The Open Source Qualtrics Alternative

Formbricks is an open-source Experience Management (XM) platform and Qualtrics alternative that enables teams to collect targeted user feedback through in-app, website, link, and email surveys.

🚀 Overview

Formbricks is a privacy-first, open-source platform for gathering high-quality user insights at key moments in the user journey. It replaces expensive, closed-source tools like Qualtrics by offering seamless integration, granular targeting, and full data control via self-hosting.

The project solves the problem of low-response-rate, out-of-context feedback collection. Traditional surveys interrupt users or miss critical insights; Formbricks triggers surveys based on user actions, segments precisely, and tracks journeys for actionable data to reduce churn, boost retention, and optimize products.

It's built for product teams, developers, growth marketers, and customer success in SaaS, e-commerce, fintech, healthcare, and more. The creators built it to democratize XM with an open-source solution that prioritizes compliance (GDPR, SOC 2) and avoids vendor lock-in.

✨ Key Features

In-app/website surveys with no-code triggers on user actions (views, clicks) and granular segmentation by attributes/behavior
No-code editor with templates, all question types, logic, styling, partial responses, and multi-language support
User journey tracking, integrations (Zapier, Slack, webhooks, API), and shareable link/email surveys
Self-hostable with Docker; upcoming: advanced enterprise features like SSO, spam protection

🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend: Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS
Backend: Node.js, Prisma ORM
Database: PostgreSQL
Auth: Auth.js (NextAuth)
Hosting: Self-host (Docker, Railway), Cloud (app.formbricks.com)

👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

Developers who want to integrate lightweight JS SDK for feedback without heavy dependencies
Teams looking for privacy-compliant, context-aware surveys to improve UX and retention
Indie makers building SaaS products needing affordable XM tools

📸 Screenshots / Demo

Live demo: https://formbricks.com/demo/saas
GitHub: https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks

🔥 Project Status

🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2026-03-24

❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Freemium / Open Source (Core Community Edition is free and open-source for self-hosting forever with unlimited seats/surveys; Enterprise starts at $790/mo for advanced features like teams, SSO, white-labeling.)