Surveys & polling

Surveys are used to gather input, measure public opinion, and establish baseline understanding of demographics and other information about residents.

Suggested reading: How to find the right Survey Tool: Problems and Proposals, by Sami Nenno.

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LimeSurvey
limesurvey.org

LimeSurvey

Free (and open source) Online Survey Tool

Hamburg
Surveys & polling, General purpose open source tools
Suffrago
suffrago.org

Suffrago

Building the next generation of market research and polling through contextualised insights that fuel decision making.

London
Engagement tech, Surveys & polling, Civic forums
tilt.vote

Tilt.vote

Tilt is where opinions are structured, arguments are evaluated, and consensus is measurable.

Houston
Debate, Artificial Intelligence, Surveys & polling
Signal Polls
signal.org/blog/polls

Signal Polls

An easier way to see what your group chat really thinks and feels.

since 2025
Surveys & polling
Open Space Sandbox
openspacesandbox.com/home

Open Space Sandbox

Like a city-building game—but real life. Open Space Sandbox turns play into planning data

Philadelphia
since 2025
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Urban planning
Eliciting People’s First-Order Concerns: Text Analysis of Open-Ended Survey Questions
scholar.harvard.edu/files/stantcheva/files/text_analysis_of_open-ended_questions.pdf

Eliciting People’s First-Order Concerns: Text Analysis of Open-Ended Survey Questions

Comparing traditionally structured survey questions vs. the benefits of open-ended survey questions combined with text analysis to allow a wider range of responses.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Peer-reviewed research, Surveys & polling
NemoVote
nemovote.com

NemoVote

Nemovote voting software was designed to collect audience feedback during events and meetings. Deployed online as NemoCloud, the platform allows participants to submit votes both in advance and in rea...

Ideation, Tech for your meetings, Surveys & polling
CamBuildr
cambuildr.com

CamBuildr

CamBuildr is all-in-one software to help digital movements organize their data, and optimize communication and workflow.

Europe
Petitions, Organize campaigns, Ideation
Demoxis
demoxis.ai

Demoxis

AI-powered civic engagement platform reconnecting people and power — one voice at a time.

London
since 2025
The Tech, Speech recognition, Artificial Intelligence
Eurobarometer
europa.eu/eurobarometer/screen/home

Eurobarometer

Eurobarometer is the polling instrument used by the European Commission, the European Parliament and other EU institutions and agencies to monitor regularly the state of public opinion in Europe on is...

Europe
since 1974
Listening, Surveys & polling, Communicating with the people
PollFinder.ai
pollfinder.ai

PollFinder.ai

PollFinder.ai leverages large language models to help newsrooms collect and organize both horserace and issue polls, enabling journalists to write stories that are informed by an up-to-date aggregatio...

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2025
Media, Journalism, Surveys & polling
Rant & Rave
uplandsoftware.com/rantandrave

Rant & Rave

Capture customer and employee feedback in the moment to drive positive change throughout your organization.

401 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX
Organize campaigns, The Tech, Advocacy tech
Picture It
treecompany.be/picture-it

Picture It

Neem een foto en deel je verhaal

Mortsel, Belgium
Engagement tech, Surveys & polling
Chat it
treecompany.be/chat-it

Chat it

Met onze mobile first webapplicatie laat je burgers input geven door middel van een dialoog waarbij meerkeuze en vrije antwoorden afwisselen met beelden, geluid, … alsof je in een echte conversatie zi...

Mortsel, Belgium
Engagement tech, Surveys & polling, Ideation
Test it
treecompany.be/test-it

Test it

bevraag, betrek en informeer in één keer

Mortsel, Belgium
Surveys & polling, Engagement tech
Hit Tine
hittine.org

Hit Tine

Faster, Safer, Secure and Trusted Community for Myanmar Citizens

Myanmar (Myăma) 🇲🇲
since 2022
Engagement tech, Civic forums, Pro bono and volunteer
apps
Citizen Dialog Kit
citizendialogkit.com

Citizen Dialog Kit

With wireless survey devices, we make it easy to gather the opinions of more and different people.

Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien) 🇧🇪
since 2018
Surveys & polling, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy
place-based
Agora Citizen Network
agoracitizen.network

Agora Citizen Network

Where citizens converge to exchange and debate ideas. Let’s turn our differences into progress, rather than conflict.

France 🇫🇷
since 2024
Social networks, Civic forums, Group decision making
Rarimo, European Union, youth
My Voice Counts
myvoicecounts.io

My Voice Counts

My Voice Counts is a civic tech platform that empowers people to safely and anonymously participate in verified, issue based voting and civic support.

Delaware
since 2025
Engagement tech, Surveys & polling, Organize events
apps
Mentimeter
mentimeter.com

Mentimeter

Turn presentations into conversations with interactive polls that engage meetings and classrooms.

Tech for your meetings, Surveys & polling, Engagement tech
commercial
Typeform
typeform.com

Typeform

People-Friendly Forms and Surveys

Surveys & polling, Forms
commercial
iD City
id-city.fr

iD City

Plateforme de démocratie participative

France 🇫🇷
Digital participation platforms, Participatory budgeting, Participatory democracy
Civic Echo
en.octree.ch/projets/civic-echo

Civic Echo

Civic Echo is a citizen survey tool that provides a simple and inclusive way to diagnose the opinions of a population while making the results available in real time in a transparent way.

Geneva, Switzerland
Surveys & polling, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy
Empurrando Juntas
sobre.ejparticipe.org

Empurrando Juntas

Free tool to gather opinions and simplify participation.

São Paulo
since 2018
Artificial Intelligence, Group decision making, Collective intelligence
Telegram, WhatsApp
Tattara
tattara.com

Tattara

Tattara is a platform that enables field agents to collect data with a mobile device.

Surveys & polling
ODK Collect
docs.getodk.org/collect-intro

ODK Collect

ODK Collect is an open source Android app that replaces paper forms used in survey-based data gathering. It supports a wide range of question and answer types, and is designed to work well without net...

Surveys & polling
OnaData
ona.io/home/products

OnaData

Ona Data is our flagship mobile data collection platform, used by thousands of organizations globally for data collection and real-time monitoring.

Surveys & polling
SurveyCTO
surveycto.com

SurveyCTO

SurveyCTO is a mobile data collection platform for researchers and professionals working in offline settings.

Surveys & polling
Enketo
enketo.org

Enketo

Web forms evolved. Deploy and conduct surveys that work without a connection, on any device.

Surveys & polling
Crowdsignal
crowdsignal.com

Crowdsignal

Surveys, Polls, and Quizzes

Surveys & polling, Engagement tech
commercial, Wordpress
Wordpress Vote Block
wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/vote-block

Wordpress Vote Block

Powered by Crowdsignal, you can use the Vote block to allow your audience to rate your work or express their opinion.

Surveys & polling, Engagement tech
Wordpress
America’s Political Pulse
polarizationresearchlab.org/americas-political-pulse

America’s Political Pulse

This survey is a series of questions designed to shed light on public sentiment towards political animosity, respect for democracy, and support for political violence -- asked of a thousand Americans...

United States of America 🇺🇸
Surveys & polling, Polarization
Fatima
hellofatima.com

Fatima

Fatima's mission is for every person in the world to have their voice heard, while ensuring a safe, secure, and ethical research experience.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2021
Research tools, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Surveys & polling
Converlens
converlens.com

Converlens

Discover the modern engagement platform powered by natural language AI to help you gather feedback, manage your data and understand what is being said.

Melbourne VIC, Australia
since 2018
Engagement tech, Surveys & polling, Artificial Intelligence
Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab
deliberation.stanford.edu

Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab

The Deliberative Democracy Lab (formerly the Center for Deliberative Democracy), housed within the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, is devoted to research a...

450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
Democratic Innovations, Research and policy centers, Academia
oTree
otree.org

oTree

The most powerful platform for behavioral research and experiments

Open science, Surveys & polling
MobPoll
quick.mobpoll.org

MobPoll

Quick poll creation tool

Group decision making, Surveys & polling
Agora (France)
gouvernement.fr/actualite/agora-lappli-pour-dialoguer-avec-le-gouvernement

Agora (France)

L'application Agora permet aux Français de s'exprimer sur des sujets à forts enjeux en participant à des consultations et en posant des questions au Gouvernement.

Paris
since 2023
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Open asks
apps
Reporter for iPhone
reporter-app.com

Reporter for iPhone

Reporter is an iPhone app for understanding the things you care about. With a few randomly timed surveys each day, Reporter can illuminate aspects of your life that might be otherwise unmeasurable.

Surveys & polling
apps
Common Measurements Tool
citizenfirst.ca/our-work/measure-and-benchmark/new-common-measurement-tool

Common Measurements Tool

The Common Measurements Tool (CMT) is a survey instrument built specifically for the public sector that can be used across the full range of service areas, service channels, and client types

Toronto
Surveys & polling, Govtech, Communicating with the people
Partimap
partimap.eu

Partimap

PARTIMAP is a free, easy to use and customizable map-based survey for those who believe that affected citizens should have a say in public development projects.

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺
Digital participation platforms, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy
OpenStreetMap
Hearken's Engagement Management System
wearehearken.com/technology/ems

Hearken's Engagement Management System

Hearken’s Engagement Management System empowers organizations to generate actionable insights from the public to create more relevant, representative and original content.

Chicago, IL
Media, Engagement journalism, Surveys & polling
Purpoz
purpoz.com

Purpoz

Purpoz, la plateforme de démocratie participative pour bâtir une société plus pertinente. (Citizen engagement platform by Cap Collectif)

France 🇫🇷
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Surveys & polling
Data For Progress
dataforprogress.org

Data For Progress

A modernized think tank; fast-turnaround, social media-optimized, and rigorous analysis.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Surveys & polling, Think tanks
COVID In Boston
cssh.northeastern.edu/bari/projects/covid-19-in-boston

COVID In Boston

With the onset of COVID, BARI has sought to construct a data-support system for a city during a pandemic–both to serve our local communities and to act as a model for others across the country.

Boston
COVID Data Projects, COVID Engagement Projects, Surveys & polling
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Avalanche Insights
avalancheinsights.com

Avalanche Insights

Synthesize qualitative data

Generative AI, Surveys & polling, Artificial Intelligence
Listening to Leaders survey
aiddata.org/ltl

Listening to Leaders survey

Fielded every two to three years, Listening to Leaders survey captures perceptions and experiences from policymakers in 140 low- and middle income countries over time on a series of topics such as dev...

Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D), Surveys & polling, Benchmarks
ActiVote
activote.net

ActiVote

A single civic action each day ensures that a voter will never miss an election and feel empowered showing up to the polls.

1 Avery St, Boston, MA
The Tech, Engagement tech, Voting and elections
apps, US Election 2020
Co:Census
cocensus.io

Co:Census

We help government teams gather & analyze inclusive data to achieve equitable outcomes. Get actionable insights faster with our cloud-based solution.

Data visualization, Data science for social good, Govtech
Who's Coming? Respectful Audience Surveying Toolkit
ofbyforall.org/resources/survey-toolkit

Who's Coming? Respectful Audience Surveying Toolkit

OF/BY/FOR ALL toolkit (PDF)

Surveys & polling, Tech for your meetings
toolkits
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