Forms and surveys
Formbricks privacy rating
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Open-source survey and form platform for link, website and in-app surveys, from Formbricks GmbH in Germany. Available as a hosted cloud service or self-hosted with Docker.
Summary
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%.
Score 53 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3 Source-available
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
All code is public. The core is AGPL-3.0, and enterprise features in the ee directory of the same repository use a source-available commercial license.
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The cloud service uses PostHog for product analytics and Sentry for error tracking. Self-hosted instances send telemetry unless it is disabled.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid plans and enterprise licenses. The privacy policy states personal data is not sold.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Reports SOC 2 Type II compliance and annual penetration tests. The reports are only shared through its Trust Center.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B+ (80/100+)
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Partial
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Score 78%