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Formbricks vs SurveyMonkey: privacy compared

Formbricks and SurveyMonkey are both rated in forms and surveys against the same 9 public criteria. Formbricks is based in Germany (Fourteen Eyes); SurveyMonkey is based in the United States (Five Eyes).

Formbricks compared with SurveyMonkey
CriterionFormbricks Our pickSurveyMonkey
GradeGrade D D (53/100)Grade F F (21/100)
JurisdictionGermany Fourteen EyesUnited States Five Eyes
Open source
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
Yes sourceNo
No trackers or telemetry
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No sourceNo source
No ads or data sales
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Yes sourceNo source
Independent audit
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Partial sourcePartial source
Transparency report
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
NoNo
Tells users about requests
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
NoNo
TLS configuration
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Yes sourceYes source
Security headers
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Partial sourcePartial source
Modern web standards
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Partial sourceNo source

Which is more private, Formbricks or SurveyMonkey?

Formbricks scores higher on the public criteria: 53 out of 100, against 21 for SurveyMonkey. Formbricks does better on open source, no ads or data sales and modern web standards. How scoring works

Summaries

Formbricks. Formbricks scores 53 out of 100 (grade D) on the forms and surveys criteria. It meets 3 of 9 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It partly meets independent audit, security headers and modern web standards. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+ and Internet.nl website score 78%.

SurveyMonkey. SurveyMonkey scores 21 out of 100 (grade F) on the forms and surveys criteria. It meets 1 of 9 criteria: TLS configuration. It partly meets independent audit and security headers. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, transparency report, tells users about requests and modern web standards. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B and Internet.nl website score 66%.

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