Paste your questions or upload a PDF or Word file and the AI builder chat rebuilds the survey; when answers arrive, the AI groups them into themes and quotes, using your monthly AI credits.

## Where LimeSurvey wins

### Open source, self-hosted

The Community Edition is free and runs on your own infrastructure.

### Exports for statistics packages

Data exports to SPSS, R, Stata, CSV, Excel and PDF.

### 80+ languages

Surveys in more than 80 languages, with Google auto-translate on paid Cloud plans.

## Pricing

On limesurvey.org/pricing in October 2026, with checkout in euros: Basic is $39 a month billed monthly for 1,000 responses a month. Expert is $36 a month billed annually for 10,000 responses a year, and adds custom branding. Business is $67 a month billed annually. The free Cloud plan has 25 responses a month, and the self-hosted Community Edition is free.

Every plan has unlimited surveys and responses, under fair use. Free includes AI text follow-ups and 3,000 AI credits a month for voice interviews and analysis; Pro adds every AI model, 25,000 credits a month and no branding.

| | QuestionPunk | LimeSurvey |
|---|---|---|
| Billed monthly | $50/mo (Pro: unlimited surveys and responses, 25,000 AI credits a month) | $39/mo (Basic: 1,000 responses a month) |
| Billed annually | $41.67/mo (Pro, $500 a year: unlimited surveys and responses) | $36/mo (Expert: 10,000 responses a year) |
| Free plan | $0 (Unlimited surveys and responses, no credit card) | $0 (Cloud: 25 responses a month. Self-hosted Community Edition: free) |

LimeSurvey Cloud Basic costs less than QuestionPunk Pro, $39 a month against $50, for 1,000 responses a month. QuestionPunk has no response cap on Free or Pro; LimeSurvey’s free Cloud plan stops at 25 a month.

- Free: $0. Unlimited surveys and responses, free forever. No credit card.
- Pro: $50/mo billed monthly, or $41.67/mo billed annually ($500/yr). 25,000 AI credits a month, not per seat. 7-day free trial, card required.
- QuestionPunk plans in Markdown: https://www.questionpunk.com/pricing.md

## Feature by feature

| Feature | QuestionPunk | LimeSurvey |
|---|---|---|
| AI voice interviews | Yes | Not listed |
| Intelligent follow-up questions | Yes | Not listed |
| Full prompt transparency | Yes | Not listed |
| Custom AI interviewer personalities | Yes | Not listed |
| AI-powered survey creation | Yes | Not listed |
| Multi-language support | Yes | Paid plans |
| Panel integration | Yes | Not listed |
| Video & audio responses | Yes | File upload only |
| Advanced question types | Yes | Yes |
| Skip logic | Yes | Yes |
| Randomization for experiments | Yes | Yes |
| Unlimited responses | Yes | Not listed |
| Free tier | Unlimited surveys and responses | 25 responses/month |
| Synthetic respondent simulation | Yes | Not listed |
| AI-powered survey review | Yes | Not listed |
| Custom branding removal | Pro plan | Premium |
| Custom styling & themes | Yes | Yes |

“Not listed” means we could not find the feature on the competitor’s own pricing or help pages when we checked in October 2026.

## Looking for a LimeSurvey alternative?

If you would rather not run a server, or the Cloud plan’s response limits arrive mid-study, QuestionPunk is hosted, has no response cap, and adds AI follow-ups. Voice interviews and the automatic report use your monthly AI credits.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is LimeSurvey free?

In two ways. The free LimeSurvey Cloud plan has every survey feature but 25 responses a month and one administrator. The Community Edition is free, open-source software that you host yourself. QuestionPunk Free is hosted for you, with unlimited surveys and responses under fair use and no credit card.

### How much does LimeSurvey Cloud cost?

On limesurvey.org in October 2026, Basic is $39 a month billed monthly (1,000 responses a month), Expert $36 a month billed annually (10,000 a year), and Business $67 a month billed annually (50,000 a year). Checkout is in euros. QuestionPunk Pro is $50 a month or $500 a year, with unlimited surveys and responses.

### Does LimeSurvey have AI features?

Its paid Cloud plans auto-translate surveys with Google Translate, and its site lists an AI beta as coming soon. We did not find an AI survey builder or AI follow-up questions in October 2026.

### Can I move a LimeSurvey survey to QuestionPunk?

Paste the questions into the AI builder chat, or upload the questionnaire as a PDF or Word file after you sign up. It rebuilds them as a survey you can edit. QuestionPunk does not read LimeSurvey’s own survey files.

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